Overview
- The Justice Department and a coalition of states filed a cross-appeal to the D.C. Circuit challenging Judge Amit Mehta’s remedies in the Google search antitrust case.
- Officials signaled interest in tougher measures that could revisit a Chrome divestiture and the terms of Google’s default-search payments to partners such as Apple.
- Google has already appealed and asked the district court to pause the order requiring it to share certain search data with rivals during the appeals process.
- Mehta’s ruling requires limited data access for competitors and bans exclusivity that would block rivals’ distribution, yet allows paid default placements subject to restrictions.
- The notice lists the United States and states including Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, and the appellate timeline is expected to span many months.