The Rundown: The DOJ still urges forced Chrome sale in antitrust trial

In updated court filings, the Justice Department eases up on earlier AI and Android remedies, but breakup is still the goal, even after the change of administration.

Mar 10, 2025 - 14:54

The Rundown: The DOJ still urges forced Chrome sale in antitrust trial

The presence of leading executives, including Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, at President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration led many to believe that Big Tech would have a smooth course in the coming years, especially in any antitrust trial.

So, when it emerged that Google met Justice Department execs, encouraging them to roll back earlier proposed remedies, including the divestiture of web browser Chrome, in its search antitrust trial, many assumed its political influence would win out.

However, developments later in the week suggest those efforts — Bloomberg claimed last week that Google’s arguments centered on maintaining the tech hegemony of U.S. companies — proved fruitless in the case, where Judge Amit Mehta ruled Google’s search market tactics were illegal last year.

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