Google to Appeal Ruling in Advertising Technology Case

Google reportedly said Friday (April 18) that it will appeal a judge’s ruling announced Thursday (April 17) that the company holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology.The company said the judge delivered a “mixed decision” in which she said the Justice Department failed to show that Google’s advertising tools or acquisitions of DoubleClick and AdMeld were anticompetitive but also said Google’s publisher tools exclude rivals, thereby violating antitrust laws, Reuters reported Friday.Google’s ...