Google Heads to EU Court in Episode 1 of $9 Billion Trilogy
- EU claims Google unfairly thwarted shopping search rivals
- EU General Court set for three-day hearing in Luxembourg
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Google’s decade-long antitrust fight with the European Union is set for more twists and turns this week as the internet giant battles the first in a trilogy of fines that cost the company nearly $9 billion.
The EU’s General Court in Luxembourg will host a three-day hearing starting on Feb. 12 as the Alphabet Inc. unit seeks to topple a 2.4 billion-euro ($2.6 billion) penalty in 2017 for thwarting smaller shopping search services.