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Google Facing at Least €12 Billion in Civil Claims Across Europe
May 13 2025 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google is facing at least €12 billion ($13.3 billion) in damage claims from dozens of price comparison websites across the European Union which allege that the search and advertising giant stole...
Google Settles $1.4B Lawsuit With Texas Over Data Privacy Violations
May 12 2025 // Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission, the state’s attorney general announced Friday. Attorney General Ken Paxton described the settlement...
US Seeks Forced Sale of Google Ad Technology Products
May 7 2025 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google should be forced to sell off two of its businesses that help websites buy, sell and serve online advertising after a judge found the company illegally monopolized those markets, the Justice...
Google Faces £5 Billion Lawsuit in UK for Abusing Dominance in Online Search
Apr 16 2025 // Alphabet’s Google is being sued in Britain for potential damages of up to 5 billion pounds ($6.6 billion) in a class action alleging the company abused its dominant market position in the online search industry. The...
Google to Pay $28M to Settle Claims it Favored White and Asian Employees
Mar 19 2025 // Google agreed to pay $28 million to settle a class action lawsuit claiming that it favored white and Asian employees by paying them more and putting them on higher career tracks than other workers. The accord with Google,...
Teen’s Suicide Turns Mother Against Google, AI Chatbot Startup
Mar 18 2025 // Megan Garcia says her son would still be alive today if it weren’t for a chatbot urging the 14-year-old to take his own life. In a lawsuit with major implications for Silicon Valley, she is seeking to hold Google and...
News Corp. Sued by Google Search Engine Rival Brave Software to Defend Its ‘Fair Use’
Mar 14 2025 // News Corp. has been sued by Google search engine rival Brave Software, which seeks to forestall a lawsuit by Rupert Murdoch’s company for when readers are directed to copyrighted articles from the Wall Street Journal...
Google’s AI Previews Erode the Internet, Educational Tech Company Says in Lawsuit
Feb 25 2025 // Alphabet’s Google internet search engine is eroding demand for original content and undermining publishers’ ability to compete with its artificial intelligence-generated overviews, a U.S. educational technology...
Google to Be Hit With EU Charges of Breaching Big Tech Rules, Sources Say
Feb 24 2025 // Alphabet unit Google is set to be charged with breaching EU rules aimed at checking the power of Big Tech after proposed changes to its search results failed to address the EU antitrust regulator’s concerns and those...
Mexico’s Sheinbaum Threatens to Sue Google Over ‘Gulf of America’ Maps Change
Feb 14 2025 // Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum threatened a civil lawsuit against Google for renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on its maps service following an executive order Donald Trump signed after taking...
Google Scraps Diversity-Based Hiring Targets
Feb 6 2025 // Alphabet’s Google is scrapping its goal to hire more employees from underrepresented groups and is reviewing some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, joining a slew of U.S. businesses scaling...
CFPB Claims Supervision Over Google Unit, Which Promptly Sues
Dec 9 2024 // The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it’s claiming supervisory authority over Google Payment Corp., as the agency extends its oversight of nonbank financial platforms. The unit of Alphabet Inc. promptly...
Kremlin Says Google Should Lift YouTube Block on Russian Broadcasters
Nov 1 2024 // The Kremlin said on Thursday that Alphabet’s Google should lift its block on Russian TV channels broadcasting on YouTube and said it hoped huge legal claims racking up against the U.S.-based company would jolt it...
Google Endorses Bill to Reveal Funders Backing Lawsuits
Oct 16 2024 // Google is endorsing a bill that would require people filing lawsuits to disclose who will be paying for – and profiting from – the litigation. The bill, introduced last week by California Republican Representative...
Google Judge Questions Company Testimony as Ad Defense Begins
Sep 23 2024 // A senior Google executive sought to refute the US Justice Department’s antitrust case over its display advertising technology business, testifying that it faces “fierce competition” from the likes of...
Ex-Google Executive’s Startup to Use AI to Forecast the Weather
Sep 19 2024 // A startup founded by a former Google executive aims to use artificial intelligence to improve weather forecasting, joining technology behemoths like Nvidia Corp. and Huawei Technologies Co. in an increasingly crowded...
Top EU Privacy Regulator Opens Probe Into Google’s AI Compliance
Sep 12 2024 // The top EU privacy regulator opened an inquiry on Thursday into whether search engine giant Google adequately protected European Union users’ personal data before using it to help develop its foundational AI...
EU’s Vestager Triumphs in Crackdown on Apple’s Tax Deal, Google’s Practices
Sep 10 2024 // EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager scored two major wins on Tuesday as Europe’s top court backed her crackdown against Apple’s Irish tax deal and Google’s anti-competitive practices in two landmark...
Google’s Ad Empire Under Fire With US Antitrust Trial to Begin
Sep 9 2024 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google heads back to court Monday to face US Justice Department allegations that it manipulates the $677 billion display advertising market in violation of antitrust laws, just one month after losing...
Google Abusing Power Over Website Ads, UK Regulator Says
Sep 9 2024 // Britain’s antitrust regulator said on Friday it had provisionally found Alphabet’s Google had abused its dominant position in digital advertising to restrict competition. The Competition and Markets Authority...
