Wake Up Call: EU Slaps Google with $3 Billion Antitrust Fine

• Google got hit by a record $3.04 billion antitrust fine from the European Union today for promoting its own shopping search service over those of smaller rivals. ( Bloomberg ) Clifford Chance, for complainants, and Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, for Google, led in the case. ( The Lawyer ) Google has had seven years of run-ins with European Commission antitrust authorities. ( Bloomberg ) Some of the company’s biggest U.S. rivals say they back the EU’s enforcement action against the company, rejecting contentions that it is motivated by anti-American bias. ( Financial Times )

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