Google to Pay $500 Million to Settle Online Drug Ad Probe
August 24, 2011, 11:42 AM EDTBy Sara Forden
Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc. agreed to pay $500 million to settle U.S. allegations that it allowed online Canadian pharmacies to place advertising resulting in the illegal importation of drugs, the Justice Department said today.
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