Judge Rules on DOJ Antitrust Case Against Google

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Brinkema in the U.S. Department of Justice's case against Google LLC, ruling that while Google's advertiser tools and acquisitions were not anticompetitive, its publisher tools violated antitrust laws by excluding rivals. Google intends to appeal the adverse portion of this decision.

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