Fahad HApr 18, 20162 min readReport: EU antitrust charges against Google’s Android could come this weekFor several months, the European Commission has been hinting through its actions and various leaks that it will file a second antitrust...
Fahad HMar 14, 20161 min readGoogle fails in bid to overturn Russian “no default Android apps” rulingIn February 2015, Russian search engine Yandex asked the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) to initiate an...
Fahad HMar 10, 20162 min readReport: European Commission set to file charges against Google over AndroidAccording to a report from Bloomberg, the European Commission (EC) is about to file an antitrust complaint over the Android operating...
Fahad HFeb 25, 20161 min readSeeking $1.7 Billion In Back Taxes, France Is Latest To Go After GoogleFrance is the latest in a growing list of countries to seek “back taxes” from Google. France is trying to collect the equivalent of...
Fahad HFeb 22, 20162 min readGoogle Faces More EU Woes, Attorneys General Ask FTC To Revive Case In USThe European Commission, according to Bloomberg, is taking a renewed look at Google’s advertising practices. This isn’t new, however;...
Fahad HDec 16, 20152 min readWill Europe’s New EU-Wide Privacy Rules Bring Coherence — Or More Chaos?On Tuesday, European officials approved data protection regulations that formalize many of the court decisions and other regulatory...
Fahad HDec 2, 20154 min readPrivacy Group: Google Spied On Students Using Chromebooks & Apps For EducationThe San Francisco-based non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that...
Fahad HNov 25, 20152 min readApp Developers To Europe: Don’t Hurt Google’s Ability To “Improve” AndroidA group of roughly 140 Android developers under the coordination of an organization called the Application Developers Alliance is...
Fahad HNov 17, 20152 min readGoogle Will Fight Russian Antitrust “No Mandatory Apps” RulingSeeking to avoid a potential “precedent” that might be emulated elsewhere, Google will challenge the Russian antitrust agency’s...
Fahad HNov 8, 20153 min readIntermediary Liability In Duffy Case Could Turn Google, Facebook Into Content PoliceJanice Duffy has been vindicated by the Supreme Court of South Australia in her case against Google. While that’s good for Dr. Duffy, the...
Fahad HOct 26, 20152 min readEU Competition Chief Suggests Google May Face Years Of Antitrust InvestigationsEurope’s chief competition regulator Margrethe Vestager has indicated that Alphabet/Google will likely face multiple antitrust...
Fahad HOct 6, 20154 min readCiting NSA Spying, European Court Kills Data Transfer Agreement Between EU & USThe two-year old Snowden-NSA spying revelations have fueled a growing climate of hostility toward Google, Facebook and other US tech...
Fahad HOct 1, 20152 min readLove, Not War: Microsoft & Google End Patent SuitsYesterday Google and Microsoft agreed to dismiss multiple patent lawsuits against one another. While the settlement terms were not...
Fahad HSep 25, 20152 min readGroundhog Day: New FTC Probe To Revisit Google’s Control Over AndroidBloomberg reported earlier this morning that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is in the early stages of a new investigation into...
Fahad HSep 16, 20152 min readGoogle’s Android Rules Found To Violate Russian Competition LawPrompted by a complaint from Russian search engine Yandex, in February, Russia’s competition regulator opened an antitrust investigation...
Fahad HAug 24, 20152 min readEurope Widens Antitrust Probe Of Google Around Ad Contracts, Content ScrapingThe Wall Street Journal reported Friday that The European Commission (EC) is expanding its antitrust probe of Google. Currently, the EC...
Fahad HAug 21, 20152 min readNew Android Phones: Less Google-App “Bloatware” Equals Less EU ScrutinyAndroid Central is celebrating an apparent decision by Google to require fewer pre-loaded apps on forthcoming Android handsets. The site...
Fahad HJul 16, 20151 min readGoogle Wins Against Plaintiffs Who Argued Data Mingling Violated Privacy RightsThe case of In re Google, Inc. Privacy Policy Litigation has been going on since 2012. It has a long and tortured history, having come...
Fahad HJun 5, 20152 min readGoogle’s European President Brittin Undertakes New Charm OffensiveGoogle seems to be striking a more humble and conciliatory tone in Europe — out of necessity. Eric Schmidt, the primary face of Google in...
Fahad HJun 2, 20152 min readAnother “Market Abuse” Android Complaint Filed Against Google In EuropeDisconnect makes privacy and security apps. The company says that Google removed its new app from Google Play because it allegedly...
