Comments on: Legal Troubles in Europe for Google, Facebook

By: PS3

PS3 — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:49:32 +0000

Yeah, it would certainly be interesting to see if Google use just one firm, or different specialists.

Blimey, what a fee earner that would be!

By: John Arlinger

John Arlinger — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:18:42 +0000

Google always seems to prevail despite all the hurdles that are thrown at them. I would love to know who their attorneys are.

By: Steve Elliott

Steve Elliott — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:45:00 +0000

I think it is quite ironic that anyone in power over here in the UK would make noises about privacy of information……bearing in mind that our Inland Revenue (equivalent of IRS) has recently lost discs containing child benefit data on millions of residents…..and the Ministry of Defence is frequently losing laptops from the back of service personnel vehicles!

By: Futon-Matt

Futon-Matt — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:15:36 +0000

I think this will only be a minor bump in the road for G. They always seem to make out in the end.

By: Jayson

Jayson — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:20:41 +0000

Yeah this doesn’t sound good for G but I’m sure that they’ll pull something off in Google fashion as they’ve always done. It’s nice to hear that they don’t have free reign over the entire planet.

By: Alan Johnson

Alan Johnson — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:25:34 +0000

Xianhong, I personally doubt that such a point will be reached. As Catherine has mentioned, such legal issues are inevitable at a certain point for a company such as G but the issue will mos likely be solved without the need for extreme measures.

Alan Johnson

By: CatherineL

CatherineL — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:14:06 +0000

Who knows? It seems the bigger a business gets, the more legal challenges it faces. I suppose the worst punishment would be if they prevented the acquisition from going ahead.

By: Xianhong

Xianhong — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:19:26 +0000

Will google & Facebook be punished in UK?