EU's win against Google eases burden on antitrust investigators
By Lewis Crofts ( July 6, 2026, 09:38 GMT | Comment) -- EU judges have done the bloc’s antitrust investigators a favor. In last week’s defeat for Google, the Court of Justice ruled that regulators don’t have to construct a detailed hypothetical alternative world — a "counterfactual" — to prove abusive conduct harms competition. This preserves greater flexibility in complex digital probes, while leaving intact the need for a causal link between the conduct and its effects.It's a long old job investigating massive tech companies. But in the wake of a win against Google at the Court of Justice last week, the burden may have eased slightly....
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