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Perched as it is in an upmarket neighbourhood overlooking the scenic Vondelpark, it is not hard to imagine why a Russian billionaire would have been interested in the 1879 five-storey Amsterdam property with a lush private garden. That billionaire was Arkady Volozh, a co-founder of Russia’s biggest search engine, Yandex. He bought the £3m house in 2019, becoming one of the dozens of wealthy Russians who have invested in property in the Dutch capital. But since October, the mansion, which… Source link

The news: Documents revealed as part of a class-action lawsuit suggest that even Google employees don’t know the scope of data the company collects from users, but allege that the search giant does not prioritize user privacy, per MarketWatch. Tell it to the judge: The 2020 lawsuit alleges that Google’s Chrome violated its privacy policy regarding how much information users must provide to the browser. Interviews with current and former Google employees were conducted by an internal team… Source link

MILAN, Nov 18 (Reuters) – An Italian administrative court on Friday rejected an appeal by Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) against a decision by Italy’s antitrust authority to fine the group, but accepted iPhone maker Apple’s (AAPL.O) appeal against the watchdog’s ruling. Last year, Italy’s antitrust regulator fined Google and Apple 10 million euros ($10.36 million) each, claiming that the two tech groups had not provided “clear and immediate information” on how they collect and use the data of… Source link

Federal appeals court asked state high court to weigh in on duty to defend Justices agree with Yahoo that AIG unit’s policy is ambiguous (Reuters) – The California Supreme Court backed Yahoo’s bid to revive a lawsuit against its former insurer for refusing to defend the web services provider against several class actions that accused it of sending out spam “robo-text” messages. The justices said Thursday a federal magistrate in San Jose misapplied California law in 2017, when he found… Source link

Summary Companies Law firms Related documents Uniloc sued Google for infringing IT, network, video patents Federal Circuit said Uniloc had standing to sue (Reuters) – Google LLC’s win against 11 lawsuits brought by Uniloc 2017 LLC, a company that acquires third-party patents to monetize them, was reversed by a U.S. appeals court Friday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said Uniloc’s patent-licensing clause in a contract with a unit at affiliate Fortress Investment Group unit did… Source link

Tech Tech industry fears legal rulings could weaken the liability shield that allowed internet platforms to flourish Source link

BRUSSELS, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google will appeal its record 4.1-billion-euro ($4.10 billion) EU antitrust fine at Europe’s top court after a lower tribunal threw out its challenge last month, the U.S. tech giant said on Thursday. The Luxembourg-based General Court broadly backed the European Commission’s 2018 decision but pruned the fine to 4.125 billion euros from 4.34 billion euros. read more Judges agreed with the European Union competition watchdog that Google had… Source link

Topline The Supreme Court will consider to what extent tech companies can be held legally liable for the content that gets published on its platforms, as the court announced Monday it will take up a case that concerns whether Google was in the wrong for recommending YouTube videos that helped encourage ISIS recruitment, and by extension a separate case brought by Twitter over similar content. The Supreme Court will consider whether Google can be held legally liable after YouTube… Source link

By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday again declined to hear Apple Inc’s bid to revive an effort to cancel three Qualcomm Inc smartphone patents despite the settlement of the underlying dispute between the two tech giants. The justices left in place a lower court’s decision against Apple after similarly turning away in June the company’s appeal of a lower court ruling in a closely related case challenging two other Qualcomm patents. Qualcomm sued Apple in San Diego… Source link

The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register MOSCOW, Sept 12 (Reuters) – A Moscow court on Monday accepted a bankruptcy application by Google’s Russian subsidiary and started initial bankruptcy proceedings, placing the company under supervision, Russian news agencies reported. Alphabet Inc.’s (GOOGL.O) Russian unit filed for bankruptcy this… Source link