Europe’s highest court on July 2 upheld a 4.1 billion-euro ($4.7 billion) penalty after ruling that Google abused its dominant position by using Android agreements to strengthen its search business and limit competition.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) dismissed the appeal filed by Google and its parent company, Alphabet, ending an eight-year legal battle over one of the biggest competition cases ever brought against a technology company.
The ruling confirms the reduced fine that was set by a lower EU court in 2022.
The decision marks another major victory for European regulators as they continue to tighten oversight of the world’s largest technology companies through antitrust enforcement and newer digital competition laws….
