EU’s Court of Justice upholds EUR 2.4B fine on Google

The European Union’s Court of Justice upheld the fine of EUR 2.4B imposed on Alphabet’s Google “for abuse of its dominant position by favoring its own comparison shopping service.” On 2017, the Commission imposed a fine of EUR 2.4B on Google for having abused its dominant position in several national online search markets by favoring its own comparison shopping service over those of its competitors. “After the General Court essentially upheld that decision and maintained that fine, Google and Alphabet lodged an appeal before the Court of Justice, which dismisses that appeal and thus upholds the judgment of the General Court,” it stated.