Class-action lawsuit accuses Google of improperly withholding refunds for ad fraud
In 2017, Google agreed to provide refunds to selected advertisers using DoubleClick Bid Manager (now called Display & Video 360) where...
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How will Google’s new Android app licensing rules in Europe impact Chrome and search?
On Tuesday, Google took action to comply with the European Commission’s (EC’s) antitrust decision requiring it to de-couple Google Play...
Google appeals record $5 billion EU antitrust Android fine
Earlier today Google filed an appeal of the European Commission’s (EC’s) record €4.3 billion (roughly $5 billion) antitrust fine. The...
Attorneys General take aim at tech companies with potential multistate action
In Washington, DC, Tuesday, there was a meeting of state Attorneys General about big technology companies and their impact on the market...
US senator calls on FTC to open new antitrust investigation against Google
Earlier today Senator Orrin Hatch called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to open a new antitrust investigation of Google in a...
Google faces potential class action, FTC penalties for ‘surreptitious’ location tracking
A California resident named Napoleon Patacsil has filed a lawsuit against Google in federal court (Patacsil v. Google, Inc.) seeking...
AP: Google collects location data when ‘Location History’ is turned off
Yesterday, the AP reported that Google collects user location data regardless of user Location History settings: Google wants to know...
FTC says it will take a ‘close look’ at EU antitrust fine against Google
Mark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock.com Following today’s record antitrust fine imposed on Google parent Alphabet in Europe, US Federal Trade...
Google hit with largest-ever $5 billion antitrust penalty in Android case
It’s the largest antitrust fine ever imposed by the European Commission (EC) and nearly double the last antitrust fine Google received...
Report: Second big EU antitrust fine against Google coming next week
Reports out today from the The Washington Post and Reuters say that the European Commission (EC) is readying a second multibillion-euro...
Google holds an AMA-style meeting with dozens of publishers on GDPR
The format of the meeting was an AMA (ask me anything) with legal and product executives who have been involved with Google’s GDPR...
Yelp asks Europe to take new antitrust action against Google
According to the Financial Times (paywall), Yelp has formally complained to the European Commission (EC) that Google “abused its...
60 Minutes segment: Google is a monopoly without question
In last night’s widely anticipated “60 Minutes” segment on Google, the program asks, “How Did Google Get So Big?” The answer the...
Reports: Fake reviews are a growing problem on Amazon, Google
As reviews have grown in importance, so have efforts to game the system. The problem is growing on both Google Maps and Amazon, according...
Oracle’s $9 billion Java lawsuit against Google back from the dead
Oracle’s suit against Google has been brought back to life by a federal appeals court. The underlying lawsuit involved Google’s...
Report: France suing Google, Apple over mobile developer contract terms
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says the country will take Apple and Google to court over mobile developer contracts. The move is...
News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch calls (again) for payments from Silicon Valley
News Corp Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch has long been critical of Google and online content aggregators in general. He sees them as...
Google extends olive branch to publishers, lays out new focus on subscriptions
In a rare joint appearance, Google executives Philipp Schindler, chief business officer, and Sridhar Ramaswamy, SVP of ads and commerce,...
Gab.ai sues Google after removal from Play store for hate-speech violations
Described as a “digital safe space for the far right” or the “alt-right’s very own Twitter,” social site Gab.ai is suing Google parent...
News media seek to wield antitrust law in negotiations with Google, Facebook
In the wake of the EU’s recent $2.7 billion dollar fine of Google, the US news media are seeking to both change and wield antitrust law...
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