ALPHABET ANTITRUST CASE
Google wins dismissal of Chegg, Penske Media lawsuits over AI overviews
In his ruling on Wednesday, US District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington said Chegg and Penske's claims that Google's business practices violate antitrust law "fail to get out of the starting gate."
Google defeats US bid to force ad tech sale
While the ad exchange is a small part of Google's business, the ruling is the second powerful symbolic victory against the U.S. Department of Justice in its efforts to force Google to sell assets to address illegal monopolies.
Google loses fight against record €4.1 billion EU antitrust fine
Google's appeal against a record €4.34 billion EU fine for abusing its Android dominance has been dismissed by Europe's highest court. The ruling upholds the penalty imposed eight years ago for forcing manufacturers to pre-install Google services. A Google spokesperson said that the judgment failed to take into account its investment to ensure Android remains open, interoperable and free.
US judge rules Meta purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp did not stifle competition
The ruling is a major setback for the US Federal Trade Commission, which is pursuing a separate antitrust case against Amazon. The agency sought to force Meta to restructure or sell Instagram and WhatsApp in order to restore competition among social media networks.
EU court adviser sides with regulators in Google's fight against EU antitrust fine
An adviser to Europe’s top court has recommended upholding a €4.1 billion fine against Google, imposed by EU antitrust regulators. The Court of Justice is expected to rule in the coming months. The fine relates to a longstanding antitrust case against Alphabet’s Google unit dating back seven years.
Google to spend $500 million revamping compliance in shareholder settlement
Alphabet would also create a senior vice president-level committee to address regulatory and compliance issues, reporting to Pichai, and a compliance committee consisting of Google product team managers and internal compliance experts. Shareholders led by two Michigan pension funds accused Google executives and directors of breaching their fiduciary duties by exposing the company to antitrust liability related to its search, Ad Tech, Android and app distribution businesses.
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Alphabet quarterly earnings lifted by cloud and AI
Alphabet, Google's parent company, reported a $34.5 billion profit, driven by strong cloud and AI growth. However, it faces major US antitrust battles that could force it to divest Chrome or Android. Despite strong earnings, legal pressures threaten Google's dominance in search and advertising, with appeals ongoing
Google-parent Alphabet hits record high after Trump taps Andrew Ferguson as FTC chair
The agency became a political flashpoint under Khan, who promoted antitrust enforcement as a check on corporate power. Several Big Tech firms such as Google-parent Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple faced heightened regulatory pressure from the FTC during her tenure.
EU court upholds $2.7 billion antitrust fine on Google
The fine is one of three penalties levied by the European Commission against Google in the past decade for various antitrust infringements that have cost the company 8.25 billion euros in total.
Google limits on access to Android Auto may breach EU rules, court adviser says
"Google's refusal to provide third-party access to Android Auto platform may be in breach of competition rules," Advocate General Laila Medina at the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) said.
Will the US government break up Google? What could happen to Android OS, Chrome? Here's all you need to know
There are high chances that Alphabet Inc' prized possessions, Google, could end up being broken up, a move that is currently being contemplated by the Justice Department, around the recent federal antitrust case involving the company over the monopolization of the online search market.
Will Google's defeat in antitrust case bring major changes to Google Search? Here's all you need to know
Google is currently amid a massive controversy after losing out on a major antitrust case that can create issues for users around using Google Search. A federal judge has stated that Google illegally monopolized online search by paying tech companies in order to dominate the search market.
How the Google antitrust ruling may influence tech competition
Google's loss could have major ripple effects for competition today. U.S. regulators have also accused Apple, Amazon and Meta of violating antitrust laws by advantaging their own products on the platforms they run and acquiring smaller rivals.
Google has an illegal monopoly on search, US judge finds
This move is also a green light to aggressive US antitrust enforcers prosecuting Big Tech, a sector that has been under fire from across the political spectrum. The ruling paves the way for a second trial to determine potential fixes, possibly including a breakup of Google parent Alphabet, which would change the landscape of the online advertising world that Google has dominated for years.
YouTube critics ask US to probe video site's 'living room dominance'
Tech and competition watchdog groups urge U.S. Department of Justice to investigate YouTube for potential dominance by Google and Alphabet in home entertainment.
EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager meets Apple, Alphabet, and Qualcomm chiefs
Last week, Vestager's communications adviser said she would speak to chief executives of Apple, Alphabet, Broadcom and Nvidia in the United States, focusing on European digital regulation including the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and competition policy.
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai set to testify in Google Play trial
Pichai and Epic’s CEO Tim Sweeney have been listed as witnesses in a trial scheduled to start Nov. 6 in San Francisco federal court over whether Google Play policies are unlawful and thwart competition, according to court filings.
Google in last ditch effort to overturn $2.6 billion EU antitrust fine
Google turned to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) after the General Court in 2021 threw out its challenge to the fine levied by EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager in 2017.
Google makes emergency request to block Texas antitrust lawsuit move
The US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in June granted the state's request to send the lawsuit back to a federal court in Texas.
Judicial panel refuses to pause return of Texas lawsuit against Google
The US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation decided in June to agree to a Texas request to send the lawsuit alleging Google abused its dominance in advertising technology back to federal court in the Lone Star state.
Judicial panel refuses to pause return of Texas lawsuit against Google
The US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation had decided in June to agree to a Texas request to send the lawsuit alleging Google abused its dominance in advertising technology back to the Lone Star state.
Italy's antitrust accepts Google's commitments to end data portability case
In response to the probe, Google proposed some changes to its data backup service in order to enhance users' ability to extract their personal data from the Alphabet unit's services, the regulator said in a statement.
Texas wins round against Google as antitrust lawsuit returned to state
Texas had asked for the lawsuit to be moved back after the US Congress passed the Venue Act in 2022 that grants state attorneys general the right to choose where an antitrust lawsuit will be litigated.
The sun never sets on Google's antitrust woes
Alphabet Inc's Google, whose clout in search, the Android smartphone operating system and online advertising upended those markets, faces antitrust fights in the United States, Europe and India.
US Justice Department official cleared to oversee Google probes
The Wall Street Journal earlier reported the decision to allow Jonathan Kanter, assistant attorney general in charge of antitrust, to oversee matters involving the search engine and advertising company.
'Google pays enormous sums to ensure search-engine dominance'
DOJ attorney Kenneth Dintzer didn't disclose how much Google spends to be the default search engine on most browsers and all US mobile phones, but described the payments as "enormous numbers."
DOJ poised to rebuff Google concessions to avoid antitrust suit
While Google has made at least one settlement offer to the Justice Department’s antitrust division to address its concerns, the agency is poised to file a lawsuit in the coming weeks.
Google loses court challenge against EU antitrust ruling
Vestager sanctioned the world's most popular internet search engine in 2017 for favouring its own price-comparison shopping service to give it an unfair advantage against smaller European rivals.
Google tells court 'staggering' $5 billion EU antitrust fine flawed
Google was fined for using its Android mobile operating system to thwart rivals and cement its dominance in general internet search from 2011, in the largest penalty meted out to any company found guilty of breaching EU antitrust rules.
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