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;...
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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 Search Executive Tamar Yehoshua Joins RetailMeNot Board, Raising Eyebrows
Deals aggregation site RetailMeNot (RMN) appointed Google search executive Tamar Yehoshua to its board of directors. Some writers have...
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...
Privacy Group: Google Spied On Students Using Chromebooks & Apps For Education
The San Francisco-based non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that...
Google Will Fight Russian Antitrust “No Mandatory Apps” Ruling
Seeking to avoid a potential “precedent” that might be emulated elsewhere, Google will challenge the Russian antitrust agency’s...
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...
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...
EU Competition Chief Suggests Google May Face Years Of Antitrust Investigations
Europe’s chief competition regulator Margrethe Vestager has indicated that Alphabet/Google will likely face multiple antitrust...
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...
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...
Love, Not War: Microsoft & Google End Patent Suits
Yesterday Google and Microsoft agreed to dismiss multiple patent lawsuits against one another. While the settlement terms were not...
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 Sues SEO Firm For Making False Partnership Claims In Illegal Robocalls
On Wednesday, Google took legal action against a search marketing firm for allegedly making illegal automated calls to small businesses...
Google’s Android Rules Found To Violate Russian Competition Law
Prompted by a complaint from Russian search engine Yandex, in February, Russia’s competition regulator opened an antitrust investigation...
Anticipating Antitrust Decision, European Firms Get Ready To Sue Google
Sensing an opportunity if the European Commission (EC) decides Google abused its market position in shopping search, a European law firm...
Europe Widens Antitrust Probe Of Google Around Ad Contracts, Content Scraping
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that The European Commission (EC) is expanding its antitrust probe of Google. Currently, the EC...
Why Google, Bing, Facebook, Twitter & Others Should Collaborate: A Proposition For An Online Rep
For those with online reputation crises, the internet is a hostile and damaging place. When one is attacked online, it can negatively...
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