Overview

• U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected forced divestitures, calling DOJ requests to sell Chrome or impose a contingent Android sale an overreach.
• Google must provide qualified competitors access to portions of its search index and user‑interaction data, excluding advertising data, which the company says raises privacy concerns.
• Exclusive default contracts are barred, yet payments for preloading or placement may continue, preserving deals like Apple’s default‑search arrangement.
• Alphabet shares jumped roughly 7%–9% after the decision, and the order imposes multi‑year oversight through a technical committee to monitor compliance.
• Mehta cited generative AI as a key factor, saying the remedies aim to restore search competition and prevent any carryover of dominance into GenAI, with the DOJ weighing its next steps.