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Federal judge rules Google must comply with national security letters
June 1, 2013 by Matthew Pomy
A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled that Google Inc. must follow the FBI's warrantless requests for user information through national security letters (NSLs). The ruling, which was issued on May 20, was released to the public on Friday. Under 18 USC....... [more]
Federal judge denies class action certification in Google copyright case
May 16, 2013 by Benjamin Minegar
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday denied a motion to certify a putative class action against Google's YouTube involving copyright owners from around the world. Named plaintiffs included the English Premier League, the French Tennis Federation, the.... [more]
Germany court orders Google to remove defamatory autocomplete results
May 14, 2013 by Julie Deisher
The Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe on Tuesday ordered Google to remove defamatory autocomplete results if notified. The plaintiffs, an unidentified company selling nutritional supplements and its founder, claimed when their names were entered on Google's German-language website,.... [more]
European Commission investigating Motorola for abuse of injunctions against Apple
May 6, 2013 by Julie Deisher
The European Commission on Monday sent a Statement of Objections informing Motorola Mobility, a telecommunications equipment corporation owned by Google, of its preliminary view that the company's seeking and enforcing of an injunction against Apple in Germany is an abuse of its market position..... [more]
Google to modify search displays in Europe in response to antitrust concerns
April 25, 2013 by Addison Morris
The European Commission announced Thursday that Google has agreed to provide clearer labeling of promoted links in order to assuage concerns that the search engine is abusing its dominance in the market by favoring its own products. This concession marks a significant step toward reaching an.... [more]
Federal judge dismisses Viacom copyright suit against YouTube
April 19, 2013 by Sydney Normil
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday dissmissed a copyright infringement lawsuit by Viacom against Google's YouTube. Viacom, which owns Comedy Central, MTV and VH1, was seeking $1 billion in damages as well as an injunction against YouTube for clips.... [more]
Google offers revised proposal in EU antitrust investigation
April 11, 2013 by Sung Un Kim
Google on Thursday formally offered concessions to the EU's competition authority for a possible settlement in the antitrust investigation against the company. The recent proposal has revised the initial proposal that was submitted in January. The January proposal came after the EU's competition.... [more]
European countries commence legal action against Google over privacy policy
April 2, 2013 by Blake Lynch
Six European countries, including France, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Italy, on Tuesday agreed on joint legal action against Google over its privacy policy. The countries claim that 13 months ago when Google merged 60 separate privacy policies, including email, video, social-.... [more]
Iceland granted citizenship to Bobby Fischer [this day at law]
March 21, 2013 by Kyle Webster
On March 21, 2005, Iceland's parliament granted citizenship to US chess champion Bobby Fischer in a unanimous vote. Fischer had been detained in Japan and risked being deported to the US, where he was wanted for violating international sanctions due to playing a chess game in Yugoslavia. On March.... [more]
Google agrees to $7 million settlement for Street View privacy infractions
March 13, 2013 by Keith Herting
Google agreed Wednesday to a $7 million settlement for its collection of improper data during the course of its Street View campaign. The settlement arose from a suit brought by the attorneys general of 38 states against Google for its collection of "payload data," which includes fragments of.... [more]
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