India, April 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice is urging a federal court to impose sweeping remedies on Google, including the divestiture of its Chrome browser, to dismantle what it calls an illegal monopoly over internet search.
During opening arguments in Washington on Monday, DOJ attorney David Dahlquist said such measures are necessary to disrupt a self-reinforcing cycle of anticompetitive practices that have allowed Google to dominate the market and block out rivals.
"We're here to restore competition," Dahlquist told U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who last year ruled that Google abused its market power to maintain a monopoly in general search. The current "remedies" trial will determine how to address that ruling, with Mehta exp...