Google Faces New Menace in EU as Hausfeld Eyes Damages Lawsuits

By Gaspard Sebag, Bloomberg News

Perceived victims of Google Inc.’s alleged anti-competitive behavior have a new European dial-in number.

U.S. law firm Hausfeld & Co. LLP and antitrust consulting company Avisa Partners set up a platform to evaluate potential damages suits as the European Union threatens the search-engine giant with antitrust fines.

“Any person or entity that engaged in e-commerce in the EU may have a civil claim,” Laurent Geelhand, a lawyer at Hausfeld, said in a joint statement published Tuesday with Avisa. Depending on the merits of each case, individual claims could be about 100 million euros ($112.8 million), ...