1. The European Commission an important European Union institution with many responsibilities including those dealing with rule/regulation making and enforcement has found Google guilty of violating EU antitrust laws. Briefly explain the offences the Commission claims Google is guilty of.
2. What measures did the commission impose on Google? How do these remedy the claimed offences?
3. If Google is guilty of offences in Europe are they also guilty of antitrust violations in all other countries? Explain.
4. Other articles acknowledge that regulators in Canada and the US came to different conclusions with respect to antitrust violations by Google within their country. Explain the conclusions reached by both countries regulators, remedies imposed (if any) and how these regulators came to such different conclusions.
5. Do you imagine Google will be charged of such offences in China? Explain why or why not?
6. Following the Google decision, do you imagine that other companies now face increased risks of similar charges? Briefly explain why or why not.