The search giant spent its funds lobbying the U.S.government on patent, antitrust, and telecommunications issues. According to the CRP's statistics, Google also spent lobbying dollars on copyright issues and antitrust concerns.
The two met up at a restaurant at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, even as antitrust investigators prepare to question Google chairman Eric Schmidt. The FTC brought in a heavy-hitting litigator from Washington, Beth Wilkinson, to run the...
Five former employees who are suing the group for violating claims brought under the Sherman Antitrust Law and The Cartwright Act. A California judge has denied a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit from employees claiming that a group of high...
Antitrust implications aside, are searchers, in fact, better off for having personalized results in their search results? In the aftermath of the announcement the industry has been (understandably) primarily focused on the antitrust implications of...
Google FTC Antitrust Probe Rumors Emerge as ITA Verdict Nears by Danny Goodwin Federal Trade Commission antitrust investigation after the Justice Department completes its review of Google's acquisition of travel software developer ITA Software and...
The EU has been investigating how Google interacts with its algorithm and the possibility of antitrust. And their acquisition of the travel platform ITA has generated another antitrust issue. The tech world has recently seen an explosion in patent...
Google earlier this month added Stewart Jeffries, House Judiciary Committee antitrust counsel for Republicans, and the company "hopes to add one more Republican to its federal relations staff," which is headed by Pablo Chavez, Politico reported.
Case Closed: Italy Drops Google Antitrust Investigation by Danny Goodwin An antitrust investigation initiated by Italian newspaper publishers who cried foul over lost advertising revenue when their headlines were pulled from Google's main search...
European Antitrust Inquiry Into Google Is Broadened - The New York Times Acquisitions and antitrust - Google Public Policy Blog Walt Disney Co.s new Tron: Legacy movie is proving to be a strong marketing vehicle for tech companies who want to...
Google Faces EU Antitrust Investigation Over Alleged Organic, Paid Search Result Bias by Danny Goodwin That will be the focus of antitrust regulators as they formally investigate complaints of discrimination in Google's paid and organic search...
Another interesting note about the ongoing Silicon Valley talent war: back in September, to avoid a Justice Department antitrust suit, Google agreed to end so-called "no-poaching" agreements, which held down wages because tech companies had...
The DOJ's investigation began last year, with the goal of determining whether several tech companies -- including Google, Adobe, Apple, Intel, Intuit, and Pixar -- broke antitrust law by colluding on hiring practices.
Yesterday, we reported on a new antitrust investigation targeting Silicon Valley tech companies regarding possible agreements to not hire away each other's talent. A 'Do Not Touch' list would be in violation of antitrust law if it were agreed to by...
Search Companies Part of Fed Antitrust Investigation into Hiring Practices Posted by Nathania Johnson Jun 5, 2009 Do tech companies have a secret agreement not to aggressively hire away talent from each other?
The federal government is increasingly investigating antitrust issues regarding tech and search. That's the question behind a new federal antitrust investigation, and search companies are not immune. But Google's antitrust problems did not end there.
Form Search Advertising Partnership, DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Threat Shuts Down Google/Yahoo! On February 1, one of tech's biggest companies made a generous offer of $31 a share for the number two search engine.
Concerns over antitrust issues rose fast and furious since Google + Yahoo = an enormous chunk of the search ad market. Al Warms headed up Yahoo News, Tech and Education, and came to Yahoo through the acquisition of Buzztracker.
The LA Times details lessons learned by Microsoft over its antitrust woes and characterizes Google has having taken serious missteps by irritating Republicans in power with its employees modestly contributing nearly entirely to Democrats and under...
