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
- Annaguey McCann
- A&O Shearman
- Barrett Law Group
- Bartlit Beck
- Berger Montague
- Cotchett Pitre
- Covington & Burling
- Cravath Swaine
- Cuneo Gilbert
- Davis Polk
- Dechert LLP
- Ellis George
- Ellis George LLP
- Faegre Drinker
- Foley & Lardner
- Forman Watkins
- Fox Rothschild
- Gibson Dunn
- Gustafson Gluek
- Hadsell Stormer
- Hagens Berman
- Hausfeld LLP
- Hogan Lovells
- Hueston Hennigan
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Kaplan Fox
- Keker Van Nest & Peters
- Keller Rohrback
- Korein Tillery
- Kwun Bhansali
- Mantese Honigman
- Mason LLP (Washington, DC)
- McDermott Will & Emery
- McManis Faulkner
- Milberg Coleman
- Morgan Lewis
- Munger Tolles
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Paul Weiss
- Pritzker Levine
- Quinn Emanuel
- Saveri & Saveri
- Sidley Austin
- Sperling & Slater
- Sterlington PLLC
- Stradling Yocca
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Tostrud Law Group
- Tyz Law
- Venable LLP
- Williams & Connolly
- Willkie Farr
- Wilson Sonsini
- Winston & Strawn
- Zelle LLP
Companies
- Activision Blizzard Inc.
- Alphabet Inc.
- Amazon.com Inc.
- American Antitrust Institute
- Apple Inc.
- Big Fish Games Inc.
- Bumble Inc.
- EE Ltd.
- Electronic Arts Inc.
- Epic Games Inc.
- Google LLC
- Hulu LLC
- Match Group LLC
- Microsoft Corp.
- Motorola Mobility LLC
- Netflix Inc.
- Nintendo Co. Ltd.
- Riot Games Inc.
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Sony Group Corp.
- Spotify Technology SA
- The Walt Disney Co.
- TikTok Inc.
- T-Mobile US Inc.
- Valve Corp.
- Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
- Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Government Agencies
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- State of Indiana
- State of Maryland
- State of Michigan
- State of Nevada
- State of Tennessee
Sectors & Industries:
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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?"
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January 30, 2023
Google Has Deliberately Deleted Chats For Years, Court Told
State-level enforcers and others suing Google for monopolization over its Play Store policies told a California federal court that the tech giant has been deliberately deleting internal company chats for years and is asking for a slap on the wrist as punishment for destroying evidence.
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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."
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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."
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January 02, 2023
Antitrust Conduct Issues And Cases To Watch In 2023
The Federal Trade Commission prepares to test the limits of its authority to combat unfair methods of competition in the coming year, as the U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers continue pushing aggressive antitrust agendas alongside new proposed class actions from private parties.
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November 28, 2022
Google Play Antitrust Judge Certifies 21M Consumer Class
A California federal judge on Monday certified a class of more than 21 million consumers in the multidistrict litigation accusing Google of monopolizing the market for distributing apps on Android devices and refused to exclude their economic harm expert, finding that Google's "blunderbuss" of objections "miss the mark."
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November 18, 2022
Hearing Set For Sanctions Bid In Google Play Store Case
The California federal court overseeing antitrust litigation over Google's Play Store policies has called for an evidentiary hearing in January on a bid to sanction the tech giant for automatically deleting internal employee chats.
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November 15, 2022
Sanctions Bid Pushed In Google Play Antitrust Case
State attorneys general and others targeting Google's Play Store dominance have reupped their bid for sanctions in litigation against the tech giant, arguing that Google's reasoning for automatically deleting internal employee chats does not "remotely pass muster."
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November 04, 2022
Google Fights Sanctions Bid In Play Store Case
Google told a California federal court it has done enough to preserve employee chats and should not be sanctioned in a case from state attorneys general and others alleging the tech giant's Play Store policies violate antitrust law.
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October 28, 2022
Off Beat: Scoldings, Supreme Court & More For IP Attorneys
While tracking cases related to their own practice, intellectual property attorneys may not have seen that, elsewhere in law, judges have cracked down on attorneys acting poorly, a new justice heard her first oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court and satirical news site The Onion made a plea to the high court in support of parody. Here, Law360 breaks down why seemingly irrelevant developments are worth your time.