Foundem

Lead Complainant in the European Commission Google Search case. Instigator of the (failed) FTC Google investigation. Breakers of Chains, Parents of Dragons, etc

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Today we sent an open letter to Commissioner @vestager signed by the CEOs of 14 European comparison shopping services:
https://t.co/qDlw5oWHRB
#Google #Antitrust

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Our take on the DMA: https://t.co/819tE3G4po
#DMA #DigitalMarketsAct

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@UGambini @POLITICOEurope @SamuelStolton @chesseurope @POLITICOEUTech @POLITICOPro @ramontremosa @Andreas_Schwab @jason_kint @Caffar3Cristina @barryclynn @EU_Competition Congratulations and best of luck in your exciting new chapter!
Many thanks for all of your important work on the Google case and DMA. You will be sorely missed!

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@AuerDirk @Google @EU_Competition Case closed: Black Knight wins (for now)

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@simonvandorpe Yes. But the analysis of the judgment that EVP Vestager was referring to was in the context of assessing whether the “remedy” is acceptable.

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🤔…

Vestager today on the “remedy” in the Google Search (Comparison Shopping) case: “We are not stating the success of the remedy; we are stating how the remedy has worked so far…I have no point of view, because it needs some more thorough analysis on our side.”

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@jcbcp @vestager E.g. see: https://t.co/zEdjPJfLSh
and: https://t.co/J9iSTe7xAM

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@jcbcp @vestager At some point (soon), Commissioner @vestager is going to need to come to terms with the fact that in addition to being brazenly non-compliant in its own right, Google vehemently argued during the appeal that its CSS Auction offers rival CSSs nothing that wasn’t already available.

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Just going through the detail of yesterday’s EU Court judgment
against Google and so far (about half way) it doesn’t just reject Google’s arguments. It absolutely annihilates them. #GoogleShopping #antitrust

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@LeConcurrential Hi Thibault,
I hope you don’t mind me asking, do you have any direct or indirect financial ties to Google?

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Google statements from February 2020 and November 2021:
PS: This case isn’t about “Shopping ads”. See: https://t.co/ftLBjfmaQs

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@lewis_crofts @Martinned81 Good point about MS not appealing their loss.
But by that point MS were bruised & battered by the whole experience. Whereas Google have had (&, barring yesterday, are continuing to have) a whale of a time.
So far, Google has thumbed its nose at equal treatment & got away with it.

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@markscott82 Sigh…for anyone wanting to make up their own mind about the extent to which this has (or has not) been a David and Goliath battle, please see our detailed Timeline spanning our 12-years-and-counting effort to bring Google to justice: https://t.co/W8Ug9zBWDl

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The General Court confirms our decision that Google abused its market dominance.

Today's judgment delivers the clear message that Google's conduct was unlawful, and it provides the necessary legal clarity for the market.

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@lewis_crofts @Google “Even harder”?
Is Google’s brazenly non-compliant direct continuation of the same abuse identified by the Decision punishment enough? https://t.co/zEdjPJfLSh

[Umberto GAMBINI 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇹🇪🇺 @UGambini]

We said it in 2013 ! long waited win @ramontremosa @Andreas_Schwab @AlmuniaJoaquin 😊 🙌

👍 @vestager @EU_Competition

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Ahead of tomorrow’s Judgment, we’ve updated our Timeline of the events leading up to and during the EC’s #antitrust Google Search (Comparison Shopping) case:
https://t.co/W8Ug9zBWDl

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Sharing with you the latest article I published on my blog… it’s meant to tell the story with a touch of humanity and a personal perspective 😊
Feel free to comment

“ #Google case for dummies: The story of a journey!
Working for unbundling since 2012”
https://t.co/PRqMrmlh2U

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2/2 … first proposals and claims that Google has now offered "significant improvements"

For those who want to know the chronology of events or have little reminder, great stuff by @Foundem :
https://t.co/MTlBQSNIie

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1/2 History2013
MEPs @ramontremosa & @Andreas_Schwab host a panel discussion at the European Parliament, entitled: The #Google Antitrust Case: What is at Stake?
In a speech at the opening of this event, Commissioner @AlmuniaJoaquin acknowledges the negative feedback from Google's

[Umberto GAMBINI 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇹🇪🇺 @UGambini]

@vestager @Europarl_EN @jvanovertveldt @EU_Competition Beautiful @EU_Competition report indeed!

“Considers that the structural unbundling of Big Tech monopolies may be desirable for restoring competition in digital markets given the limits of fines and the failure of past behavioural remedies… “

https://t.co/QhlcWLqtFe