In a blog post, Google SVP and general counsel Kent Walker said that billions of people will benefit from the decision. Google-owned video-sharing site YouTube has handed Viacom yet another loss in the latest round of a copyright infringement court...
In a post on SocialMediaToday.com Rachel Boothroyd, General Counsel at eModeration.com, discusses the UK legislation that brands and social media professionals and marketers need to be aware of. This month marks the start of the 2012 Summer...
Leibowitz told Bloomberg, “It doesn’t mean that we’ve decided to bring a case at all, it just means that we have very competent counsel who can go toe-to-toe with their very competent counsel,” referring to Google.
Windows on ARM - as currently designed - restricts user choice, reduces competition and chills innovation," said Mozilla General Counsel Harvey Anderson in a company blog post. Mozilla has accused Microsoft of failing in its commitment to give...
Brad Smith, executive vice president and general counsel at Microsoft, said the deal signed with Facebook was a strong outcome for the firm. Facebook general counsel Ted Ullyot said the deal was an "an important acquisition for Facebook" as it...
Dave Heiner, Microsoft's deputy general counsel for its antitrust group, outlined Microsoft’s concerns with Motorola's stance on industry standard patent use in a detailed blog post. On February 17, the company received a letter from the European...
Yesterday, Google’s deputy general counsel Mike Yang and public policy director Pablo Chavez attended a closed-door meeting with ten U.S.representatives. In the letter to Article 29 Working Party chairman Jacob Kohnstamm, Google’s Global Privacy...
Though Google CEO Larry Page was invited, Chavez and Mike Yang, Google’s deputy general counsel, will meet with Rep. The great Google privacy policy change freak out continues. In the latest developments, Google has defended its changes in a letter...
The firm's general counsel for policy, trust and safety, Alex Macgillivray, tweeted that he thought the update from Google was a "bad day for the internet", as it would "warp" searches. Twitter has criticized Google's major search update unveiled...
The council consists of Michael Callahan, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; Blake Irving, Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer; Ross Levinsohn, Executive Vice President, Americas; Rich Riley, Senior Vice...
As troubling as the situation is in United States, it is worse in Europe," wrote Brad Smith, Senior VP & General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft today filed a formal complaint in Brussels accusing Google of curating a monopoly of the...
They have even promoted Mike Zaneis to SVP and general counsel for the IAB initiative and he has presented their case internationally. The group has created a website - BetterAdvertising - to inform the industry and people in general of their...
Kent Walker, Vice President and General Counsel of Google, said on the Official YouTube Blog, "This is an important victory not just for us, but also for the billions of people around the world who use the web to communicate and share experiences...
Google Deputy General Counsel Nicole Wong also appeared at the hearing. Privacy concerns are ever-present, but the past week has generated significant buzz on the matter. First up, Google has been asked by a the European Article 29 Working Party to...
Bradford Smith (Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Legal & Corporate Affairs) $25,000.00 Execs from Google and Microsoft are ponying up big time for President-elect Barack Obama's big day.
Cody Wilbanks, executive vice president - General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Wilbanks has been Acting General Counsel since March. Idearc CEO Scott Klein has announced the nine members of the new Executive Council.
Michael Callahan, General Counsel, Yahoo! Brad Smith Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Microsoft Last week the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on online advertising and privacy. Today, the Judiciary Committees of the Senate and...
Scheduled to testify are: Jane Horvath, Google Senior Privacy CounselMike Hintze, Microsoft Associate General Counsel, Legal & Corporate AffairsChris Kelly, Facebook Chief Privacy Officer For Google's part, Horvath says she'll be focusing on the...
Mike Hintze, Microsoft Associate General Counsel, Legal establish a uniform framework for privacy; and put penalties in place to punish and dissuade bad actors; Jane Horvath, Google Senior Privacy Counsel
The recent actions by the Craigslist directors have disadvantaged eBay and its investment in Craigslist,” said Mike Jacobson, eBay's senior vice president and general counsel, in a written statement. Minority interest holder, EBay is taking...
