Judge Rejects US Bid to Force Google to Divest Ad Exchange

10:45 AM EDT, 09/02/2026 (MT Newswires) -- A judge in federal district court in Virginia on Wednesday rejected the United States' proposed structural remedies that would require Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google to sell AdX, its advertising exchange, according to court documents. The US' proposal also included the open-sourcing of DFP's final auction logic and the contingent divestiture of the DFP Remainder, which were also rejected. Google did not immediately reply to a request for comment from MT Newswires. Price: 333.79, Change: +1.76, Percent Change: +0.53