In the span of two days this week, Alphabet's Google was hit with a court order to open up its app store Play to rivals and learned that the U.S. Justice Department may soon ask a judge to split up the company to limit its hold over online searches.

Here is what has happened so far in the case and what comes next. Oct. 20, 2020 - The Justice Department sues Google alleging that it illegally monopolized the online search and related advertising markets,

After Google was found guilty of antitrust abuses, the Justice Department proposed fixes that could hamper Google's chances in the next era of search.

The U.S. Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to divest parts of its business to tackle its online search monopoly. In a late court filing on Tuesday, federal prosecutors indicated that the judge might also require Google to open its underlying data,

The United States government is considering a breakup of Google, viewing it as a monopoly, according to a recent court filing. The Justice Department filed an opinion in court Tuesday night after Judge Amit Mehta of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in August that Google had violated antitrust laws