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Google hit with fresh €10bn damages claims across Europe
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Google faces coordinated damages claims across European courts totalling up to €10 billion from companies including Idealo, Kelkoo, and PriceRunner, following €890 million in EU fines for Digital Markets Act violations and anti-competitive conduct in search, Android, and app store practices.
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Europe's Digital Markets Act is moving from regulatory threat to real damages liability, and Google's €890 million in fines have opened the courthouse door for every company that lost traffic or revenue to Google's self-preferencing. If you built a comparison service, search tool, or app distribution alternative in the EU and Google undercut you, you now have a path to recover—and the precedent is already won.
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