Google CEO Sundar Pichai said they will appeal antitrust ruling, possibly prolonging the case for years.

Google’s antitrust problems are coming home to roost. While the company has beat back European antitrust interventions by paying 6.5 billion euros ($7.1 billion), US enforcers are now flexing their muscles — and the most painful part for the Alphabet Inc.

The U.S. Department of Justice is considering asking a judge to break up Google after the internet giant's ubiquitous search engine was declared an illegal monopoly, but it is just

In a major legal battle, the U.S. Justice Department is taking action against Google, a company that many people rely on for searching the internet. This case is crucial because it addresses how big companies can control entire markets and limit competition.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google lost the biggest antitrust challenge it has faced this summer when a US judge found that it illegally monopolized the search market. Now it’s facing the possibility that the result will be a forced breakup of the company.

While the company has beat back European antitrust interventions by paying $7.1 billion, U.S. enforcers are now flexing their muscles — and the most painful part for the Alphabet Inc. unit won’t be monetary fines,

Antitrust enforcers are weighing a break-up to mitigate the Alphabet business's dominance in search, the agency said in a