Business Insider is suing Google for alleged anti-competitive advertising practices.

Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Sept. 8, the 89-page complaint , reviewed by ADWEEK, alleges that Google unlawfully monopolized digital advertising markets.

Specifically, according to the filing, Google tied its publisher ad server, DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP), to its ad exchange (AdX). By linking the tech, Business Insider claims, Google stifled competition and unfairly suppressed publishers’ revenue, including its own.

The publisher also claims that Google manipulated ad auctions and real-time ad bidding through a range of practices, including: Last Look, which gave Google’s AdX the ability to see competitors’ bids before placing its own bids; dynamic a

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