Google defeats US bid to force ad tech sale
Judge rejects forced sale of AdX
Sept. 2 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google escaped a breakup of its advertising technology business on Wednesday, when a judge in Virginia rejected U.S. antitrust enforcers' bid to force a sale of Google's online advertising exchange.
While the ad exchange is a small part of Google's business, the ruling is a powerful symbolic victory that puts the tech titan at 2-0 against the U.S. Department of Justice's efforts to force Google to sell assets to address illegal monopolies.
Court accepts most behavioral remedies
U.S. Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, declined to make Google sell AdX, where publishers pay Google a 20% fee to sell ads in auctions that happen instantly when users load websites. She accepted most of the parties' proposed behavioral remedies.
