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
- Altair Law
- Bartlit Beck
- Gustafson Gluek
- Tostrud Law Group
- Kellogg Hansen
- Milberg Coleman
- Winston & Strawn
- DiCello Levitt
- Kaplan Fox
- Forman Watkins
- Stradling Yocca
- Venable LLP
- Morgan Lewis
- A&O Shearman
- Gibson Dunn
- Williams & Connolly
- Paul Hastings
- Munger Tolles
- Paul Weiss
- Faegre Drinker
- Zelle LLP
- Pritzker Levine
- Hagens Berman
- Cuneo Gilbert
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Wilson Sonsini
- Hueston Hennigan
- Tyz Law Group
- Scott&Scott
- Barrett Law Group
- Hausfeld LLP
- Schonbrun Seplow
- Hadsell Stormer
- Benedict Law Group
- Korein Tillery
- Fox Rothschild
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Kwun Bhansali
- McDermott Will & Schulte
- Sidley Austin
- Ellis George
- Hogan Lovells
- Covington & Burling
- Berger Montague
- Cravath Swaine
- Willkie Farr
- Foley & Lardner
- Quinn Emanuel
- Frederick M. Lehrer Attorney at Law
- Mantese Honigman
- Keller Rohrback
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Davis Polk
- McManis Faulkner
- Cotchett Pitre
- Miller Barondess
- Dechert LLP
- Annaguey McCann
- Keker Van Nest & Peters
- Sperling Kenny
- Kirby McInerney
- Saveri & Saveri
- Milbank LLP
Companies
- Hulu LLC
- Match Group LLC
- Netflix Inc.
- Motorola Mobility LLC
- Epic Games Inc.
- TikTok Inc.
- Riot Games Inc.
- Sony Group Corp.
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- American Antitrust Institute
- Google LLC
- T-Mobile US Inc.
- Microsoft Corp.
- Apple Inc.
- Spotify Technology SA
- Nintendo Co. Ltd.
- Bumble Inc.
- EE Ltd.
- Big Fish Games Inc.
- Valve Corp.
- Activision Blizzard Inc.
- Alphabet Inc.
- Electronic Arts Inc.
- Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
- Amazon.com Inc.
- Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
- The Walt Disney Co.
Government Agencies
- State of Nevada
- State of Indiana
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- State of Maryland
- State of Tennessee
- State of Michigan
- Federal Trade Commission
Sectors & Industries:
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December 11, 2023
Epic Games Jury Says Google Monopolized App Market
A California federal jury dealt Google a devastating blow Monday after just hours of deliberations in Epic Games' antitrust suit over Google's Play Store, ruling that the search giant illegally restrained trade in the market for Android app distribution and billing services and setting the stage for a possible court-ordered injunction.
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December 09, 2023
Google And Epic CEOs Fail To Reach Deal As Trial Nears End
Google LLC and Epic Games Inc. told a California federal judge late Friday that Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Epic CEO Tim Sweeney failed to reach a deal after they were ordered to mid-trial settlement talks, clearing the way for closing arguments Monday in their contentious antitrust battle.
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December 01, 2023
Judge Slams Google's 'Deeply Troubling' Tactics As Trial Ends
A California federal judge overseeing the antitrust trial between Epic Games Inc. and Google LLC said Friday he's concerned that Google's willful destruction of evidence and "bogus" privilege assertions constitute a "frontal assault on the administration of justice," and that jury instructions in the newly wrapped trial will reflect the company's "deeply disturbing" behavior.
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November 30, 2023
Google VP Describes Stiff Competition At Antitrust Trial
A Google executive took the stand Thursday in the trial over Epic Games' antitrust suit over Google's Android app store, telling a California federal jury that he woke up every day for a decade thinking about the fierce competition between Google Play and Apple's App Store.
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November 29, 2023
Google's Bid To Avoid Jury Verdict In Epic Antitrust Trial DOA
A California federal judge on Wednesday said he plans to deny Google's bid for a directed verdict at the wrap of a monthlong antitrust trial brought by Epic Games over the tech giant's dominance in the Android app distribution market, saying, "I'm not taking this away from the jury."
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November 28, 2023
'This Is Solvable': Google, Epic Ordered To Midtrial Deal Talk
A California federal judge on Tuesday ordered top decision-makers at Google and Epic Games to try a second time to reach a settlement in their Play Store antitrust case as the monthlong trial nears its end, saying the fight is "solvable" and comparing their hesitation to a kid eating broccoli.
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November 27, 2023
Google's Android Monopoly Harms Users, Stanford Prof Says
A Stanford economics professor took the stand Monday in Epic Games' antitrust suit over Google's Android app store, saying it holds a monopoly on the market for smartphone operating systems and uses anticompetitive tactics to stifle rivals, meaning smartphone users and developers "have suffered as a result."
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November 21, 2023
Epic And Google Security Experts Battle In App Antitrust Trial
The difficulty of Google's process for downloading apps outside its Play Store is "disproportionate" to any security risk such apps pose, a Harvard professor testified for Epic Games on Wednesday in a California federal antitrust trial over Google's Android app store, while the tech giant's expert called the process "prudent."
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November 20, 2023
Epic CEO Testifies 'Billions' Possible From Win Over Google
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney on Monday testified in a California federal trial it brought over Google's Android app policies and acknowledged that while Epic isn't seeking damages from its antitrust litigation, his company could make "billions" if the court blocks Google from taking a 30% cut of its players' game-purchase revenue.
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November 16, 2023
Google's CLO Gets Earful From Judge Over Deleted Chats
The California federal judge overseeing an antitrust trial over Google's Android app market tore into its Chief Legal Officer Kent Walker on Thursday after ordering him to court to answer questions about its evidence preservation practices, telling him "you of all people should have known that there was no excuse for not preserving chats."