The concessions come following the European Commission's ongoing antitrust investigation into Google's search business. Google's antitrust case was instigated by competitors including Microsoft. UK price comparison firm Foundem has rejected Google...
The European Commission is now seeking feedback on Google's cosmetic search result changes that aim to settle a years-long antitrust investigation. Despite these proposed changes, the EU antitrust case isn’t over.
However, it looks like the three-year investigation could be over, as Google apparently has agreed to make legally binding changes to its search results, the New York Times reported, which apparently have been accepted by the EC.
The attack ads coincide with another European antitrust complaint orchestrated by Microsoft relating to Google's Android software. In an interview with the New York Times, European Union’s antitrust chief, Joaquín Almunia, noted one solution to...
Microsoft blamed this on a technical error, but its excuse wasn't enough to avoid a steep fine and the honor of becoming the first company to fail to comply with an EC antitrust agreement. The EC said Microsoft did cooroperate with its...
After the conclusion of the FTC investigation, Google voluntarily made changes to some of its practices, including how it handles search and patent issues and agreeing not to sue willing licensees over standard essential patents.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) officials are reportedly thinking of dropping their antitrust case against Google, Bloomberg reports. Last September, Leibowitz said he expected the Google investigation to wrap up sometime before 2013.
The firm also faced similar issues in the Europe, and was earlier this year told by European Commission to come up with an agreeable settlement so that a prolonged investigation could be avoided. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is aiming to resolve...
Google outlined a proposal earlier this month to end the EU antitrust investigation. European Commission antitrust chief Joaquin Almunia said on Tuesday that EU regulators had reached "a good degree of understanding between Google and the...
European antitrust chiefs are offering Google a chance to end the 18-month investigation into alleged monopoly abuses by the company. The senators also called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to step up its investigation by considering both...
ShopCity Joins the Antitrust Army These days, however, he's also ShopCity's antitrust lawyer. These two issues – of demotions without cause and Google promoting its own content – have been the center of various other antitrust complaints to both...
The Federal Trade Commission is conducting an antitrust investigation of Google, exploring whether the company has used its outsized search market share (around 65 percent in the U.S.to advance its own products.
In the European antitrust investigation that started last November and has escalated to 10 complaints since, the European Commission is still determining Google’s degree of dominance in the web search industry.
The antitrust investigation in Europe has been ongoing since November 2010. Google is also working with the FTC in the U.S.for a similar antitrust investigation which began earlier this year. Deal du Jour, a French daily deal company, has filed an...
The European Google antitrust investigation, which has been ongoing since November 2010, is continuing to grow. The European Antitrust Case Thus Far The European investigation started in November of last year, when three companies (U.K.price...
In fact, 1PlusV was one of the loudest complaining voices last year that led to the European Commission investigation. There's an atmosphere of antitrust when it comes to Google. One of the big questions in the antitrust investigations at large...
Federal Trade Commission antitrust investigation after the Justice Department completes its review of Google's acquisition of travel software developer ITA Software and determines whether to challenge or impose restrictions on the deal, Bloomberg...
Are Antitrust Regulators Poised to Approve Google-ITA Deal Soon? Looking to carry out an investigation into whether social media is a big influence on search engine optimization? European Union justice chief Viviane Reding, says sites like Google...
This is part of an investigation into Google and antitrust. Many agencies, publishers, and advertisers across Europe have been sent documents by the European Commission (EC) recently, requesting detailed information about the online advertising...
Outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt met with Joaquin Almunia, vice president of the European Commission, during the World Economic Forum in Switzerland to discuss the ongoing EU antitrust investigation. Google Antitrust Deal in Works?
