Epic Games, Inc. v. Google LLC et al

  1. December 09, 2023

    Google And Epic CEOs Fail To Reach Deal As Trial Nears End

    Google LLC and Epic Games Inc. told a California federal judge late Friday that Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Epic CEO Tim Sweeney failed to reach a deal after they were ordered to mid-trial settlement talks, clearing the way for closing arguments Monday in their contentious antitrust battle.

  2. December 01, 2023

    Judge Slams Google's 'Deeply Troubling' Tactics As Trial Ends

    A California federal judge overseeing the antitrust trial between Epic Games Inc. and Google LLC said Friday he's concerned that Google's willful destruction of evidence and "bogus" privilege assertions constitute a "frontal assault on the administration of justice," and that jury instructions in the newly wrapped trial will reflect the company's "deeply disturbing" behavior.

  3. November 30, 2023

    Google VP Describes Stiff Competition At Antitrust Trial

    A Google executive took the stand Thursday in the trial over Epic Games' antitrust suit over Google's Android app store, telling a California federal jury that he woke up every day for a decade thinking about the fierce competition between Google Play and Apple's App Store.

  4. November 29, 2023

    Google's Bid To Avoid Jury Verdict In Epic Antitrust Trial DOA

    A California federal judge on Wednesday said he plans to deny Google's bid for a directed verdict at the wrap of a monthlong antitrust trial brought by Epic Games over the tech giant's dominance in the Android app distribution market, saying, "I'm not taking this away from the jury."

  5. November 28, 2023

    'This Is Solvable': Google, Epic Ordered To Midtrial Deal Talk

    A California federal judge on Tuesday ordered top decision-makers at Google and Epic Games to try a second time to reach a settlement in their Play Store antitrust case as the monthlong trial nears its end, saying the fight is "solvable" and comparing their hesitation to a kid eating broccoli.

  6. November 27, 2023

    Google's Android Monopoly Harms Users, Stanford Prof Says

    A Stanford economics professor took the stand Monday in Epic Games' antitrust suit over Google's Android app store, saying it holds a monopoly on the market for smartphone operating systems and uses anticompetitive tactics to stifle rivals, meaning smartphone users and developers "have suffered as a result."

  7. November 21, 2023

    Epic And Google Security Experts Battle In App Antitrust Trial

    The difficulty of Google's process for downloading apps outside its Play Store is "disproportionate" to any security risk such apps pose, a Harvard professor testified for Epic Games on Wednesday in a California federal antitrust trial over Google's Android app store, while the tech giant's expert called the process "prudent."

  8. November 20, 2023

    Epic CEO Testifies 'Billions' Possible From Win Over Google

    Epic CEO Tim Sweeney on Monday testified in a California federal trial it brought over Google's Android app policies and acknowledged that while Epic isn't seeking damages from its antitrust litigation, his company could make "billions" if the court blocks Google from taking a 30% cut of its players' game-purchase revenue.

  9. November 16, 2023

    Google's CLO Gets Earful From Judge Over Deleted Chats

    The California federal judge overseeing an antitrust trial over Google's Android app market tore into its Chief Legal Officer Kent Walker on Thursday after ordering him to court to answer questions about its evidence preservation practices, telling him "you of all people should have known that there was no excuse for not preserving chats."

  10. November 15, 2023

    Google 'Tipped Off' Media To Fortnite Bug, Epic Jury Hears

    A Google executive testifying in Epic Games' antitrust suit over Google's Android app store acknowledged on Wednesday that weeks after Epic launched its popular Fortnite game outside the Google-controlled Play Store, Google "tipped off" journalists to a Fortnite security vulnerability — something he couldn't recall Google doing any other time.