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Google’s Antitrust Verdict: The Crystal Ball Moment That May Reshape Big Tech’s Future

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In a courtroom where judicial precision meets technological disruption, U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta faced what he candidly described as gazing “into a crystal ball” to craft remedies for one of the most consequential...more

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Court Issues Remedies Ruling in United States v. Google Search Case

A significant milestone was reached this week in the Justice Department’s antitrust litigation against Google regarding its internet search business. U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta issued a 230-page ruling on remedies...more

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In Landmark Decision, D.C. Federal Court Holds Google Maintained an Illegal Monopoly in Internet Search and Advertising Markets...

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On August 8, 2024, Judge Amit P. Mehta of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued his much anticipated and long-awaited opinion in the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) case challenging Google's...more

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How to Remove a News Article from Google and the Internet

Have you ever been the subject of a negative news article?  If you have, that news article likely shows up at the top of your search results, even if it is old and outdated...more

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Tools for Local SEO: Manage Your Law Firm Online

We always say that your law firm website is your most important office location. While that still rings true, ensuring your actual office locations are listed correctly across the Internet is an important part of local search...more

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De-indexation of Defamatory Materials: Five Takeaways From a Recent Québec Superior Court Decision

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On March 28, 2023, roughly six months before the right to request de-indexation takes effect in Québec, the Superior Court of Québec ordered Google to pay $500,000 to A.B., a prominent Québec businessman, for failing to...more

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Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division Sues Google (Again) for Monopolization of the Digital Advertising Market

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In a significant action, DOJ’s Antitrust Division filed a complex complaint against Google charging it with a long-time scheme over 15 years to monopolize the digital advertising market. DOJ was joined by Attorneys General of...more

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Does Posting on Social Media Help SEO?

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As social media marketing continues to grow in popularity, a question we often get asked by our clients is if posting on social media helps SEO. Should you choose to continue reading on, you will learn the answer to that...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.22.2021 | Top Story: Google Threatens to Pull Search From Down Under Over Proposed Law

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Google has threatened to pull its search engine from the entirety of the Australian continent “if the government approved legislation that would force tech companies to pay for journalism shared on their platforms.” Facebook...more

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DOJ’s Monopolization Claims Against Google (Part II of III)

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The Justice Department’s landmark monopolization case against Google is interesting.  The case represents yet another attempt to apply well-established antitrust principles in a rapidly-changing, dynamic technology market....more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.16.2019 | Top Story: Aramco Seeks Valuation of $1.7B, Well below Original Goal

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Saudi Aramco’s slow trickle of IPO-related information continued this weekend, including its goal of setting overall company market value at a staggering $1.7 trillion. The figure, though massive, is still well short of the...more

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The European Court of Justice Issues Two Important Decisions Clarifying the Scope of the Right to Be Forgotten and ISPs' Liability

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We routinely hear from United States citizens who want advice on how to remove photographs, newspaper articles, videos or personal information about themselves from the internet. Originally published by the European...more

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California Court Holds That Orders Demanding Global De-indexing Threaten Free Speech

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Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a lower court order ordering Google to de-index a website from its global search results. In its decision, the Canadian high court rejected Google’s arguments that such an...more

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Boo! “Witch” one should you have, HTTP or HTTPS?

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With Halloween season here, it’s important to be aware of the spooks on the web. It is a scary online world, and now more than ever is the time to take measures to strengthen the security of your website....more

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German Federal Court Rules On Google’s Image Search – Thumbnails III

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On 21 September 2017, the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) handed down a judgment of utmost importance for the exploitation of copyright on the Internet. It will become known and referred to under the name...more

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Ninth Circuit Confirms that a Cy Pres Only Settlement Can Work In Privacy Class Action

The internet continues to expand into every aspect of our lives. With it, many companies have collected, tracked, and used an enormous amount of data. All of this has given rise to class action lawsuits challenging the...more

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What Canadian Supreme Court's Landmark Decision Means for Tech Companies Big and Small

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What should courts do when one country’s laws collide with a borderless Internet? Last week, the Supreme Court of Canada became the latest court to tackle the issue, upholding an order for Google to de-index globally from its...more

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CJEU to rule on press publishers’ neighbouring right

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With decision of 8 May 2017, the regional Court of Berlin referred to questions for preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The court is concerned whether the rules on the press publishers’...more

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CJEU to rule on press publishers' neighbouring right

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With decision of 8 May 2017, the regional Court of Berlin referred to questions for preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The court is concerned whether the rules on the press publishers’...more

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Important Issues are yet to be corrected in the Right to be Forgotten

The recognition by the European Union of a “Right to be Forgotten” has caused much controversy, but seemingly progress is being made. The Right, which entitles Europeans to petition data controllers to prevent harmful...more

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Will the EU’s ‘right to be forgotten’ law become global? Google sure hopes not

While Google did in fact comply with the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) May 2014 order, which allowed individuals in Europe to request that a search engine ‘delist’ certain information about them from...more

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Consumer Group Asks FTC to Adopt EU’s Right to be Forgotten

Last year we wrote about the EU’s adoption of an individual’s “right to be forgotten”, which gives Europeans the right to require search engines to remove information about them from search results for their own names, if the...more

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The Right to Be Forgotten, Everywhere

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While most people have focused on the free speech and implementation difficulties of the “right to be forgotten” announced by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Google Spain SL, Google Inc. v. Agencia Española de...more

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Privacy Tuesday – June 3, 2014

The first Tuesday in June is also the first Tuesday of meterological summer -and a welcome sight after a brutally-long winter for many of our readers. So, here’s to a happy Summer! Google Receives 12,000 Take-Down...more

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Google Begins the Process of Implementing the 'Right to be Forgotten'

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Google has taken the first step to implement the “Right to be Forgotten” decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). It has provided individuals a form to complete to request that their personal information be...more

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