Fahad HDec 15, 20162 min readGoogle agrees to change when it scans emails for ad targetingGoogle agreed to change its email scanning practice on Tuesday as part of a court settlement, The Verge first reported. The changes...
Fahad HNov 10, 20164 min readGoogle to EU on Android: your way means less innovation and higher pricesThe European Commission (EC) has three ongoing antitrust “complaints” against Google. One of the three involves Google’s Android...
Fahad HNov 2, 20161 min readGoogle creates its own antitrust woes with poor communication over search listingsDid Google deliberately try to reduce the rankings of ProtonMail, a tiny rival to Google’s own Gmail service? Almost certainly not. Even...
Fahad HAug 17, 20161 min readGoogle antitrust woes: new South Korean probe, Russian court rejects appealGoogle continues to face mounting antitrust challenges around the globe. Beyond the three active complaints in Europe, directed at...
Fahad HAug 11, 20161 min readRussia fines Google nearly $7MM for ‘anticompetitive’ app pre-install rulesLast year, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) found that Google violated its competition law by requiring...
Fahad HJul 15, 20162 min readGoogle touts YouTube anti-piracy moves, critics remain criticalGoogle is a long-standing target of critics who claim that the company “encourages piracy.” While this is not a uniformly held view, and...
Fahad HJul 14, 20162 min readWith third EU antitrust complaint, Google confronts $20 billion in potential finesAs expected, the European Commission (EC) filed a third “Statement of Objections” against Google parent Alphabet Inc. on Thursday. The...
Fahad HJun 30, 20161 min readCourt: Viacom, not Google, on the hook for tracking kids’ behavior onlineIn a class-action lawsuit that alleged illegal tracking of kids’ web browsing and video-viewing habits, Google was released from the...
Fahad HJun 6, 20162 min readSupreme Court allows AdWords class action against Google to proceedAccording to Reuters, the Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Alphabet/Google concerning an advertiser class action. The...
Fahad HMay 26, 20161 min readGoogle wins its Java case against Oracle (again), saves billions in fees — for nowOracle was seeking roughly $9 billion in licensing fees and damages from Google for the use of Java APIs in Android. However, earlier...
Fahad HMay 24, 20161 min readFrench tax officials perform early morning raid on Google offices in ParisGoogle’s offices in Paris were “raided” today by 100 tax officials, according to the BBC. The company is accused of owing France nearly...
Fahad HMay 16, 20162 min readReport: Europe readying “record-breaking” $3.4 billion antitrust fine against GoogleAccording to the London-based The Daily Telegraph, Google is about to get hit with a “record-breaking” antitrust fine by the European...
Fahad HMay 11, 20162 min readReport: FTC looking at reopening antitrust investigation against GoogleFederal Trade Commission (FTC) officials may be preparing to reopen the “search bias” antitrust investigation against Google. That’s...
Fahad HApr 25, 20162 min readGoogle, Microsoft agree not to fight proxy regulatory battles against one anotherLast week, Microsoft and Google decided to play nice. The two companies agreed to stop filing complaints about one another with...
Fahad HApr 20, 20162 min readEurope says Google broke antitrust law with app rules, Android contractsAs expected, Google has been hit with a formal “Statement of Objections” (antitrust charges) by the European Commission regarding its...
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 HMar 7, 20162 min readClass action suit accuses Google of stealing “face prints” without permissionIn a case called Weiss v. Google Inc., plaintiff Joseph Weiss has filed a potential class action accusing Google of stealing “face...
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...
