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
- Ellis George LLP
- 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
- 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
- TikTok Inc.
- Epic Games Inc.
- Valve Corp.
- 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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