Google Antitrust Fine

Google, Apple and Meta will be the first Big Tech firms to face antitrust probes from EU regulators, under the Digital Markets Act that recently went into effect. The new European law went into effect on March 7 and is designed to check the power of Big Tech firms, with big fines for firms that violate the act.

India's government plans to take action against Alphabet's Google after an antitrust watchdog last year found the group to have abused its market position by indulging in anti-competitive practices, a top IT minister told Reuters. India's antitrust body in October fined Google $275 million (nearly Rs. 2,280 crore) in two cases, which involved abusi...

The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) said on Tuesday that Google bolstered its market dominance, and hurt local app market One Store's revenue and value as a platform, by requiring video game makers to exclusively release their titles on Google Play in exchange for providing in-app exposure between June 2016 and April 2018.

Google said it would cooperate with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) after the US tech giant lost its bid to halt a recent order by the antitrust body. The firm's setback will force Google to change the business model of its popular Android operating system in India, a key growth market for the company.

The Competitions Commission of India has denied allegations by Google that its investigators had "copy-pasted" parts of a European ruling against the US firm for abusing the market dominance of its Android platform. The comments came at a hearing in India's Supreme Court, where Google is seeking to block the CCI ruling.

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal on Wednesday declined to grant interim relief to Google seeking a stay on competition watchdog CCI's penalty of Rs 936.44 crore on the tech giant for abusing its dominant position with respect to Play Store policies.

Google is said to be preparing to challenge an order by the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) in the Supreme Court, days after the NCLAT turned down its request to block the ruling by the antitrust watchdog. The firm has also alleged in its filings that the CCI's investigation unit copied parts of a European 2018 ruling against the company.

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Wednesday refused to grant immediate relief to Google and directed the US firm to pay 10 percent of the Rs 1,337.76-crore penalty imposed on the tech giant by fair trade regulator CCI. The apellate tribunal has issued notices to the Competition Commission of India and the matter will be listed ...

An Indian tribunal on Wednesday declined Google's request for an interim stay on an antitrust ruling that ordered the tech giant to change its approach to its Android platform.

Google has asked a tribunal in India to quash an order of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) that fined the company in October for abusing its dominant position in markets such as online search and the Android app store. The company alleges that the CCI's investigation unit "copy-pasted extensively from an EU decision using evidence from Eur...

Alphabet's Google will pay about $400 million (nearly Rs. 3,200 crore) to settle a complaint brought by a group of states over allegations the search and advertising giant illegally tracked users' locations, two people familiar with the matter said. The lawsuit, which includes Oregon, the people said, is a sign of mounting legal headaches for the t...

Google is planning a legal challenge to block a ruling by India's antitrust watchdog to change its approach to its Android operating system, concerned that it will restrict how it promotes the platform, sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters. The Alphabet unit has been fined $275 million (nearly Rs. 2,300 crore) in two Indian...

Google is planning a legal challenge to block a ruling by India's antitrust watchdog to change its approach to its Android operating system.

European anti-trust regulators are investigating Alphabet unit Google's Play Store, the company said in a regulatory filing, a move that could expose the US tech giant to another billion-euro fine. Separately, Google said on Thursday it will appeal its record EUR 4.1-billion (nearly Rs. 33,800 crore) EU antitrust fine at Europe's top court after...

Google on Tuesday was fined Rs. 936 billion by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) as the regulator completed another antitrust probe of the US tech giant. The company was fined over Rs. 1330 crore last week by the CCI.

Google, Apple and Meta will be the first Big Tech firms to face antitrust probes from EU regulators, under the Digital Markets Act that recently went into effect. The new European law went into effect on March 7 and is designed to check the power of Big Tech firms, with big fines for firms that violate the act.

India's government plans to take action against Alphabet's Google after an antitrust watchdog last year found the group to have abused its market position by indulging in anti-competitive practices, a top IT minister told Reuters. India's antitrust body in October fined Google $275 million (nearly Rs. 2,280 crore) in two cases, which involved abusi...

The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) said on Tuesday that Google bolstered its market dominance, and hurt local app market One Store's revenue and value as a platform, by requiring video game makers to exclusively release their titles on Google Play in exchange for providing in-app exposure between June 2016 and April 2018.

Google said it would cooperate with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) after the US tech giant lost its bid to halt a recent order by the antitrust body. The firm's setback will force Google to change the business model of its popular Android operating system in India, a key growth market for the company.

The Competitions Commission of India has denied allegations by Google that its investigators had "copy-pasted" parts of a European ruling against the US firm for abusing the market dominance of its Android platform. The comments came at a hearing in India's Supreme Court, where Google is seeking to block the CCI ruling.

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal on Wednesday declined to grant interim relief to Google seeking a stay on competition watchdog CCI's penalty of Rs 936.44 crore on the tech giant for abusing its dominant position with respect to Play Store policies.

Google is said to be preparing to challenge an order by the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) in the Supreme Court, days after the NCLAT turned down its request to block the ruling by the antitrust watchdog. The firm has also alleged in its filings that the CCI's investigation unit copied parts of a European 2018 ruling against the company.

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Wednesday refused to grant immediate relief to Google and directed the US firm to pay 10 percent of the Rs 1,337.76-crore penalty imposed on the tech giant by fair trade regulator CCI. The apellate tribunal has issued notices to the Competition Commission of India and the matter will be listed ...

An Indian tribunal on Wednesday declined Google's request for an interim stay on an antitrust ruling that ordered the tech giant to change its approach to its Android platform.

Google has asked a tribunal in India to quash an order of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) that fined the company in October for abusing its dominant position in markets such as online search and the Android app store. The company alleges that the CCI's investigation unit "copy-pasted extensively from an EU decision using evidence from Eur...

Alphabet's Google will pay about $400 million (nearly Rs. 3,200 crore) to settle a complaint brought by a group of states over allegations the search and advertising giant illegally tracked users' locations, two people familiar with the matter said. The lawsuit, which includes Oregon, the people said, is a sign of mounting legal headaches for the t...

Google is planning a legal challenge to block a ruling by India's antitrust watchdog to change its approach to its Android operating system, concerned that it will restrict how it promotes the platform, sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters. The Alphabet unit has been fined $275 million (nearly Rs. 2,300 crore) in two Indian...

Google is planning a legal challenge to block a ruling by India's antitrust watchdog to change its approach to its Android operating system.

European anti-trust regulators are investigating Alphabet unit Google's Play Store, the company said in a regulatory filing, a move that could expose the US tech giant to another billion-euro fine. Separately, Google said on Thursday it will appeal its record EUR 4.1-billion (nearly Rs. 33,800 crore) EU antitrust fine at Europe's top court after...

Google on Tuesday was fined Rs. 936 billion by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) as the regulator completed another antitrust probe of the US tech giant. The company was fined over Rs. 1330 crore last week by the CCI.