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In re: Google Play Store Antitrust Litigation
Case Number:
3:21-md-02981
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Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action, Multi-district Litigation
Judge:
Firms
- Annaguey McCann
- A&O Shearman
- Barrett Law Group
- Bartlit Beck
- Berger Montague
- Cotchett Pitre
- Covington & Burling
- Cravath Swaine
- Cuneo Gilbert
- Davis Polk
- Dechert LLP
- Ellis George
- Ellis George LLP
- Faegre Drinker
- Foley & Lardner
- Forman Watkins
- Fox Rothschild
- Gibson Dunn
- Gustafson Gluek
- Hadsell Stormer
- Hagens Berman
- Hausfeld LLP
- Hogan Lovells
- Hueston Hennigan
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Kaplan Fox
- Keker Van Nest & Peters
- Keller Rohrback
- Korein Tillery
- Kwun Bhansali
- Mantese Honigman
- Mason LLP (Washington, DC)
- McDermott Will & Emery
- McManis Faulkner
- Milberg Coleman
- Morgan Lewis
- Munger Tolles
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Paul Weiss
- Pritzker Levine
- Quinn Emanuel
- Saveri & Saveri
- Scott&Scott
- Sidley Austin
- Sperling & Slater
- Sterlington PLLC
- Stradling Yocca
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Tostrud Law Group
- Tyz Law
- Venable LLP
- Williams & Connolly
- Willkie Farr
- Wilson Sonsini
- Winston & Strawn
- Zelle LLP
Companies
- Activision Blizzard Inc.
- Alphabet Inc.
- Amazon.com Inc.
- American Antitrust Institute
- Big Fish Games Inc.
- Bumble Inc.
- EE Ltd.
- Electronic Arts Inc.
- Epic Games Inc.
- Google LLC
- Hulu LLC
- Match Group LLC
- Microsoft Corp.
- Motorola Mobility LLC
- Netflix Inc.
- Nintendo Co. Ltd.
- Riot Games Inc.
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Sony Group Corp.
- Spotify Technology SA
- The Walt Disney Co.
- TikTok Inc.
- T-Mobile US Inc.
- Valve Corp.
- Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
- Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Government Agencies
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- State of Indiana
- State of Maryland
- State of Michigan
- State of Nevada
- State of Tennessee
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October 07, 2024
Epic Judge Orders Google To Let Rivals Set Up App Stores
A California federal judge on Monday ordered Google to offer third-party options for downloading apps on Android phones, banned it from offering companies financial incentives to discourage competition with Google Play and blocked it from signing developer deals to have an app launch first or exclusively in its app store.
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October 02, 2024
Epic's Samsung, Google Cases Over Play Store Linked
The judge mulling what changes Google will have to make after a jury found its Play Store policies violate antitrust law will also oversee a new case filed by Epic Games accusing Samsung of helping Google preemptively undermine any fix imposed by the court.
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August 20, 2024
Epic Will Pay Google $400K For Play Store Contract Breach
Epic Games has agreed to pay Google around $400,000 for implementing its own payment method in "Fortnite" and getting booted from the Play Store, as the court continues to mull what changes Google will have to make after a jury found that its policies violate antitrust law.
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August 14, 2024
Google-Epic Antitrust Judge Vows To 'Tear The Barriers Down'
A California federal judge appeared impatient Wednesday with Google's arguments against Epic Games' proposed changes to the Google Play Store in the wake of Epic's antitrust jury win, saying the world created by its "monopolist conduct" is changing, and vowing "to tear the barriers down."
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August 13, 2024
FTC Says Fix In Epic's Google Case Should Spur Competition
The Federal Trade Commission has told a California federal court that it has the power to impose a wide range of remedies after a jury found that Google violated antitrust law through its app store policies and urged the court to reject Google's concerns about the proposed changes.
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August 08, 2024
Google Says Epic's Own Tech Experts Undermine Remedies
Google continued Wednesday to battle what it says would be a dramatic and costly overhaul of its Play Store if Epic Games is allowed to dictate the terms of an antitrust remedy, telling a California federal judge claims of a cheaper, easier solution are undermined by Epic's own experts.
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July 25, 2024
Google Wants To Keep 'Monopolistic Status Quo,' Epic Says
Epic Games assailed Google on Wednesday for overcomplicating and overpricing changes to the Play Store required by the gaming giant's antitrust jury win, arguing that what Google says are needed security and maintenance protocols are just the latest effort to relitigate the case and "weaken the remedy."
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June 25, 2024
Google Says Epic's Play Store Changes Could Cost $137M
Google urged a California federal judge Monday to reject Epic Games' proposed Play Store remedies following Epic Games' antitrust jury trial win, arguing that the changes could cost up to $137 million plus ongoing maintenance costs and create new security risks while potentially harming Google's reputation.
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May 23, 2024
'I Just Don't Buy It': Judge Rips Google's Injunction Argument
A California federal judge considering the scope of a potential injunction against Google following Epic Games' antitrust jury trial win told Google's economist Thursday that the tech giant keeps arguing that more app store options for consumers will create a "terrifying world of chaos and anarchy," but "I just don't buy it."
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May 03, 2024
Google Blasts Epic's Post-Verdict Play Store Reforms Bid
Google is hitting back at Epic Games' proposed injunction following its jury win on antitrust claims related to the Google Play Store and Android apps, telling a California federal judge Thursday that Epic's proposed rules cover conduct that was not presented to the jury and is "purely hypothetical."