You may remember the 2011 debacle when Google paid $500 million to avoid criminal prosecution by the Department of Justice for profiting from ads by Canadian pharmacies illegally selling prescription and non-prescription drugs.
The Justice Department certainly hasn't been bashful about asking various search engines and social media platforms to share privileged data before – even without a warrant. I talked about how Google+ provided a hub by which users could be tied to...
Apparently these vague numbers were all that Google was allowed to publish, with Salgado saying, "This is to address concerns raised by the FBI, Justice Department and other agencies that releasing exact numbers might reveal information about...
Taking the Department of Justice as an example, a well-crafted search keyword strategy might look like the following - this is just an excerpt of what would be a list with potentially hundreds of search keywords:
While the $22.5 million is indeed a big fine, it still pales in comparison to the $500 million Google forefeited last year to the Department of Justice for running ads for Canadian pharmacies illegally selling prescription and non-prescription drugs.
Department of Justice investigated claims that Google's had "no poach" deals with Apple, Intuit, and Intel. While there's no evidence that our policy hindered hiring or affected wages, we abandoned our "no cold calling" policy in late 2009 once the...
Department of Justice (DOJ) to further investigate Google's Street View service, specifically whether Google violated the Wiretap Act when the company collected Wi-Fi data from unencrypted residential Wi-Fi networks during a 2010 run of its Street...
Five agencies that participated in the investigation of Google for distributing paid search ads for Canadian pharmacies that illegally shipping drugs into the U.S.will split $230 million of the $500 million Google forfeited to avoid prosecution by...
Department of Justice over pharma ads used to sell prescription drugs illegally to American citizens. Justice Peter Jacobson overturned the lower court’s decision and found that Google “engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in four cases.
This attracted the attention of the Department of Justice, and Google pulled out of the deal later that year over broader antitrust concerns and fear of being labeled a “monopolist”. Yahoo will layoff thousands of employees this week as part of a...
Department of Justice for knowingly running ads by "rogue" Canadian pharmacies. Google claims it has cut in half the number of so-called "bad ads" being displayed across its networks, thanks to a combination of new technologies and improved...
Department of Justice (DOJ) and the European Commission (EC) each announced that the deal had been cleared by their respective antitrust authorities and could proceed. U.S.and EU antitrust authorities have approved Google's proposed acquisition of...
Department of Justice (DOJ), sources told the Wall Street Journal. Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility could soon be approved by the U.S. The DOJ is reportedly poised to issue a formal approval on the deal as early as next week.
SOPA’s predecessor COICA would have allowed the Justice Department to seize domain names and order credit card and banks with U.S.operations to cease doing business with the accused sites immediately.
Department of Justice sanctioned the deal allowing Google to close the acquisition within the next few days. Google announced Friday that they have secured the purchase of Admeld. The New-York based business that was founded in 2008 assists...
The new look can be attributed to the technology gained via Google's acquisition of airline data software company ITA, finalized in April this year after a Department of Justice investigation. Since giving us an early look in September, Google has...
A year ago, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seized 82 domains - mostly sellers of knock-off products, but this included a couple of torrent sharing sites.
Department of Justice, but the deal will also require clearance in Europe. Department of Justice. Google's buyout of Motorola Mobility is already under scrutiny from the U.S. The European Commission evaluation is scheduled to determine a ruling by...
Department of Justice will simply block the deal. Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility is stepping further toward finalization with the shareholder vote on the topic. Shareholders who voted supported the Google merger almost unanimously, with 99...
Earlier this year, Google reached a $500 million settlement with the Department of Justice for illegal pharmacy ads that were posted despite being in clear violation of Google's Terms of Service. The federal government has cracked down on mortgage...
