The debate is over—now it’s time for everyone to sit back and wait for the results.
Long story short: the Justice Department sued Google for monopolizing Ad Tech (a complaint filed January 2023). The trail began 2024 Sept.9 and lasted for two weeks at the Eastern District of Virginia, seating Judge Brinkema. After a three-month pause, the Justice Department and Google made their final closing argument on the hearing which took place Nov. 25 2024.
The Justice Department’s case website with trial materials: https://www.justice.gov/atr/case/us-and-plaintiff-states-v-google-llc-2023.
The result is expected to be out this month (in December):
Presiding judge Leonie Brinkema has said that she would deliver her opinion swiftly, as early as next month.
reference
US-Google face off as ad tech antitrust trial comes to close. France24. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241125-closing-arguments-coming-in-us-google-antitrust-trial-on-ad-tech
U.S. Proposes Breakup of Google to Fix Search Monopoly. NYTimes. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/technology/google-search-chrome-doj.html