
Google Faces More EU Woes, Attorneys General Ask FTC To Revive Case In US
The European Commission, according to Bloomberg, is taking a renewed look at Google’s advertising practices. This isn’t new, however;...

Russia Joins List Of Countries Seeking More Tax Revenue From Google, Apple
Countries across Europe have been seeking more tax revenue from US tech companies such as Google and Apple. Google and Apple have so far...

Google Agrees To Pay $185 Million In Back Taxes In UK Settlement
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Google was negotiating with France and other European governments to settle long-running...

Google Seeking To Normalize Tax Relations With Europe, Settle Claims
Many governments in Europe don’t believe that US companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, Starbucks and Apple are paying their fair...

Will 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...

Yandex Takes Fight Against Google & Android To European Commission
Prompted by a complaint from Yandex, Russia’s antitrust regulator found that Google-required pre-installed Android apps violated Russian...

With Copyright Reform, Is Europe About To Declare “War On The Hyperlink”?
The European Commission (EC) and other European Parliamentary Committees are working to “harmonize” copyright laws across Europe. There’s...

Intermediary Liability In Duffy Case Could Turn Google, Facebook Into Content Police
Janice Duffy has been vindicated by the Supreme Court of South Australia in her case against Google. While that’s good for Dr. Duffy, the...

UK-Based Streetmap Sues Google In Potential First Wave Of New EU Lawsuits
Nearly a decade after the launch of Google Maps, Google is being sued by a mapping competitor in the UK. The company is called Streetmap,...

Turning The Tables, Google Argues EU Must Justify More Aggressive Antitrust Stance
As part of its defiant stance against EU antitrust charges, Alphabet (Google) is arguing that there’s no basis for assessing fines...

Safe Harbor Overthrow Creates New Data Purgatory For US, EU Companies
The SIINDA conference in Prague concluded today with a panel of European publishers and lawyers discussing a range of legal and...

Right To Be Forgotten 2.0: Better Privacy Rules Or Operational Nightmare?
Europe is effectively becoming the internet’s privacy cop, with implications for any company doing business in Europe and many outside...

Citing NSA Spying, European Court Kills Data Transfer Agreement Between EU & US
The two-year old Snowden-NSA spying revelations have fueled a growing climate of hostility toward Google, Facebook and other US tech...

Groundhog Day: New FTC Probe To Revisit Google’s Control Over Android
Bloomberg reported earlier this morning that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is in the early stages of a new investigation into...

Google’s Waze Trials Carpooling Service In Tel Aviv, Israel
According to the Jerusalem Post and Reuters, Google’s Waze is testing a carpool service in Israel. Named RideWith, it will match riders...

EU Gives Google More Time To Respond To Antitrust Charges – Pushes Deadline To August 17
According to a report on Reuters, Google spokesman Al Verney said the EU granted Google’s request for an extension to review court...

Study Claims Google Is Delivering “Degraded” Search Results, Adding Steam To EU Antitrus
In a study sponsored by Yelp – one of the companies listed as a complainant in the EU antitrust case against Google, former FTC advisor...

Getty Images Added As “Interested Third Person” In EU Antitrust Charges Against Google
Getty Images released a statement yesterday confirming it has been added to the EU’s antitrust case against Google as an “interested...

Google Could Face Deterrent-Sized Fines In EU Antitrust Case
With April’s antitrust charges related to Google’s handling of its comparison shopping product, the European Union told the search giant...
























