Washington’s antitrust enforcers have a severe case of Margrethe envy. Brussels began its first informal probe into Google nearly a decade ago, and Ms Vestager has since earned a reputation as the regulator who has done the most to rattle Silicon Valley. Ms Vestager’s first term was marked by success in extracting cash for perceived wrongdoing, including more than €8bn in antitrust fines from Google and a demand for Apple to cough up €13bn in an illegal state aid case (all of these cases are under appeal). Read More...
Washington’s antitrust enforcers have a severe case of Margrethe envy. Brussels began its first informal probe into Google nearly a decade ago, and Ms Vestager has since earned a reputation as the regulator who has done the most to rattle Silicon Valley. Ms Vestager’s first term was marked by success in extracting cash for perceived wrongdoing, including more than €8bn in antitrust fines from Google and a demand for Apple to cough up €13bn in an illegal state aid case (all of these cases are under appeal).
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