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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) told a federal judge that Alphabet’s Google illegally dominated online advertising (ad) technology in seeking a second antitrust trial with a win against the company. Google is already facing a possible breakup of the company over its ubiquitous search engine. Now Google is fighting to beat back another attack by the U.S. DOJ alleging monopolistic conduct, this time over technology that puts online ad in fro
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of consumers. The Justice Department and Google made closing arguments Monday in a trial alleging Google’s advertising technology constitutes an illegal monopoly. The closing arguments in Alexandria, Virginia, cap a 15-day trial