Google is back in court, this time to decide what happens next in an antitrust lawsuit involving its digital advertising practices.

In April, a judge ruled the company's digital ad network was an illegal monopoly.

The ruling follows a 2023 lawsuit in which the Justice Department accused Google of "abusing its monopoly power to disadvantage website publishers and advertisers who used competing ad tech products."

"It's as if on a dating side, they were looking for a date, they were trying to get a date and they were running the website that puts people together. That's Google's business," said Harry First, Professor of Law Emeritus at New York University.

Now a trial that started Monday in federal court in Virginia will determine Google's punishment.

"Google's stake in this is the possi

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