Epic Games, Inc. v. Google LLC et al

  1. January 31, 2023

    'Why Did You Sit On This?' Judge Slams Google Over Chats

    A California federal judge appeared open Tuesday to sanctioning Google for failing to preserve employees' online chats in high-stakes litigation alleging the tech giant monopolizes the Android app distribution market, saying Google should have disclosed the practice and asking its lawyers, "Why didn't you tell anyone? Why did you sit on this?"

  2. January 25, 2023

    Google Says Its Doc Retention Sours Play Store Sanctions Bid

    Google has hit back against a motion for sanctions claiming that it failed to preserve significant evidence from its employees' online chats in a case accusing it of unlawfully monopolizing the Android app distribution and in-app payment market, stating that it has taken "multiple steps" to preserve "potentially relevant information."

  3. January 12, 2023

    Google Can't 'Get Away' With Deleting Chats, Judge Says

    A California federal judge on Thursday criticized Google after learning the tech giant may not have preserved evidence from its employees' online chats in a case accusing the company of violating antitrust law, saying if true, "I'm not going to let Google get away with this" without a "substantial, trial-related penalty."

  4. October 24, 2022

    Google Says Epic, Match Want To Transform Play Store Suits

    Google is pushing back against a bid by Epic Games and Match Group to add claims to their Play Store antitrust suits, saying the developers are trying to introduce a new theory based on allegations already included in the case.

  5. October 11, 2022

    Epic, Match Look To Add Claims Against Google Play Store

    Epic Games and Match Group have asked to add claims to their suits accusing Google of violating antitrust law through its Play Store policies over allegations that the search giant made payments to keep competing app stores off Android devices.

  6. May 27, 2022

    Google Settles Play Store Suit With App Developers

    Google is following in Apple's footsteps with a newly announced deal resolving claims from app developers even as it continues to battle antitrust allegations over the Android Play Store from Epic Games, state attorneys general and consumers who sought class certification Thursday.

  7. April 29, 2022

    Epic Wants Play Store Changes Blocked To Protect Music App

    Epic Games asked a California federal court to protect its newly acquired online record store app Bandcamp from a coming Google expansion of Android apps required to use its Play Store payment system, warning that Google's mandatory commissions and other policies would badly damage Bandcamp.

  8. November 15, 2021

    Google Magnified Safety Risk To Protect Monopoly, Epic Says

    Epic Games revealed new details Monday of "urgent steps" it says Google took to illegally protect its monopoly over Android app distribution by playing up Epic's possible security weakness to scare off consumers.

  9. October 12, 2021

    Google Hits Epic With Contract Claims In Antitrust Suit

    Google on Monday accused developer Epic Games of purposefully breaking their contract, and in formal responses to several cases in California federal court, Google also denied allegations that it violated antitrust law through its Play Store policies.

  10. August 31, 2021

    Google Play Store Cases Eyeing Fall 2022 Trial

    Google and the people suing it for allegedly monopolizing its Android Play Store "are not far apart" on when they think the trial should kick off, but the tech behemoth is pushing for an October 2022 start date while the plaintiffs want to start a month sooner.