In an original decision in 2017, Google was fined for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results.

The $2.7 billion fine may affect the conduct of other tech giants. Some experts urge the U.S. to follow Europe's regulatory lead.

Google faces yet another antitrust lawsuit in the US after a major defeat over its search engine dominance in August.

When the fine was levied in 2017, it was the highest ever given by the European Union for anti-competitive behavior.

There may never be a company with a bigger demand for antitrust lawyers than Google has right now. A little over a month after a court issued its ruling in one Justice Department lawsuit against Google,

Google just got out of one U.S. antitrust hearing (the company was found in violation of U.S. laws and will appeal), lost a similar trial in the E.U. where it was fined €2.4 billion, and faces more hearings in both the U.

Google is in the midst of its third major antitrust lawsuit within a year, and it’s fighting tooth and nail to make sure that it doesn’t lose this one. Right now, it’s 0 for 2 in its lawsuits, having lost the two previous cases.