In re Google Play Consumer Antitrust Litigation

  1. 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."

  2. August 04, 2022

    Google Antitrust Judge Open To Cert. Of 21M Consumer Class

    A California federal judge indicated on Thursday that he's open to certifying a class of 21 million consumers who accuse Google of unlawfully blocking competition to its app store, telling Google's counsel the evidence "overwhelmingly" suggests common issues predominate and that he's "having trouble seeing why flying as a group is a bad idea."

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. January 18, 2022

    Google Play Antitrust Cases Set For January 2023 Trial

    Google and parties suing it for allegedly monopolizing its Android Play Store have agreed to a January 2023 trial, according to a joint statement filed by the parties on Friday in California federal court on the multidistrict litigation.

  6. 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.

  7. August 25, 2021

    Judge Rejects Most Of Google's Bid To Shield Play Store Info

    A California federal court on Wednesday largely rejected Google's request to keep portions of three complaints accusing it of antitrust violations over its Play Store sealed but agreed to shield some information about specific deal terms.

  8. August 23, 2021

    Google Wants Play Store Info Shielded Despite Epic Unsealing

    Google is asking a California federal court for a chance to keep portions of three complaints accusing it of antitrust violations over its Play Store sealed after developer Epic Games lodged an unredacted version of its complaint.

  9. January 03, 2021

    Antitrust Conduct Cases To Watch In 2021

    U.S. technology companies are facing a mountain of antitrust litigation heading into 2021, as enforcers push blockbuster monopolization cases against Google and Facebook. Meanwhile, long-running criminal probes in the generic drug and poultry industries are heating up. Here’s a look at the biggest antitrust conduct cases to watch.

  10. December 15, 2020

    Kaplan Fox, Bartlit Beck To Co-Lead Google Antitrust Suit

    A California federal judge appointed Kaplan Fox and Bartlit Beck attorneys as co-lead interim counsel Tuesday in consumers' proposed antitrust class action accusing Google of unlawfully limiting competition by forcing Android users to use the Google Play app store and levying a supra-competitive fee on purchases.

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