In re: Google Play Store Antitrust Litigation
Case Number:
3:21-md-02981
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action, Multi-district Litigation
Judge:
Firms
- Davis Polk
- Foley & Lardner
- Kwun Bhansali
- Forman Watkins
- Tostrud Law Group
- Covington & Burling
- Sperling & Slater
- Annaguey McCann
- Quinn Emanuel
- Wilson Sonsini
- Cuneo Gilbert
- McManis Faulkner
- Korein Tillery
- Milberg Coleman
- Munger Tolles
- Faegre Drinker
- Ellis George
- Dechert LLP
- Tyz Law
- Kaplan Fox
- Paul Weiss
- Williams & Connolly
- Berger Montague
- Mason LLP (Washington, DC)
- Hadsell Stormer
- Hueston Hennigan
- Bartlit Beck
- Pritzker Levine
- Fox Rothschild
- Venable LLP
- Hausfeld LLP
- Winston & Strawn
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Keller Rohrback
- Morgan Lewis
- Zelle LLP
- A&O Shearman
- Mantese Honigman
- Sidley Austin
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Gibson Dunn
- Hogan Lovells
- Hagens Berman
- Gustafson Gluek
- Barrett Law Group
- Scott&Scott
- Ellis George LLP
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Stradling Yocca
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Leeds Brown
- Cotchett Pitre
- Cravath Swaine
- Keker Van Nest & Peters
- Saveri & Saveri
- Willkie Farr
Companies
- Riot Games Inc.
- Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
- American Antitrust Institute
- Sony Group Corp.
- Match Group LLC
- Motorola Mobility LLC
- Netflix Inc.
- Spotify Technology SA
- Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Electronic Arts Inc.
- Microsoft Corp.
- Apple Inc.
- T-Mobile US Inc.
- Amazon.com Inc.
- Nintendo Co. Ltd.
- Big Fish Games Inc.
- Bumble Inc.
- EE Ltd.
- Hulu LLC
- Epic Games Inc.
- Valve Corp.
- TikTok Inc.
- Google LLC
- Activision Blizzard Inc.
- Alphabet Inc.
- The Walt Disney Co.
Government Agencies
- State of Nevada
- State of Tennessee
- State of Maryland
- State of Michigan
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- State of Indiana
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
Sectors & Industries:
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November 14, 2024
'The World Has Changed': Google's $700M Deal Gets 2nd Look
The California federal judge considering Google's $700 million antitrust deal with states and consumers told plaintiffs' counsel Thursday to review the settlement terms to ensure that they comport with Google Play store changes he ordered in Epic Games' separate lawsuit, saying "the world has changed" since they struck the deal.
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November 04, 2024
Microsoft Wants To Weigh In On Google Play Store Challenge
Microsoft has asked the Ninth Circuit to allow it to file an amicus brief backing Epic Games in Google's challenge to an injunction requiring Google to open up its Play Store to competing app stores, arguing that the search giant's policies have prevented Microsoft from offering "mobile gaming experiences customers want."
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October 29, 2024
Epic Urges 9th Circ. Not To Pause Google Play Store Fixes
Epic Games Inc. has fired back against Google's request the Ninth Circuit issue an emergency stay pausing a lower court's antitrust injunction that would require Google to open up its Play Store to competing app stores, slamming Google's arguments as "scattershot," misleading and legally unfounded.
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October 28, 2024
FTC, DOJ Tell 9th Circ. Google Wrong On Play Store Fixes
Federal antitrust enforcers told the Ninth Circuit there should be consequences after a jury found Google monopolized the Android app distribution market, as Google pushes to keep a court order paused in the antitrust case being brought by Epic Games.
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October 24, 2024
Trade Orgs Back Google's Bid For 9th Circ. Play Store Pause
Trade groups and cybersecurity experts have told the Ninth Circuit to extend the pause on the mandate forcing Google to open up its Play Store and help rival app stores compete through that distribution mechanism, backing Google with amicus briefs warning of major disruptions to the app ecosystem.
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October 17, 2024
Google Asks 9th Circ. To Immediately Pause Epic Injunction
Google filed an emergency motion late Wednesday in its antitrust battle with Epic Games Inc. asking the Ninth Circuit to stay a lower court's injunction that's set to take effect Nov. 1 requiring Google to open up its Play Store to competing app stores, slamming the injunction as harmful and "unworkable."
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October 15, 2024
Google Seeks To Pause Play Store Injunction Amid Appeal
Google has urged a California federal judge to issue an immediate stay in its antitrust battle with Epic Games Inc. that would pause a three-year injunction requiring Google to open up its Play Store to competing app stores pending the outcome of its Ninth Circuit appeal.
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October 11, 2024
Google Appeals Epic Injunction To 9th Circ.
Google is appealing a California federal judge's recent order that it allow for third-party app distribution on its Android phones, taking the company's long-running fight with Fortnite-maker Epic Games to the Ninth Circuit with just weeks before the injunction is set to take effect.
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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.