Apple, Google Defeats to Fuel EU’s Crackdown on Big Tech
- EU’s top court vindicates Margrethe Vestager’s 10-year crusade
- New commissioner to take over role, emboldened by top court
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It was a dark day for Apple Inc. and Google as they lost two of the biggest competition cases in European Union history.
Apple suffered a defeat over an EU-ordered €13 billion ($14.4 billion) Irish tax bill and Google faltered over its challenge of a €2.4 billion fine for abusing its search market power.