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Google Settles AdWords Suit

All the way back in 2005, Minnesota Printing company CLRB Hanson Industries and New Jersey native Howard Stern (no, not the radio host) filed a suit against Google on the grounds that the company was overcharging them and serving more ads than they were supposed to. Google said that these claims were unfounded.

Google Doubles Book Search Partners

Google really has the ball rolling on the controversial Google Book Search project. Reuters is reporting that 20,000 publishers have signed on over the last year, doubling the number of partners that Google has. The company has also added two new library partners over the last year bringing that number up to 29.

MySpace Music to Face Antitrust Suits?

MySpace music is now scheduled to launch this week, but an antitrust lawsuit may be in the making as indie labels in the EU a

Microsoft Gets Back a Good Chunk of Money From Immersion

Microsoft just got back $20.75 million of the nearly $27 million it gave to Immersion six years ago. Perhaps this contributed to the willy-nilly half a billion dollar investment it just made in acquiring Greenfield Online. The Past

OK, Not All Customers So Satisfied with Apple

Customer satisfaction has proven to be one of Apple's strong points, as indicated by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) this week. Unfortunately, there are still some customers who are far less than satisfied by the company. An Alabama woman named Jessica Smith is one of those customers, and she intends to bring many more of them out into the light with her, by filing a class-action lawsuit against Apple.

RIAA Lawsuits Not Yielding Artist Payments Yet

Despite collecting millions in settlements with online music services accused of enabling music piracy, the RIAA's artists may not be seeing the paydays they imagined.

Yahoo Settles Chinese Lawsuits

Yahoo has settled the lawsuit brought forth by two Chinese political prisoners and their families. Though the terms of the settlement were not disclosed, Yahoo has agreed to pay their legal fees.

BlogWorld: Staying Away From Lawsuits

Blogging can be all fun and games, and a great thing about it is that no one’s likely to get hurt.  Unfortunately, people are likely to be sued, and at the BlogWorld & New Media Expo, attorney Brett Trout discussed that subject.

Facebook Sued Over Text Messages

Online social networking site Facebook is being sued by an Indiana woman who says the site profited from its members sending unauthorized text messages to cell phone users whose numbers used to belong to other customers.

Potential Typosquatting Lawsuits for Advertisers

Avi Wilensky, a friend of mine, recently got a cease and desist letter from Realogy Corporation because his Google broad match ads for Mark David NY ended up on a dirty Google syndication partner site.