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Re:Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling, $2.8B... by aidenn0 on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @05:16PM (#29181683)
Honestly, just adding a market-rate interest charge on the original fine seems Good Enough to me. I suspect the interest on a $3B fine is larger than the court fees and lawyers anyways, and it's not like time value of money isn't something companies will neglect to take into account.
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Re:Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling, $2.8B... by r00fus on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @05:28PM (#29181807)
Wasn't the market-rate interest actually negative in some European countries in recent years?

There has to be some mechanism for some additional cost for the defendants to prevent appealing all court decisions...

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Re:Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling, $2.8B... by aidenn0 on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @05:34PM (#29181879)
If the interest was negative, then paying the money now is additional cost compared to paying it years ago.
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