Google Wins US Order Blocking Enforcement of Russian Court Fine

Google LLC won a court order preventing a Russian media company from compelling the tech giant to restore its Google account, after a Russian court ordered the company to do so.

Google is likely to show NAO Tsargrad Media violated the forum selection clause in Google’s terms of service by suing in Russia, and the terms implied that parties can’t enforce a judgment that violated the forum clause, Judge Edward J. Davila of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said in a Monday order. Davila enjoined Tsargrad from enforcing the Russian judgment globally, except in ...