Overview

• Judge Amit Mehta rejected the Justice Department’s bid to force Google to sell Chrome, calling such a divestiture extremely complicated and very risky.
• Google must share specified search indexing and user‑interaction data with qualified competitors to help them improve their services.
• The company is required to distribute certain search results to rivals, in some instances for up to five years.
• The ruling declines a blanket ban on Google’s default‑payment deals due to likely harm to partners and consumers, while extending restrictions to stop exclusive agreements that could foreclose AI competition.
• A technical committee will oversee enforcement, with a final order expected after consultations by September 10 and remedies taking effect 60 days thereafter; Alphabet shares rose more than 7% after hours as Apple gained over 3%.