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Google should appoint antitrust compliance officer, US judge says in ad tech case

By Thomson Reuters Sep 16, 2026 | 4:56 PM

Sept 16 (Reuters) – A federal judge said Google should ​appoint an ‌internal antitrust compliance officer and make other changes to its ‌advertising ​technology ⁠business, even though ⁠the Alphabet unit does not need to break up ​that business.

U.S. District Judge ⁠Leonie Brinkema ⁠in Alexandria, Virginia, ​gave her assessment ​in an opinion unsealed ‌on Wednesday, two weeks after she rejected the ⁠U.S. Department of Justice’s demand for a ⁠breakup. ‌She had given ⁠both sides ​14 ‌days to seek ​redactions ⁠of confidential information.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Chris ​Reese)