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Teads files antitrust lawsuit against Google seeking damages for ad tech monopolization
Teads Holding Co.
- Filed lawsuit in SDNY against Google LLC and Alphabet Inc. seeking financial damages and injunctive relief.
- Lawsuit follows April 2025 federal court ruling that Google unlawfully monopolized publisher ad server and ad exchange markets.
- Teads alleges Google's anticompetitive conduct (tying, Project Bernanke, Last Look) suppressed competition and harmed Teads' revenue and scale.
- Teads seeks compensation for lost profits and an injunction to restore competition in digital ad tech markets.
- Teads warns of potential retaliatory actions by Google that could disrupt its business and revenue.