J.R.McHale

**The EU’s Three April 15, 2015 Releases**:
> • [Antitrust: Commission Sends Statement of Objections to Google on Comparison Shopping Service; Opens Separate Formal Investigation on Android](http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-4780_en.htm);
> • [Antitrust: Commission Opens Formal Investigation Against Google in Relation to Android Mobile Operating System](http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-15-4782_en.htm); and
> • [Antitrust: Commission Sends Statement of Objections to Google on Comparison Shopping Service (fact sheet)](http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-15-4781_en.htm).

**Google’s Public Response (from the Google Official Blog)**: [Android has Helped Create More Choice and Innovation on Mobile than Ever Before](http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/04/android-has-helped-create-more-choice.html?m=0)

**Google’s Internal Response (memo)**: [Here Is Google’s Internal Response to the Imminent EU Charges (Memo)](http://recode.net/2015/04/14/here-is-googles-internal-response-to-the-imminent-e-u-charges-memo/) – Re/Code

**Commentators and News Reports**:

[Europe Challenges Google, Seeing Violations of Its Antitrust Law](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/business/international/european-union-google-antitrust-case.html?emc=edit_tu_20150415&nl=technology&nlid=34482325) – New York Times

[A Transcontinental Culture War Could Cost Google Billions](http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/04/how-technology-became-a-battleground-for-continental-norms/390588/?utm_source=SFTwitter) – The Atlantic

[Behind Google’s Europe Woes, American Accents](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/26/us-google-eu-insight-idUSKCN0JA1X120141126) – Reuters; and [A Group of Google’s Competitors Wants the US to Slap Google, Too](http://www.businessinsider.com/competitors-want-the-us-to-slap-google-too-2015-4) – Business Insider

[Google Is Targeted Late by EU in a Market That Shifted Years Ago](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-16/google-is-targeted-late-by-eu-in-a-market-that-shifted-years-ago) – Bloomberg Business

[What’s Next for Google and the EU? It Could Be a Quick Settlement.](http://recode.net/2015/04/15/whats-next-for-google-and-the-eu-it-could-be-a-quick-settlement/) – Re/Code

**Background**:

[Europe’s Digital Chief Vows to Intervene on Technology Abuses](http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/04/europes-digital-regulator-vows-to-intervene-on-technology-abuses/?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0) – New York Times (March 2015)

[Tough Talk From European Commissioner About U.S. Tech Companies](http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/24/tough-talk-from-european-commissioner-about-u-s-tech-companies/?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1) – New York Times (February 2015)