Google's digital ads empire faces potential breakup as antitrust remedy trial kicks off

Google is once again facing the possibility of a forced breakup as closely-watched hearings on how to tackle its monopoly over digital advertising technology kicked off in Virginia federal court on Monday.Justice Department attorney Julia Tarver Wood slammed Google’s proposal for a lighter penalty – comparing it to “[putting] a band-aid on a seriously severed limb” – and said a forced divestiture of its key ad exchange, AdX, was needed to restore fair competition and protect news publishers and advertisers ...