It's official time for Google to have its moment in court in front of the U.S. government as it relates to its dominance of the search engine market. In August, a judge ruled that Google had violated antitrust laws to maintain its dominance in online search, and the government's potential solution involves breaking Google apart.

A federal judge last year ruled the company had been making anticompetitive deals to stifle competition for its search engine. Google now faces the penalty phase.