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...
Republican National Committee Sues Google Over Email Spam Filters October 24, 2022 By Rhea Binoy and David Shepardson The Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google on Friday for allegedly sending its emails to...
Texas Sues Google for Alleged Biometric Privacy Violations October 21, 2022 Texas sued Google over claims that the search-engine giant is illegally capturing the biometric data of users without their consent,...
Google Faces EU Antitrust Charges Over its Ad-Tech Business October 13, 2022 By Foo Yun Chee Alphabet unit Google could face antitrust charges next year over its digital advertising business, with EU regulators frustrated over the...
Social Media Company Liability Draws US Supreme Court Scrutiny October 3, 2022 By Greg Stohr The US Supreme Court will decide whether social media companies can be sued over targeted content recommendations, agreeing to hear...
Google Must Face Most of Texas Lawsuit Over Ad Dominance, Judge Rules September 14, 2022 Alphabet Inc’s Google must face all but one antitrust allegation about its online advertising business brought in a lawsuit by...
Google Completes $5.4M Buy of Cybersecurity Firm Mandiant September 12, 2022 Google today said it has completed its acquisition of Mandiant, Inc. Mandiant will join Google Cloud and retain the Mandiant...
DOJ Poised to Rebuff Google Concessions, Clearing the Way for Antitrust Suit July 15, 2022 By Leah Nylen The US Justice Department is likely to reject concessions offered by Alphabet Inc., clearing the way for an antitrust lawsuit...
Google Offers Concessions to Thwart US Antitrust Case July 11, 2022 By Molly Schuetz Alphabet Inc.’s Google has offered concessions to change certain aspects of its advertising business in an attempt to head off...
Tech Giants Brace for Legal Mess of Abortion Data Subpoenas July 8, 2022 By Dina Bass and Mark Bergen Technology giants including Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google, facing questions about whether they’d hand over users’ personal data to...