Google Keeps Yelp, Consumer Watchdog Out of EU Court Appeal
- EU court says Yelp isn’t involved in shopping comparison
- Court also throws out intervention from Oracle-backed group
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Google won a European Union court order that prevents local search service Yelp Inc. and advocacy group Consumer Watchdog from teaming up with the EU at a legal challenge of a 2017 antitrust fine.
The EU’s General Court said Yelp "cannot be directly affected" by the EU’s ruling over Google’s comparison-shopping search service, according to a filing published on its website. Yelp and U.S.-based nonprofit Consumer Watchdog had jointly sought to help the EU in the court case. Their request was denied.