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The United States Federal Trade Commission votes to ban nearly all employment agreements that prevent workers from joining competing businesses.
2024-04-23

Alphabet Inc., parent company of Google, announces that it has settled an antitrust suit with the French "Autorité de la concurrence" with a payment of €220m (US$270 million). The settlement amounts to less than 0.7% of Alphabet Inc.'s yearly earnings.
2021-06-7

The European Commission imposes a record €2.42bn antitrust fine on internet giant Google for allegedly manipulating its search engine results.
2017-06-27

The United States Federal Communications Commission rejects privacy advocacy group Consumer Watchdog's petition to make it illegal for Internet companies like Google, Facebook and ad providers to ignore "Do Not Track" browser settings.
2015-11-6

The Solicitor General of the United States sides with Oracle in a much-watched copyright dispute with Google over Java APIs.
2015-05-28

Google will pay a $7 million penalty to settle an investigation into the collection of e-mails, passwords and other sensitive information sent over wireless networks from 2007–2010 in the United States. Google company cars taking street-level photos for its online mapping service also had been vacuuming up personal data transmitted over wireless networks that weren't protected by passwords.
2013-03-9

Reuters reports on the basis of "people familiar with the matter" that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is close to bringing an antitrust lawsuit against Google over its dominance of the search engine market.
2012-10-13

Reuters cites sources "familiar with the matter" as saying that Google will soon receive approval from both the European Union and the United States for its proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility.
2012-02-10

The FBI investigate claims that hackers in China attacked the Google email accounts of officials in the United States and Asian countries, as well as Chinese pro-democracy activists.
2011-06-2

Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister He Yafei downplays the government's row with Google, saying it does not affect relations with the United States.
2010-01-21