Prague court rules Google ($GOOGL) must pay 400M CZK (~ $20M) fine to Czech price comparer Heureka

A Prague court has ruled that Google must pay Czech price-comparison company Heureka roughly **400 million CZK (\~$20M)** for illegally favoring its own Google Shopping service in search results between 2013 and 2016. The breakdown is approximately **250M CZK in damages + 150M CZK in interest**. The ruling is not final and can still be appealed. Obviously, $17M is financially insignificant for Alphabet. What seems more interesting from an investor perspective is the precedent: local companies can potentially pursue damages based on Google’s past antitrust behavior, on top of regulatory fines. [Source \[novinky.cz\]](https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/internet-a-pc-google-ma-zaplatit-heurece-400-milionu-korun-za-vytlacovani-z-trhu-40595262#dop_ab_variant=0&dop_id=40595262&dop_req_id=mFk4tM322rQ-202609011841&dop_source_zone_name=novinky.web.nexttoart)