Hausfeld: Google faces new multibillion-pound lawsuit from UK consumers for stifling competition in the search engine market, causing price rises across the UK economy
The claim seeks approximately £7bn in redress on behalf of UK consumers from Google for breaches of competition law in shutting out competition in mobile search.
- The claim seeks approximately £7bn in redress on behalf of UK consumers from Google for breaches of competition law in shutting out competition in mobile search.
- Google uses its market dominance to raise the prices paid by advertisers for prominence on the Google search page, according to the claim.
- Those increased prices are systematically passed on to consumers, who are charged higher prices for the goods and services they buy.
- Google’s role in driving prices higher has happened by stealth, but is finally laid bare in the legal claim.