Google’s latest claimed antitrust get-out-of-jail-free-card is that Google is effectively immune from antitrust prosecution because it has a constitutional free speech right to free speech to rank and present its search results any way it wants, per a new Google-sponsored...[Read more]

The FCC’s Google Street View wiretapping investigation proved that Google’s public representations it was just a mistake one rogue engineer — that the FTC and foreign law enforcement relied upon to close their investigations — were untrue. Going forward, law...[Read more]

Google’s poor and defiant track record in respecting government agreements and settlements is likely one of the reasons the FTC hired an undefeated former Federal prosecutor and litigator to lead their Google antitrust probe and potential litigation against Google. The...[Read more]

Google often acts as if it thinks it is above the law. That may be the most plausible explanation for why Google is under antitrust investigation on five continents, has had 35+ privacy scandals, and has been sued for eight...[Read more]

In Larry Page’s first substantive public communication since becoming Google CEO a year ago, Mr. Page’s “2012 Update from the CEO” essentially reaffirmed Google’s unique public profession of corporate morality that Google famously established in its 2004 IPO letter to...[Read more]

April 4th is Larry Page’s one year anniversary as Google CEO; consider how profoundly his leadership has transformed Google in just one year. From Unconventional to Conventional: In Google’s 2004 Founder’s IPO letter Mr. Page started by saying: “Google is...[Read more]

Two top Google executives responsible for Google’s corporate acquisitions unwittingly made it clear recently that Google, as a corporate entity, does not take the risk of antitrust enforcement very seriously. First, Marcella Butler, Google’s Senior Director, Corporate Development, M&A Operations...[Read more]

To more easily understand how rapidly Google’s dominance is spreading throughout the web ecosystem, please look at this one-page-graphic called “Google’s Rapidly Spreading Dominance.” As the old adage says, a picture is worth a thousand words. This graphic is highly...[Read more]

Count me as totally perplexed how the supposedly-security-minded U.S. State Department could decide to adopt security-challenged Google’s Chrome browser for worldwide use by the State Department. What are they thinking? Chrome is a consumer-grade, ad-supported, tracking-driven browser. By design Chrome...[Read more]

The evidence is mounting that the European Union is stepping in to fill the void of FTC law enforcement concerning Google. Currently, EU law enforcement is confronting Google on at least three different major law enforcement matters, and in the...[Read more]