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In re Google Play Consumer Antitrust Litigation

  1. 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."

  2. January 13, 2023

    Google Wants Another Brief For 9th Circ. Class Appeal Bid

    Google is urging the Ninth Circuit to let it file another brief supporting its bid for a quick appeal of a ruling that certified a class of 21 million consumers in a case accusing the tech giant of monopolizing app distribution on Android devices.

  3. 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."

  4. December 12, 2022

    Google Asks 9th Circ. To Review Cert. Of 21M Consumer Class

    Google has asked the Ninth Circuit for permission to appeal a ruling certifying a class of 21 million consumers in multidistrict litigation accusing Google of monopolizing the app-distribution market on Android devices, arguing the case raises important questions of law on whether individualized damage calculations defeat class certification.

  5. 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."

  6. 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.

  7. 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."

  8. 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."

  9. 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.

  10. 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.