This lawyer is building a platform for companies to seek antitrust redress from Google
The antitrust cases against Google in Europe could soon be multiplying: Lawyers for one of the complainants in the European Commission's antitrust action are setting up a platform to help companies file civil suits seeking damages from the search giant for anticompetitive behavior.
Even if the Commission wins its long-running antitrust battle with Google, the companies that complained about its business practices will get no redress for past wrongs, only assurances that Google will change its behavior in the future.
Several of them -- including comparison shopping site Foundem, one of the initial complainants, and mapping service Streetmap EU -- have already taken to the U.K. courts, seeking redress for what they allege is anticompetitive behavior on Google's part.
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