Expedia, TripAdvisor File Complaints with European Commission, European Voices Offer Support
Today, Bloomberg News reported that TripAdvisor filed a complaint with the European Commission detailing “anti-competitive and unfair practices by Google that harm the marketplace and consumer welfare,” the online travel company said. On Friday, Reuters reported that Expedia filed a complaint last week with the European Commission that “offers evidence of how Google’s conduct harms not only competition, but consumers,” a spokesman said. TripAdvisor said in a statement, “We hope…
Read more...Expedia and TripAdvisor Bring Claims Against Google to EU
Add TripAdvisor and Expedia to the growing list of companies raising a collective voice against Google to the the European Union. Reuters reports Online travel agency Expedia on Friday accused Google of breaching EU rules with a formal complaint to EU antitrust regulators as it joined a dozen other firms that have taken their case to the European Commission in the last two years. As for TripAdvisor? Bloomberg reports TripAdvisor…
Read more...Dear Google, Enough With the Google+ Promotion Already!
It was Popeye whose famous line was “I’ve had all I can stands and I can’t stands no more!”. It was about that time that he ripped open a big ol’ can of Spinach and started kicking some animated butt because things had gone just too far in his mind. I think we need a Popeye to like reaction to Google’s ridiculous over-promotion of Google+. If you follow any of…
Read more...Groupon Stock Falls. Are Lawyers Circling As Well?
Back in November of 2011 when Groupon was going public there were generally two camps on the subject. One side that felt that the company was a truly hot commodity and would prove detractors wrong by a strong initial public showing and a strengthening business model. The other was one that was skeptical of the long term viability of the deals business model and felt that the whole thing was…
Read more...State Attorneys General Are in a Fight with Google to Ensure Fair Business Practices – Patrick Lynch
Patrick Lynch, former president of the National Association of Attorneys General, made the case in a Saturday Cleveland Plain Dealer guest column that “a bipartisan consensus is growing among top state law enforcement officials that Google’s business and privacy practices merit closer scrutiny out of concern for consumers’ welfare.” Lynch wrote that instead of responding to these concerns, “Google is making an insidious argument in an Ohio appeals court case…
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