Google Wins Legal Bid to Overturn 1.5 Billion Euro Antitrust Fine in EU Digital Ad Case

Google Wins Legal Bid to Overturn 1.5 Billion Euro Antitrust Fine in EU Digital Ad Case
The exhibitors work on laptop computers in front of an illuminated sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany, on April 17, 2007. Jens Meyer/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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LONDON—Google won a court challenge on Wednesday against a 1.49 billion euro ($1.66 billion) European Union antitrust fine imposed five years ago that targeted its online advertising business.

The EU’s General Court said it was throwing out the 2019 penalty imposed by the European Commission, which is the 27-nation bloc’s top antitrust enforcer.