In the News: DOJ asks judge to break up Google

In the wake of a Bloomberg News report on Monday that laid out the broad contours of the DOJ's proposal, many tech lobbying groups rushed to condemn the plan and warn of its impact on small businesses.

"The extreme remedies recommended by the Department of Justice benefit no one other than Google's business competitors while harming both the consumers who really like Google services and the developers who benefit from the current ecosystem," Chris Mohr, president of the Software and Information Industry Association, said in a statement.