March 28, 2023
A California federal judge sanctioned Google on Tuesday for failing to preserve evidence in multidistrict litigation from state attorneys general and private plaintiffs suing over its control of the Android phone app-distribution market, faulting the search giant for a default policy to delete internal chats after 24 hours.
March 17, 2023
Google asked a California federal court to put off trial in the pending cases accusing the company of monopolizing the distribution of apps on Android devices until after a ruling on its appeal of an order certifying a consumer class.
March 15, 2023
State-level enforcers and other plaintiffs escalated their accusations that Google deliberately destroyed evidence by deleting internal chats among employees, claiming in a supplemental brief that the conspiracy goes all the way to the "very top."
February 03, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice's Jan. 24 suit seeking to break up Google's advertising business adds to a mountain of antitrust litigation already targeting the tech giant. In addition to federal enforcement, Google is also facing cases from dozens of state-level enforcers, as well as from developers, advertisers and consumers, all accusing it of monopolizing various digital markets.
January 31, 2023
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?"
January 25, 2023
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."
January 12, 2023
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."
October 24, 2022
Google is pushing back against a bid by Epic Games and Match Group to add claims to their Play Store antitrust suits, saying the developers are trying to introduce a new theory based on allegations already included in the case.
October 11, 2022
Epic Games and Match Group have asked to add claims to their suits accusing Google of violating antitrust law through its Play Store policies over allegations that the search giant made payments to keep competing app stores off Android devices.
May 27, 2022
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.