Overview

• The Justice Department is urging Google to divest its Chrome browser and end exclusive search deals with companies like Apple to restore competition in the search market.
• Prosecutors argue that Google's search dominance could extend into artificial intelligence, calling for forward-looking remedies to prevent future monopolistic practices.
• Google counters that the proposed remedies are excessive, claiming they would harm innovation, consumer privacy, and U.S. technological leadership.
• High-profile witnesses, including Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple executive Eddy Cue, are set to testify during the three-week hearing in Washington, D.C.
• Judge Amit Mehta, who ruled last August that Google maintained an illegal monopoly, is expected to issue a decision on remedies by the end of summer 2025.