01/04/2024

Google was Pummeled by Antitrust Lawsuits in December

2024 could be even worse

Today, a federal judge ruled Alphabet's Google must defend itself against antitrust charges brought by 16 states sooner than it had hoped.

Five days ago, Google settled a separate lawsuit—a $5 billion class-action privacy lawsuit claiming the company had secretly tracked consumers in “incognito” mode.

Ten days before that, Google announced it would pay $700 million to settle a lawsuit in which all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands argued that Google’s app store was an illegal monopoly that overcharged consumers.

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