"As the second phase of the Google ad tech trial was winding down, Judge Leonie Brinkema was still hoping that Google and the Justice Department would take the decision out of her hands. "My favorite phrase is 'Let's settle this case,'" she told attorneys for both sides shortly before adjourning the courtroom after more than 10 days of trial in the remedies case."
"As it turns out, that ruling might have been the easy part - after two more weeks of arguments, Brinkema is now tasked with deciding what should be done to restore competition to the markets Google stifled for a decade. That involves untangling hours of technical testimony where experts were at odds about what is even possible to separate from Google's proprietary systems without creating new"
More alleged tech monopoly cases are on the books, but judges might be skittish about breaking them up. As the second phase of the Google ad tech trial wound down, Judge Leonie Brinkema expressed hope that Google and the Justice Department would settle. Brinkema ruled in April that Google illegally monopolized publisher ad servers and ad exchanges and illegally tied products to hinder customer movement to competitors. Brinkema now faces the remedies phase and must decide how to restore competition. The remedies process requires untangling extensive technical testimony and resolving expert disputes over what can be separated from Google’s proprietary systems without creating new problems.
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