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

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

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

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