On January 17, 2026, Alphabet's Google filed a request with a judge to postpone the enforcement of an order that mandates it to share data with its competitors. This move comes in response to a 2024 ruling by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, which concluded that Google had unlawfully maintained its dominance in the online search market. Google has announced its intention to appeal the ruling to the federal appeals court, seeking to have it overturned. The company further contends that Judge Mehta's directive to share data with generative AI firms, such as OpenAI, is overly broad. Google argues that complying with this order could lead to the irreparable disclosure of its trade secrets, and therefore, it has requested a temporary halt to the enforcement of this specific aspect of the ruling.
