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Google hit with lawsuit in South Korea over unfair-trade practices involving in-app payments

By Jenny Lee ( October 25, 2022, 05:44 GMT | Insight) -- Google has been hit with a lawsuit in South Korea over its alleged unfair-trade practices involving in-app payments, the first case of its kind to employ the country's new injunctive-relief system. Lee Eun-woo, a lawyer at Jihyang Law who represents the Korean Publishers Association, told MLex that the group filed a lawsuit with the Seoul Central District Court today, seeking an injunction against the US tech giant's anti-competitive conduct in the app marketplace and compensation for damages.Google has been hit with a lawsuit in South Korea over its alleged unfair-trade practices involving in-app payments, the first case of its kind to employ the country's new injunctive-relief system....

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