Judge Blocks Google's Exclusive Search Deals
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A federal judge rejected the DOJ's request to force the tech giant to spin off its Chrome and Android products.
Google moved to exclude expert testimony as inadmissible, arguing the U.S. Department of Justice's key witness "lacks the relevant experience to provide such opinions" on the feasibility of a forced divestiture in Google's ad tech remedies trial in the U.
Judge Amit P. Mehta said the company must hand over some of its search data to rivals, but did not force other big changes the U.S. wanted.