By Moz Farooque ACCA
Publication Date: 2025-11-17 10:02:00
This article first appeared on GuruFocus.
Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is up against a massive new bill in Germany following a Berlin court order that the company needs to pay 573 million, or about $666 million, to two local price-comparison websites.
The ruling ties links back to the EU’s long-running antitrust battle over how Google favored its own shopping results in search behavior regulators said hurt rivals for years.
Idealo, owned by Axel Springer, walked away with the bulk of the award: 374M plus 91M in interest. That’s well below the 3.3 billion it originally pushed for, but still a meaningful win. A smaller rival, Producto GmbH, secured 89.7 million plus 17.7 million in interest.
Google said it was happy the court threw out most of what it called exorbitant claims, but made it clear it disagrees with the overall rulings and will appeal.
These lawsuits are part of a wave of follow-on actions triggered by the EU’s 2017 decision to fine Google 2.4B for abusing…
