Google will challenge Klarna’s damages win in Swedish court (update*)
By Lewis Crofts ( July 22, 2026, 14:21 GMT | Insight) -- Google has taken steps before a Swedish appeal court to overturn a ruling last month that ordered it to pay Klarna-owned price comparison service PriceRunner the equivalent of 14.3 billion Swedish krona ($1.5 billion). The case is one of the major pieces of European litigation over Google’s favoring of its price comparison service, and it will now enter another round of court review. Klarna said it will also file an appeal. Google has taken steps before a Swedish appeal court to overturn a ruling last month that ordered it to pay Klarna-owned price comparison service PriceRunner the equivalent of 14.3 billion Swedish krona ($1.5 billion)....
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