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Report: Apple to be assessed “billions” in unpaid European back taxes
The precise figures are under wraps but will be released later this week....
Major internet companies support Yelp in case that threatens online reviews
If the Hassell decision stands it would enable business owners to sue right and left over critical reviews and could eventually suppress online...
How to manage ad partners in regulated industries: Education (Part 4 of 5)
Columnist Lori Weiman takes a look at several recent lawsuits against educational advertisers and offers tips on how you and your affiliates can...
Google antitrust woes: new South Korean probe, Russian court rejects appeal
Google looking at billions in potential fines if found to have violated antitrust rules....
Microsoft, Salesforce among first certified companies under US-EU Privacy Shield
More than 200 applications pending from US companies....
Russia fines Google nearly $7MM for ‘anticompetitive’ app pre-install rules
Google still has recourse to further appeals, but likelihood of success is small....
FTC slams 1-800-Contacts’ reciprocal PPC bidding agreements with 14 competitors
Case may signal fundamental shift by the FTC toward companies that overreach in their trademark enforcement efforts or demands....
The FTC disclosure guidelines: An in-depth exploration of what affiliates and merchants need to know
Confused about how the FTC's disclosure guidelines affect affiliate marketers and merchants? Columnist Rae Hoffman gives you a rundown of what...
With third EU antitrust complaint, Google confronts $20 billion in potential fines
AdSense for Search contracts with publishers are the focus of the new charges coming from from the European...
FTC spanks Warner Brothers for failure to disclose social influencer payments
The company paid YouTube and social media influencers to promote a video game to their audiences without revealing that the content was...
Privacy Shield regulations to replace invalidated EU-US data transfer agreement
New law expected to be formally ratified next week but may still face legal challenges from unhappy critics....
Court: Viacom, not Google, on the hook for tracking kids’ behavior online
Under the federal Video Privacy Protection Act, only parties that disclose protected information can be sued, not those that received the...
Google’s new My Activity and Ads Personalization seek to make ads better, provide more user control over data
A pragmatic mix of good policy and self-interest, My Activity and Ads Personalization give users more control and help enable more sophisticated...
InMobi to pay nearly $1 million following FTC charges of location tracking deception
The mobile ad platform continued to infer and capture location data on users who had not consented to use of location services....
Supreme Court allows AdWords class action against Google to proceed
Advertisers complained Google didn't disclose that their ads might show up on parked domains and error...
Seeking to limit “viral hate speech,” EU and social sites announce Code of Conduct
The European Commission, Facebook, Google (YouTube), Twitter and Microsoft have announced a “Code of Conduct” governing...
Google wins its Java case against Oracle (again), saves billions in fees — for now
The jury agreed that Google's use of Java APIs was "Fair Use" under copyright law....
French tax officials perform early morning raid on Google offices in Paris
Authorities claim the company owes nearly $1.8 billion in unpaid...
UC Davis scandal exposes the online reputation industry’s own bad rap issue
Following the UC Davis scandal, the online reputation management (ORM) industry was left with a bad reputation. Columnist Chris Silver Smith...
Report: Europe readying “record-breaking” $3.4 billion antitrust fine against Google
Penalties reportedly will also require changes to the way search results appear....
