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Google’s New Privacy Policy Aims At Integrating YouTube

Jan 24, 2012 6:40 PM

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will use email and a message on its home page to notify users about a new privacy policy that will go into effect this March. While Google is framing the changes as a simple housekeeping measure, the company is also using them to achieve larger strategic goals.

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Posted In: Legal, Privacy, Companies, Facebook, Google, YouTube, antitrust, privacy policy, search plus your world

Is It Legal For Google To Shut Competitors Out Of Social Search?

Jan 11, 2012 6:37 PM

Twitter and some pundits are crying foul over Google’s decision to exclude certain competitors from its new search and social networking hybrid. But what law says the company has to help its competitors in the first place?

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Search, Social Media, Companies, Facebook, Google, Twitter, antitrust, mark lemley, search plus your world

Did Google Go Too Far Mixing Social And Search?

Jan 10, 2012 6:16 PM

This morning Google (NSDQ: GOOG) unfurled a pretty new search feature that lets users receive personalized results based on their own friends or photos. The feature called ‘Search Plus Your Web’ is an all-in-one search engine and social network—but some are far from happy about this. [Updated with Google statement]

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Posted In: Social Media, Companies, Facebook, Google, Twitter, antitrust, google buzz, search plus your world, social search, your world

Apple E-book Conspiracy Case To Turn On ‘Most Favored Nation’ Clause

Jan 6, 2012 8:36 AM

Recent interviews shed light on how the antitrust cases against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and book publishers will unfold. The e-book controversy will not turn directly on commission-style pricing, but instead on a form of contract that allows a retailer to get preferential treatment.

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, Companies, Apple, andre doyle, antitrust, babies r us, conspiracy, justice department, kindle, leegin, most favored nation, price fixing

Publishing Insider Tipped Law Firms About E-Book Price Fixing Conspiracy

Dec 20, 2011 9:46 AM

The decision by major publishers to strike a pricing deal with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has been the source of speculation and several antitrust investigations. Now, a new court filing suggests someone inside the industry was leaking the publishers’ pricing strategy.

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Posted In: Legal, Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, Companies, Amazon, Apple, antitrust, class action, publishing industry

A Closer Look At Apple’s Role In The E-book ‘Conspiracy’

Dec 12, 2011 9:23 AM

In the mushrooming controversy over e-books, it’s easy to understand the publishers’ motives. But what about Apple? (NSDQ: AAPL) Did the company want to raise book prices in order to protect its iPad and blunt the rise of Amazon?

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Posted In: Legal, Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, Companies, Amazon, Apple, antitrust, class action, ken auletta

Report: Feds Withdraw Lawsuit Against AT&T Over T-Mobile

Dec 9, 2011 3:47 PM

The Justice Department today asked a federal judge to postpone or withdraw its petition to stop AT&T (NYSE: T) from acquiring T-Mobile. It cited a shifting regulatory landscape that makes the lawsuit unnecessary.

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Mobile, Companies, AT&T, antitrust, t-mobile

The E-book Investigations: Are Publishers And Apple Breaking The Law?

Dec 7, 2011 7:28 PM

It’s been a week to forget for publishers after both the Justice Department and the European Commission announced investigations into e-book pricing tactics. Meanwhile, dozens of law firms are steaming ahead with a class action to reclaim money for customers who allegedly overpaid for books on the iPad. So what’s…

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, Companies, Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, agency pricing, antitrust

The Story Behind ShopCity And Its Antitrust Complaint Against Google

Nov 15, 2011 12:52 PM

An “upstart competitor” is claiming Google (NSDQ: GOOG) punted it to the farthest reaches of its search results and is now fighting to level the playing field. Its claim has the makings of a great underdog story—but for the fact that the case looks a lot like other “David vs.…

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, FTC, Marketing, Search, Companies, Google, Microsoft, antitrust, mytriggers.com, shopcity.com

Sprint Must Wear Its ‘Customer Hat’ To Stay In AT&T Case

Oct 24, 2011 4:35 PM

Sprint’s lawsuit to stop the proposed merger between AT&T (NYSE: T) and T-Mobile went before a federal judge today. One antitrust expert explains why Sprint (NYSE: S) may be on a legal limb and what it must do to avoid having the case tossed out of court.

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Companies, AT&T, Sprint, andre barlow, antitrust, at&t, merger, sprint, t-mobile

Ticketmaster To Pay $10 To Fans It Redirected To Scalper Site

Oct 19, 2011 9:59 AM

Fans who purchased resold tickets to Bruce Springsteen, Miley Cyrus and other shows are set to receive a payout under the terms of a new settlement.

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Posted In: Entertainment, Legal, Regulatory, antitrust, bruce springsteen, class action, live nation, miley cyrus, ticketmaster, ticketsnow.com

How Did Google Do In Its Senate Performance?

Sep 21, 2011 10:21 PM

It was not going to be a good day for Google (NSDQ: GOOG). There is nothing positive about having your former CEO dragged before attention-seeking politicians while competitors crow that you’ve grown too big for your britches. The best the search giant could hope for was that Eric Schmidt did…

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Posted In: Legal, Search, Companies, Google, Microsoft, anti-competition, antitrust, eric schmidt

Update: Your Guide To Today’s Google Grilling

Sep 21, 2011 12:46 PM

*Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt is appearing today before a committee of U.S. Senators who want to know if the company is engaged in anti-competitive behavior. The event is more about political theater than substance, but Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will be in trouble if Schmidt flubs his lines. Here is…

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Posted In: Advertising, Legal, Search, Companies, Google, Microsoft, anti-competition, antitrust, eric schmidt

What The Justice Department’s Slapdown Of AT&T Really Means

Aug 31, 2011 5:46 PM

The Justice Department’s decision to sue AT&T over its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile is an unusual step and one that is likely to prove fatal for the merger. Here’s a short account of what the lawsuit means and what options AT&T (NYSE: T) has left going forward.

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Companies, AT&T, antitrust, at&t

Key Senator Attacks Merger Of AT&T And T-Mobile

Jul 20, 2011 4:02 PM

Plenty of folks have come forward to oppose the proposed merger of AT&T (NYSE: T) and T-mobile, but none of them have the clout of the merger’s newest opponent.

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Posted In: Legal, Policy, Regulatory, Companies, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, antitrust, congress

Disharmony In Twitter-Land? FTC Has Questions For Company’s Developers

Jul 1, 2011 2:34 PM

First Google (NSDQ: GOOG), now Twitter—federal antitrust authorities are showing great interest in the tech sector these days. New reports of an antitrust investigation against Twitter have raised questions about the micro-blogging service’s relationship with its developers.

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Posted In: Legal, Policy, Regulatory, FTC, Companies, Twitter, antitrust

Google Defends Itself On Antitrust As States Pile On

Jun 24, 2011 12:29 PM

Less than a day after the Federal Trade Commission launched a wide-ranging probe into Google’s core search and advertising business, the biggest U.S. states have piled on, saying they’ll launch their own investigations. Meanwhile, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) published a defense this morning, saying it will cooperate with the FTC and…

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Posted In: Advertising, Legal, Regulatory, FTC, Search, Companies, Google, antitrust

FTC To Investigate Google Over Antitrust Issues

Jun 23, 2011 12:02 PM

Is this the big one? Is Google (NSDQ: GOOG) the next Microsoft? (NSDQ: MSFT) That’s what folks are sure to be asking, now that the Federal Trade Commission is opening a wide-ranging investigation about whether Google’s dominance in its core search business oversteps antitrust law, according to a report from…

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, FTC, Search, Companies, Google, antitrust

DOJ Begins Anti-trust Review Of Google/Admeld Deal

Jun 17, 2011 6:58 PM

The U.S. Department of Justice has started an antitrust review of Google’s $400 million acquisition of supply-side platform Admeld, sources tell paidContent, confirming earlier reports.

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Posted In: Advertising, Legal, Regulatory, Marketing, Companies, Google, antitrust

Feds Not So Excited About Who’s Buying At Nortel’s Giant Patent Sale

Jun 3, 2011 7:55 PM

U.S. government lawyers are taking a close look at who’s interested in buying a giant batch of 6,000 patents related to mobile technology that are being auctioned off to pay creditors of Nortel, a once-innovative, but now bankrupt, wireless tech company. They’re worried the patents could be used to deter…

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Companies, Apple, Google, antitrust

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