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Googles Rap Sheet

Google has faced numerous antitrust investigations and lawsuits since 2004 from regulatory agencies and competitors across multiple jurisdictions. These include investigations into monopolistic practices in search, advertising discrimination, patent infringement, privacy violations, and more. Regulators have found Google guilty of antitrust violations and other illegal activities on several occasions, resulting in fines, legal rulings against Google, and acquisition restrictions.

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Googles Rap Sheet

Google has faced numerous antitrust investigations and lawsuits since 2004 from regulatory agencies and competitors across multiple jurisdictions. These include investigations into monopolistic practices in search, advertising discrimination, patent infringement, privacy violations, and more. Regulators have found Google guilty of antitrust violations and other illegal activities on several occasions, resulting in fines, legal rulings against Google, and acquisition restrictions.

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Google's Rap Sheet

ANTITRUST YEAR JURISDICTION 2012 EU 2012 US DOJ 2012 EU 2012 S. Korea 2011 US Senate 2011 US FTC 2011 Brazil 2011 India 2011 Argentina 2011 US DOJ 2011 US Court 2010 France 2010 US Court 2010 US Court 2010 US DOJ 2010 Germany 2009 UK 2009 US FTC 2009 Italy 2008 US DOJ CRIMINAL 2011 US 2010 Italy FRAUD 2012 US FTC 2012 US FCC 2012 Australia 2011 US Treasury 2011 US FTC 2011 US IRS INFRINGEMENT 2012 US Court 2012 US Court 2012 Kenya 2011 US Court 2011 US Court 2010 US Court 2010 US Court 2010 US DOJ 2009 France 2009 Germany 2007 US Court 2006 Belgium 2004 US
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DESCRIPTION OF OFFENSE Expected to be ruled a monopoly that abused market power Officially warned to not abuse standards essential patents Formally investigating Google-Motorola's abuse of patents Considering max penalty for systematic obstruction of justice Senators find complaints warrant "thorough" FTC investigation Launched broad antitrust probe of search ad behavior Competitors' file complaint over Google's advertising practices Antitrust authorities urged to investigate ad practices Authorities investigating search dominance/ad discrimination DOJ/Court will police ITA acquisition antitrust problems Federal Judge rejects Book Settlement as anti-competitive Authorities ruled Google search monopoly, found discrimination Found to be broadly colluding to limit employees' compensation Skyhook sues over unlawful interference with contracts Opposed revised Book Settlement as anti-competitive/illegal Companies file complaints: search discrimination/infringement Competitor files complaint, documents predatory ad penalties Forced Google CEO off Apple's Board as anti-competitive Investigation of complaints of Google abusing its ad dominance Threatened antitrust suit to block Google-Yahoo ad agreement $500m criminal fine for illegal prescription drug imports ads Court convicted 3 execs for privacy violations in bullying case Investigating bypassing of user/Apple browser privacy protections $25,000 fine for deliberately obstructing FCC wiretapping probe Appeals Court ruled Google advertising was deceptive 85 Google advertised mortgage scams shut down as fraudulent Google-buzz privacy practices were ruled deceptive IRS investigating aggressive shifting of income to avoid taxes Jury could find Google ads confused Rosetta Stone trademarks Jury could find YouTube willful blindness infringement of Viacom Caught systematically stealing business directory contacts Buysafe sues for patent infringement & theft of trade secrets Paypal sues for theft of trade secrets over Google Wallet Oracle sues Android for patent/copyright infringement Skyhook Wireless sues for multiple patent infringement Opposed revised Book Settlement as mass copyright infringement Govt. opposed book settlement: violated authors' copyrights Govt. found book settlement violated international law Viacom sued YouTube for illegal business model; $1b infringement Settled copyright suit with Writers/Photographers: Google News Paid $250m settlement for violating Overture's ad auction patents

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April 2012; Scott Cleland: President Precursor LLC; Publisher: www.GoogleMonitor.com & www.Googleopoly.net Author of: "Search & Destroy: Why You Can't Trust Google Inc." www.SearchAndDestroyBook.com

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