November 21, 2023
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."
November 20, 2023
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.
November 16, 2023
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."
November 15, 2023
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.
November 14, 2023
Google CEO Sundar Pichai took the stand Tuesday in a California federal trial over claims the tech giant unlawfully monopolizes the app store market, contending his company competes "fiercely" with Apple while also confirming that it pays Apple 36% of the search revenue it generates on iPhones.
November 13, 2023
The California federal judge overseeing the trial in Epic Games' antitrust suit over Google's Android app market on Monday questioned whether the company has an "ingrained systemic culture of suppression of relevant evidence," ordering the attorney in charge of Google's in-house legal department to appear in court ready for questioning Thursday.
November 09, 2023
Two in-house Google lawyers communicating on an internal company chat joked about "fake privilege" — a practice of unnecessarily involving a lawyer in a matter to make it confidential — an attorney for Epic Games showed jurors in a California federal antitrust case against the tech giant.
November 08, 2023
Google tried to "pay off" Epic Games Inc. by offering it $147 million to put Fortnite on the Google Play Store for fear the game-maker could influence other developers to stay off and cause up to $3.6 billion in losses, an Epic lawyer said Wednesday in a California federal antitrust trial.
November 07, 2023
Google's failure to preserve some employee chats took center stage at trial Tuesday in Epic Games' California federal antitrust suit alleging that the tech giant monopolizes the Android app market, with one Google executive conceding that he can't guarantee the deleted communications didn't contain evidence related to the case.
November 06, 2023
Google earned billions while harming consumers and developers by "systematically, deliberately, and unlawfully" blocking competition with its Play Store, Epic Games' lawyer told jurors Monday during opening statements in a California federal antitrust trial, while Google's lawyer countered that it "can't be a monopolist" given the strong competition from Apple and others.