Rossel secures additional €2.4m in damages from Google
By Jean Comte ( June 22, 2026, 16:00 GMT | Insight) -- A French business court has ordered Google to pay €2.4 million in damages to press publisher Rossel, ruling that it had abused its dominant position on the market for ad servers for publishers of websites between 2018 and 2022. The amount — which relates to harm caused to daily newspaper 20 Minutes — comes on top of an initial €20 million damages awarded by the court in December.Google must pay €2.4 million in damages to press publisher Rossel for having abused its dominant position on the market for ad servers, according to a ruling by the Paris Business Tribunal, issued on June 15 and seen by MLex....
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