PriceRunner filed suit against Google in 2022, seeking approximately $8.3 billion in damages. The court ultimately awarded nearly $2 billion. The judgment was delayed multiple times—originally scheduled for April 2026, then June—as the court worked through complex questions of liability and damages calculation.
For practitioners, this ruling represents one of Europe's first major financial penalties against Google following sustained EU investigations into digital market dominance. The decision reinforces that self-preferencing in search results carries substantial financial exposure and signals regulators' willingness to enforce competition law against tech platforms. Companies competing in comparison shopping, price aggregation, and related verticals should expect heightened scrutiny of how dominant platforms rank their own services against rivals.