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Litigation

Feb. 14, 2017

Brazilian nonprofit suing Google over mapping project

A small Brazilian nonprofit group is taking technology giant Alphabet Inc.-owned Google to court for allegedly not giving the organization credit for helping to map some of Brazil's most notorious slums.

By Eli Wolfe
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A small Brazilian nonprofit group is taking technology giant Alphabet Inc.-owned Google to court for allegedly not giving the organization credit for helping to map some of Brazil's most notorious slums.

Robert J. Muller, a partner at Cypress LLP who represents Grupo Cultural AfroReggae, filed an amended complaint last week against Google and Google Brasil Internet LTDA for...

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