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In re Google Play Consumer Antitrust Litigation

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. December 03, 2020

    Calif. Judge To Keep Video Status Hearings After COVID-19

    A California federal judge overseeing consumers' and app developers' antitrust claims against Google over its Play app store said Thursday he'll continue holding status conferences online "ad infinitum" even after COVID-19 vaccinations become widespread, lauding the time and money saved as well as the benefits to attorneys' work-life balance.

  8. October 29, 2020

    2 Years 'Too Long' For Google's Epic Fortnite Showdown

    A California federal judge pushed for a sense of urgency Thursday as Epic Games and Google eye trial over the Fortnite maker's monopolization claims against the search giant, asserting that a two-year timetable envisioned by Google is unacceptably slow.