Google will fund a $90-million settlement to small app developers who had alleged the technology giant abused its market position, according to statements seen by AFP Friday.
Reports on a settlement made by Google Inc. to a lawsuit filed against it and other Internet companies in 2005 by Lane's Gifts & Collectibles LLC and private investigator Max Caulfield alleging that the companies knowingly overcharged for online advertisements and conspired to continue doing so....
Hagens Berman also led a similar lawsuit against Apple and won a $100 settlement last year, which featured similar terms (15% commissionfor the first million, the ability to contact users directly and so on).
With a planned $90 million settlement, Google could soon dispense with a class-action lawsuit involving so-called click fraud. But while that may be good for Google, it doesn't mean the problem of bogus clicks on online ads--which advertisers have to pay for--is going to disappear anytim...
Googlewill pay millions of U.S. consumers a combined $700 million as part of asettlementwith state attorneys general over fees the tech giant charges for use of its app store. The company will shell out $630 million to a fund that will go directly to more than 100 millio...
"Google will pay $630 million into a settlement fund to be distributed for the benefit of consumers according to a Court-approved plan,"reads a statement published Monday. In addition, $70 million will be paid "into a fund that will be used by the states." ...
The investigation was first revealed in May, when Google said in agovernment filingthat it set aside $500 million for the potential settlement of a Department of Justice investigation into its advertising practices, which decreased its quarterly profits by 22 percent. ...
The biggest change: Google will need to let developers steer consumers away from the Google Play Store for several years, if this settlement is approved. You can read the full 68-page settlement for yourself at the bottom of this story, but here’s the TL;DR about what it includes: ...
Illinois residents who have appeared in a photograph on the Google Photos app within the last seven years may be eligible for a cut of a $100 million class-action privacy settlement reached by Google this month. The lawsuit alleges Google's face grouping tool, which sorts faces in the Googl...
Google has denied any wrongdoing and agreed to a $23 million settlement. If you're one of the millions of U.S. residents who used Google Search between October 2006 and September 2013, you can file a claim. Here’s what you need to know. Who is eligible for settlement ...