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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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