The DOJ’s proposals clued in the public to what the government really wants out of Google. Though the complaint was filed in 2020, the first phase of the trial focused only on w

Brinkema is expected to rule in the ad-tech trial in the coming months. Some analysts predict that the DOJ's success in proving Google's monopoly in search will not influence her decision, but she has confirmed that she would consider the DOJ's request to break up Google's ad business.

Google and the DOJ made their final arguments in the ad tech monopoly case against the tech giant. During them, the DOJ said that Google is “once, twice, three times a monopolist“. Google and the Department of Justice met once again in Alexandria,