Google Trial Wraps Up as Judge Weighs Landmark US Antitrust Claims May 6, 2024 By Mike Scarcella Google and the U.S. Justice Department wrapped up closing arguments on Friday over claims that the Alphabet unit has unlawfully...
California Lawmakers Call for Stricter Regulation of Autonomous Vehicles February 14, 2024 By Abhirup Roy California lawmakers and labor unions rallied to call for laws to not allow autonomous trucks without human drivers, amid rising...
Google Settles $5 Billion Consumer Privacy Lawsuit December 29, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel Alphabet’s Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of millions of people who...
Google Launches Last-Ditch Effort to Overturn $2.6B EU Antitrust Fine September 20, 2023 By Foo Yun Chee Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday made a last-ditch effort at Europe’s top court to overturn a 2.42 billion euro ($2.6 billion)...
Google Tentatively Settles States’ Play Store Antitrust Suit September 6, 2023 By Joel Rosenblatt Alphabet Inc. tentatively settled claims that Google Play abuses its control over Android mobile applications, potentially resolving complaints over the...
Google Argues it Doesn’t Block Rivals in Bid to Kill U.S. Government Antitrust Lawsuit January 12, 2023 By Diane Bartz Google parent Alphabet on Wednesday argued that a court should toss out a government antitrust lawsuit against it, saying that...
Google to Pay About $400 Million to Settle Location-Tracking Lawsuit November 14, 2022 By Diane Bartz and Alexandra Alper Alphabet’s Google will pay $391.5 million to settle allegations by 40 states that the search and advertising giant illegally tracked...
Google Faces Damages Claims of $25.4B in UK, Dutch Courts Over Adtech Practices September 13, 2022 By Foo Yun Chee Alphabet unit Google will face damages claims for up to 25 billion euros ($25.4 billion) over its digital advertising practices...
Google Ordered to Pay Former Australian Lawmaker for Defamatory YouTube Videos June 6, 2022 By Byron Kaye SYDNEY – An Australian court on Monday ordered Google to pay a former lawmaker A$715,000 ($515,000), saying its refusal to...
Google Adds Extra Scrutiny of Its Scientists’ Research on ‘Sensitive Topics’ December 23, 2020 By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin Alphabet Inc.’s Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review, and...