Overview
- Closing arguments concluded in Alexandria, Virginia, where the Justice Department urged a court-ordered divestiture to address Google's illegal ad-tech monopolies.
- The government’s proposal centers on forcing the sale of the AdX exchange and other structural fixes, with prosecutors calling Google a recidivist monopolist.
- Google argued for behavioral remedies, warning that splitting its tightly integrated ad stack would be technically risky for a system handling about 55 million requests per second.
- Judge Leonie Brinkema signaled concern about enforceability during an anticipated appeal and indicated she aims to issue a remedy ruling next year.
- The 11-day remedies trial featured 19 witnesses and seven experts, and follows a separate search case where Google avoided a breakup but was ordered to make conduct changes.