Dec. 11 at 6:31 PM
The new EU antitrust investigation is a significant positive development for
$CHGG , as it provides strong external validation for the underlying economic harm.
The EU is targeting the exact same behavior-leveraging search dominance to extract content for Al without compensation-but under the EU's 'abuse of dominance' standard, which is generally considered easier for regulators to prove than the US Sherman Act standard.
Although US courts do not grant 'collateral estoppel' (binding legal effect) to foreign regulatory findings, the fact that a major global regulator is using the nuclear option of an antitrust investigation, rather than a mere copyright challenge, significantly strengthens Chegg's legal narrative that Google's conduct is exclusionary and anti-competitive. This alignment increases the strategic pressure on
$GOOGL (
$GOOG ).
