U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema found that Alphabet’s (GOOGL) (GOOG) (GOOG, GOOGL) Google illegally monopolized some online advertising technology markets, Josh Sisco and Leah Nylen of Bloomberg report. Google violated antitrust law in the markets for advertising exchanges and tools used by websites to sell ad space, known as ad servers, but company didn’t meet the definition of a monopoly for a third market of tools used by advertisers to buy display ads, according to the ruling, Bloomberg says. Shares of Alphabet are down 2% to $150.54 in morning trading while Trade Desk (TTD) is up 2% to $49.51.
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