After a five-year legal battle that originated during the waning weeks of President Donald Trump‘s first administration, U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta recently ruled that Google illegally maintained a monopoly in search. Yet, Mehta said he would not force the divestiture of the search giant’s Chrome browser or Android operating system.

Instead, the court banned exclusive agreements that prioritized Google’s search engine and required Google to share a limited search index and user‑interaction data with competitors.