One month after a judge declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant is defending against another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company.

As the government wraps up its case, it has built a picture of how Google has become dominant among companies that buy and sell ads online.

While divesting Google's Ad Manager would not meaningfully reduce Google’s revenue. if found guilty, Google could face $100 billion in litigation from advertisers.

Enlarge / Karen Dunn, one of the lawyers representing Google, outside of the Albert V. Bryan US Courthouse at the start of a Department of Justice antitrust trial against Google over its advertiing business in Alexandria, Virginia, on September 9, 2024.

Google is on trial for the second time in two years for alleged antitrust violations, as the Department of Justice (DOJ) accuses the tech giant of dominating all sides of the digital advertising

Google says the government's case is based on an internet of yesteryear, when desktop computers ruled and internet users carefully typed precise World Wide Web addresses into URL fields

Google has opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive t

Lawyers for the government have revealed damning Google correspondence and called witnesses who describe anti-competitive practices. Google, however, says ‘there is no monopoly power.’

The U.S. government’s antitrust suit against Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) advertising business features the company’s internal emails as what prosecutors describe as key evidence that executives were aware of its dominance in the online ad market,