Google reaches out-of-court settlement in Britain defamation case

SETTLED: A British businessman's dispute with Google over defamatary postings in its search results, is now over.

LONDON: Google Inc said on it had reached a settlement with a British businessman over defamatory postings in its search results describing him as a paedophile, a murderer and a money-launderer. 

Former Morgan Stanley banker Daniel Hegglin, who said he was subjected to years of defamation by unknown users, had sued the Internet giant to have it block links to the abusive material that appeared on several thousand websites.