Google's Legal Battle Continues

Alphabet Inc.'s Google LLC has officially announced its intention to appeal a recent court ruling related to the United States Department of Justice's (DoJ) antitrust case against the company. This decision was confirmed in a filing released on Friday.

The Ruling in Detail

Judge Leonie Brinkema of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia delivered a mixed verdict in the case. While the court found that the DoJ did not prove Google's advertiser tools or acquisitions of DoubleClick and AdMeld were anticompetitive, it ruled that Google's publisher tools violated antitrust laws by excluding competitors. Google plans to appeal the unfavorable portion of this decision, as stated in the filing.