Google’s ‘Home Run’ in US Antitrust Case Now Faces DOJ Appeal

The US Justice Department and a group of states will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that imposed only modest limits on Alphabet Inc.’s Google contracts related to its search engine and artificial intelligence apps.

The DOJ and states filed notices Tuesday that they are appealing the September 2025 ruling in which Google dodged a forced sale of its Chrome browser by the Washington judge who earlier found that the company operated an illegal monopoly in the search market.

In one of the most monumental government antitrust cases in decades, US District Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling setting remedies for ...