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Feb. 18, 2026

Experts doubt court will break up Google's Chrome

Legal experts say the government's push to force Google to sell Chrome is a long shot -- but the underlying finding that Google broke antitrust law may be much harder to undo.

Legal experts say they doubt the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will force Alphabet Inc.-owned Google LLC to sell its Chrome browser after the U.S. Department of Justice filed a notice of appeal challenging a district judge's decision against it.

They were more divided about Google's chances of reversing U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta's decision that the company violated the Sherman Act in the first place.

Several antitrust experts said the government's ...

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