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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