A federal judge ordered behavioral remedies to curb Google's anticompetitive conduct without forcing a breakup of its search business. The remedies bar exclusive deals that tie distribution of Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, or Gemini to other apps or revenue arrangements, such as conditioning Play Store licensing or revenue-share payments. Google must share certain search index and user-interaction data with qualified competitors and offer search and search ad syndication services at standard rates. A technical committee will enforce the judgment, which lasts six years and takes effect 60 days after entry. Parties must submit a revised final judgment by September 10.
U.S. District Court 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. For example, Google wouldn't be able to condition Play Store licensing on the distribution of certain apps, or tie revenue-share payments to keeping certain apps.
Google will also have to share certain search index and user-interaction data with "qualified competitors" to prevent exclusionary behavior, and it must offer search and search ad syndication services to competitors at standard rates so they can deliver quality results while building their own technology. Mehta has not yet issued a final judgment. Instead, he ordered Google and the Department of Justice to "meet and confer" and submit a revised final judgment by September 10 that aligns with his opinion.
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