The news: Google outlined a blueprint of its defense against the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust bid to split the company. The search giant argues that a breakup of key services will alter business models and upend how products like the Chrome browser, Android, and Google Search operate.
Lee-Anne Mulholland, Google’s VP of regulatory affairs, outlined potential repercussions of the DOJ’s proposed regulatory actions to break up its search monopoly and open its Android ecosystem to third-party app stores.
Google’s rebuttals: The DOJ is expected to detail plans for potential remedies to satisfy antitrust regulators—a ruling is planned for August 2025. Google said the DOJ’s “radical and sweeping proposals risk hurting consumers, businesses, and developers.”