What Are The Allegations? To begin with the Commission alleged that Google played up with its search results so as to benefit its own shopping service while causing losses for competitors and customers. However, Kent Walker, the general counsel of Google has blogged that economic data for the last ten years and related documentation prove the competitiveness of Google search. He went on to write, “We believe that the statement of objection’s preliminary conclusions is wrong as a matter of fact, law, and economics.” These comments came at a time when Google submitted a 150-pager report as a counter statement to the charges leveled by the Commission. Read More: Google Nexus Smartphone Images Leaked; Suggests Camera Bump, LED Flash The Penalty Involved Ricardo Cardoso, spokesperson for the Commission has said that they have received the counter response and has stated that the former will consider the same carefully. If found guilty Google might have to forego up to 10 per cent of its annual global turnover as penalty to the Commission.
