The feds allege that Google harms publishers and businesses alike by abusing its role as the primary gatekeeper for online ad deals.
“It’s worth saying the quiet part out loud,” DOJ attorney Julia Tarver Wood said during her opening statement. “One monopoly is bad enough. But a trifecta of monopolies is what we have here.”
The trial began just weeks after the DOJ won a stunning victory in a separate case targeting Google’s dominance over online search.