News Summary

• Google will not be forced to break up its search business, but a federal judge has tentatively ordered other changes to the tech giant’s business practices.
• Judge Amit P. Mehta outlined remedies on Tuesday that would bar Google from entering or maintaining exclusive deals that tie the distribution of Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, or Gemini to other apps or revenue arrangements.
• Google will also have to share certain search index and user-interaction data with “qualified competitors” to prevent exclusionary behavior.
• A technical committee will be established to help enforce the final judgment, which will last six years and go into effect 60 days after entry.