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Law firms join forces to take on Google in landmark class action
Two firms have teamed up in a class action against Google on behalf of rural publisher The Riverine Grazier, accusing...
03 February 2025
By Grace Robbie
Google hit with adtech class action
Google was hit with a class action by publishing companies that alleged they suffered losses as a result of its misuse...
18 December 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Google investigated for ‘ad tech’ class action
A class action firm has commenced an investigation into Google over its alleged anti-competitive conduct in the digital...
02 December 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Google to destroy billions of records of data as part of lawsuit settlement
To settle a lawsuit that accused it of tracking users browsing the internet using Google Chrome despite them being in...
04 April 2024
By Naomi Neilson
‘Sky won’t fall in’: Epic Games challenges Apple, Google’s app store conduct
Epic Games used its opening submissions to tear apart Apple and Google’s justification for locking app developers out...
19 March 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Delay splits Apple, Google expert evidence apart in Epic Games class action
Part of Epic Games class action proceedings against Apple and Google over anti-competition allegations has been split...
19 February 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Court questions funders’ access to Epic Games, Apple data
The Federal Court questioned whether litigation funders should receive data ahead of a 16-week trial brought by two...
22 January 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Aussie app developers join class action against Apple, Google for alleged abuse of power
Last year, app users in Australia brought proceedings against Apple and Google, alleging misuse of market power. Now,...
03 April 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
What Google v Defteros means for defamation law
In ruling that Google was not the publisher of defamatory material pertaining to an article about a Melbourne lawyer,...
19 August 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
Google acquisition to go ahead unopposed
Following an investigation, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has stated it will not oppose...
12 August 2022
By Lauren Croft
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Why we may not have seen the last of Barilaro v Google
Earlier this week, Google was hit with a $715,000 defamation payout to the former NSW deputy premier – here, we...
10 June 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Google ordered to pay $715k for defamation against John Barilaro
Judge Steven Rares of the Federal Court has found that Google’s actions in posting and reposting hate speech against...
07 June 2022
By Simon Levett
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The ethics of advertising on competitor brand names for law firms
Because a law firm’s brand name can become a search term on Google, many law firms are aware, and have seen, the...
31 March 2021
By Jerome Doraisamy
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