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
- Altair Law
- Kwun Bhansali
- Forman Watkins
- Tostrud Law Group
- Keller Rohrback
- Mason LLP (Washington, DC)
- Annaguey McCann
- McManis Faulkner
- Pritzker Levine
- Cuneo Gilbert
- Dechert LLP
- Cotchett Pitre
- Venable LLP
- Hausfeld LLP
- Gibson Dunn
- Tyz Law
- Kaplan Fox
- Sidley Austin
- Williams & Connolly
- Berger Montague
- McDermott Will & Emery
- A&O Shearman
- Ellis George LLP
- Hadsell Stormer
- Quinn Emanuel
- Morgan Lewis
- Winston & Strawn
- Korein Tillery
- Milberg Coleman
- Hueston Hennigan
- Mantese Honigman
- Kirby McInerney
- Ellis George
- Sperling Kenny
- Fox Rothschild
- Davis Polk
- Faegre Drinker
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Hogan Lovells
- Zelle LLP
- Gustafson Gluek
- Barrett Law Group
- Scott&Scott
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Hagens Berman
- Stradling Yocca
- Foley & Lardner
- Covington & Burling
- Munger Tolles
- Leeds Brown
- Cravath Swaine
- Keker Van Nest & Peters
- Bartlit Beck
- Paul Weiss
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Wilson Sonsini
- Saveri & Saveri
- Milbank LLP
- Willkie Farr
Companies
- Epic Games Inc.
- Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
- Google LLC
- American Antitrust Institute
- Valve Corp.
- Spotify Technology SA
- TikTok Inc.
- Match Group LLC
- Motorola Mobility LLC
- Riot Games Inc.
- Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
- Amazon.com Inc.
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Electronic Arts Inc.
- Microsoft Corp.
- Netflix Inc.
- T-Mobile US Inc.
- Nintendo Co. Ltd.
- Bumble Inc.
- EE Ltd.
- Big Fish Games Inc.
- Sony Group Corp.
- Hulu LLC
- Apple Inc.
- Activision Blizzard Inc.
- Alphabet Inc.
- The Walt Disney Co.
Government Agencies
- State of Michigan
- State of Tennessee
- State of Maryland
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- State of Indiana
- State of Nevada
Sectors & Industries:
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December 19, 2023
Google Must Add Play Store Options In $700M Deal With AGs
State attorneys general set a $700 million price on their deal resolving antitrust claims over Google LLC's control over the Play Store for Android apps on Tuesday, under a previously announced settlement that also requires the tech giant to permit alternative billing options that can circumvent its up-to-30% commissions.
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December 12, 2023
How Epic's Google Win Could Ripple Across Antitrust Law
Epic Games scored a major victory Monday in its crusade to force Google to open its app market to more competition, but experts say the jury verdict could also have implications for other antitrust cases targeting large technology companies.
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December 11, 2023
Epic Games Jury Says Google Monopolized App Market
A California federal jury dealt Google a devastating blow Monday after just hours of deliberations in Epic Games' antitrust suit over Google's Play Store, ruling that the search giant illegally restrained trade in the market for Android app distribution and billing services and setting the stage for a possible court-ordered injunction.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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."
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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."