Teaching note for product W48925.

In April 2025, a US federal court found Google LLC (Google) guilty of illegally misusing its dominant position and maintaining monopolies in advertising technology (AdTech) markets. In its defense, the company argued that ad publishers chose Google not due to a lack of options but because its AdTech solutions were simple, affordable, and effective. While remedies for restoring competition were yet to be determined by the court, Google’s plan for business .....more

In September 2024, Shiv Kumar Goyal, founder of QuikDox, faced a strategic challenge. His start-up had gained traction in the regulatory technology (RegTech) space by offering a fully digitized will creation platform, solving a critical issue of unclaimed inheritance assets. Despite its growing traction and early success, the company faced significant challenges, including limited resources, complex legal frameworks surrounding electronic wills, and .....more

Teaching note for product W43683.

Just a few months after the chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc. (Meta) announced the launch of Threads—Instagram’s text-based conversation app—Meta found itself embroiled in a major legal battle. In October 2023, a coalition of 33 states in the United States sued Meta, accusing the company of contributing to the youth mental health crisis. With a portfolio of ambitious and promising future projects, Meta needed to decide how to ethically .....more

Teaching note for product W41381.

While Microsoft and its allies received immense praise from industry insiders for creating GitHub Copilot, a tool that greatly improved programming accessibility, it faced scrutiny from regulators and ethicists shortly after its launch. A class action suit was filed against them for using the publicly available codes to develop Copilot without informed consent. Ethicists raised concerns about their commitment to ethical and responsible innovation. .....more

Teaching note for product W34830.

In February 2021, the Indian government announced new regulations to increase the accountability of social media companies for misusing their platforms in spreading fabricated news, misinformation, and obscene material. The new rules were not welcomed by some prominent social media companies, including Twitter. The giant microblogging network claimed that the new rules were designed to suppress freedom of speech among the citizens of India, one of .....more

Teaching note for product W26368.