On July 15, Google filed a request with the EU's top court to uphold a 2024 ruling by a lower court that overturned a €1.49 billion antitrust fine imposed by the European Commission. The fine stemmed from allegations that Google used contractual terms to prevent competitors from placing search ads on website publishers' platforms between 2006 and 2016. In 2024, the lower court ruled that the European Commission had made errors in its assessment and overturned the fine.