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#1 Google, AI Firm Settle Florida Mother’s Lawsuit Over Son’s Suicide

Jan 8 2026 // Alphabet’s Google and artificial-intelligence startup Character.AI have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida woman who alleged a Character chatbot led to the suicide of her 14-year-old son, according to a Jan. 7...

#2 Google to Pay $135 Million to Settle Android Data Transfer Lawsuit

Jan 28 2026 // Google will pay $135 million to settle a proposed class action by smartphone users who accused Google of programming its Android operating system to collect their cellular data without permission. A preliminary settlement...

#3 Google Settles Google Assistant Privacy Lawsuit for $68 Million

Jan 26 2026 // Google agreed to pay $68 million to settle a lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated assistant spied inappropriately on smartphone users, violating their privacy. A preliminary class action settlement was filed late...

#4 Publishers Seek to Join Lawsuit Against Google Over AI Training

Jan 16 2026 // Publishers Hachette Book Group and Cengage Group asked a California federal court on Thursday for permission to intervene in a proposed class action lawsuit against Google over the alleged misuse of copyrighted material...