On September 16, the Eastern District of Virginia unsealed Judge Leonie Brinkema's 106-page remedies opinion in United States v. Google, the Justice Department's ad tech monopolization case. Google will not be forced to sell its ad exchange or open-source its auction logic. The court found structural relief "neither realistic nor needed" and instead adopted detailed behavioral remedies aimed at the conduct it found unlawful. This is the second time in a year a federal judge has rejected the government's case for breaking up Google. Read with Judge Amit Mehta's Search ruling, the decision sets a clear marker: courts will aggressively remedy proven violations, but will not order the radical step of divestitures when the liability record does not support it. Background In April 2025, Judge Brinkema held that Google violated Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. Google monopolized two worldwide markets for open-web display advertising: publisher ad servers, where its product is DFP, and ad... Read the complete article here... © 2026 Chamber of Progress
Court Declines to Order AdX Divestiture in Google Ad Tech Case
