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Australian High Court will hear Google appeal of misleading conduct case

 |  June 24, 2012

Australia’s High Court has granted special leave to Google to appeal the Full Federal Court’s decision that the global search company engaged in misleading conduct. The Full Federal Court had ruled on April 3, 2012 that the appearance of four sponsored advertisements on Google’s search results constituted a violation of section 52 of the Trade Practices Act 1974.

Full content: ACCC Press Release

 

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