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Courts have unsealed Google’s motion to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit over its search engine — one that could fracture a core Google service in order to increase online competition. In a motion for summary judgment filed on December 12th, the company argues that the complaint misrepresents its agreements with browser developers and Android phone makers, unfairly punishing its success. “Requiring Google not to compete vigorously — or requiring browser developers to alter their product… Source link

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) filed on Wednesday a redacted version of its motion to dismiss a U.S. government lawsuit against it, which argued that the company broke antitrust law to maintain its monopoly in search and search advertising. The filings on Wednesday show that the company is mounting a vigorous defense against the antitrust cases, which, if successful, could force the tech giant to spin off assets. In December, Google asked Judge Amit Mehta of… Source link

A former video producer for Google has settled a lawsuit that claimed he was fired after he complained that a religious sect had gained a foothold inside a business unit of the company. Kevin Lloyd, 34, said in the suit that he had been fired after complaining that the Fellowship of Friends, a religious organization based in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, dominated a business unit called Google Developer Studios, which makes videos showcasing the company’s technologies. The… Source link

(L-R) Robert Trujillo, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Kirk Hammett of Metallica perform onstage as Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands Concert on Dec. 16, 2022. (Photo: Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for P+ and MTV) Metallica just lost their long-running legal battle against Lloyd’s of London, with a California judge absolving the insurance market company of any financial losses stemming from the band’s forced postponement of six 2020 South American shows due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But… Source link

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google asked a federal court late on Monday to toss out the U.S. Justice Department’s 2020 lawsuit against it, which alleged that the search giant violated antitrust law to maintain dominance in its search business. Documents laying out Google’s reasoning for the summary judgment request were sealed. When it was filed, the company said the lawsuit was “deeply flawed” and “relies on dubious antitrust arguments.” It argued that its overwhelming market… Source link

Nov 28 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge in California on Monday allowed litigation against Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google to proceed as a consumer class action of 21 million individuals who accuse the company of violating U.S. anti-competition laws in how it runs its Google Play app store. U.S. District Judge James Donato said in a 27-page order that the plaintiffs had established the legal elements of “commonality” and other factors to form a class action that alleges anticompetitive business… Source link

A judge ruled that Google-owned ordering pages for restaurants are not deceptive. / Photograph: Shutterstock A Miami restaurateur’s attempt to sue Google over its online ordering system has hit a wall after a judge ruled that Google’s interface is above board. Left-Field Holdings, the operator of six Lime Fresh Grill locations, accused Google of deceiving customers and violating trademark law with online ordering pages that were set up for Left-Field’s restaurants without… Source link

Comment on this story Comment Hi all, Gerrit De Vynck here. I’m a tech reporter for The Post out in San Francisco. You can follow me on Twitter at @GerritD.  Lawsuit challenges Google’s claim that its ‘Incognito mode’ protects users’ privacy It can be hard to keep track of all the lawsuits against Google. The Department of Justice filed one in 2020 and might have another one coming soon. Texas has at least two. Arizona recently settled theirs with the search giant for $85 million. And

Grayscale Investments filed its first brief last week in its legal battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission over the agency’s refusal to let it convert its bitcoin fund into an exchange-traded fund. In an interview Monday for Yahoo Finance’s All Markets Summit, Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein says that the litigation transcends its own attempts to launch a spot bitcoin ETF. “We really feel that this lawsuit isn’t about bitcoin,” Sonnenshein told Yahoo Finance’s… Source link

CARY – Epic Games is seeking to broaden its lawsuit against Google over antitrust issues involving Google’s Android app store, saying the internet giant is paying developers to not create competing apps. Google denies the claim. “Epic and Match are adding more inaccurate claims to their failing lawsuits and we’re looking forward to setting the record straight in court,” a company spokesperson told Engadget, which reported a new filing that Epic made late Friday in federal… Source link