Google Spared Break-Up of Online Advertising Monopoly by Federal Judge

A federal judge rejected the U.S. Department of Justice's request to force Google to divest its AdX advertising exchange and publisher ad server businesses, opting instead for "behavioral remedies" to dismantle its monopoly over the digital advertising market. This decision marks the second time a court has dismissed the DoJ's attempts to break up Google's parent company, Alphabet, despite prosecutors winning the antitrust case.