Google Antitrust Fine

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  Google Wins Challenge Against Brussels' $1.66 Billion Antitrust Fine

  The ruling will be a relief for Google after the EU's highest court last week upheld a 2017 fine worth 2.42 billion euros for abusing its dominance by favouring its own comparison shopping service.

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  EU Said to Be Unlikely to Issue Break-Up Order to Google for Now

  EU antitrust authorities are said to be contemplating an order for Alphabet's Google to halt anti-competitive practices in its adtech operations, but they will not order a breakup as previously suggested. Regulators are expected to announce a decision related to the investigation into Google's adtech practices in the upcoming months, accompanied by...

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  Google Loses Fight Against $2.7 Billion EU Antitrust Fine

  Google on Tuesday lost its fight against a 2.42 billion euro ($2.7 billion or roughly Rs. 22,673 crore) fine levied by EU antitrust regulators seven years ago. CJEU judges noted that EU law does not sanction the existence of a dominant position, but its abusive exploitation.

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  Google, Apple and Meta to Face First Digital Markets Act Probes in the EU

  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.

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  Government Plans Action Against Google Over Abuse of Market Position

  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...

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  Google Fined $32 Million by South Korea Antitrust Regulator for Blocking Mobile Games on Competing Platform

  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.

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  Google Loses Bid to Block CCI's Ruling in Supreme Court, Vows to Cooperate With Antitrust Authority

  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.

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  CCI Denies Google Allegations That It 'Copy-Pasted' EU’s Antitrust Order on Android

  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.

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  Google Denied Temporary Relief In Rs 936 Crore Antitrust Fine

  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.

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  Google Said to Be Preparing to Approach Supreme Court to Block CCI's Android Antitrust Ruling

  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.

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  Google Directed to Pay 10 Percent of Rs 1,337.76 Crore CCI Penalty by NCLAT

  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 ...

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  Google's Request For Stay On Indian Antitrust Body's Ruling Rejected

  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.

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  Google Alleges CCI Copied Parts of EU Ruling Against Firm on Android Abuse

  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...

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  Google Said to Pay $400 Million to Settle Location-Tracking Lawsuit

  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...

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  Google Said to Be Planning to Legally Challenge India's Antitrust Crackdown on Android

  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...