Swedish Court Orders Google to Pay Klarna-Owned PriceRunner $1.97 Billion

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A Swedish court ordered Google to pay $1.97 billion in damages to PriceRunner, the price-comparison service owned by Klarna, in a major antitrust-related ruling over search self-preferencing. The award is one of the largest single-plaintiff antitrust damages against Google in Europe. It reinforces mounting legal and financial exposure for Google's search-ranking practices as it defends the same behavior in AI-era search.