May 04, 2026
Consumers who pursued an antitrust class action against Google urged the California federal judge who criticized their 98,000 hours billed as "grotesquely bloated" to approve their $85 million fee request, emphasizing Friday that they filed suit a year before state attorneys general joined the case and maintained a leading role in the litigation.
April 30, 2026
A California federal judge said Thursday he would likely give final approval to Google's $700 million antitrust deal with states and consumers, but criticized the accompanying request for $85 million in attorney fees, calling the 100,000 hours the consumers' counsel said they spent on the case "grotesquely bloated."
April 07, 2026
Microsoft, advocacy groups and economists pushed back on the revised settlement between Epic Games and Google that would open up the Play Store to competition, vouching instead for at least parts of the injunction Epic won in California federal court but is now looking to replace.
March 04, 2026
Google and Epic Games offered a California federal court a new proposal Wednesday to modify an injunction issued in a monopolization case over the distribution apps on Android devices, while also reaching a broader agreement on global changes to the mobile operating system.
January 22, 2026
A California federal judge indicated Thursday that he's unlikely to grant Epic and Google's request to modify a permanent injunction issued after a jury found Google monopolized the distribution of apps on Android devices, saying they have to show changed circumstances, and "I haven't seen anything change, other than a deal" between the companies.
January 22, 2026
A settlement resolving Epic Games' antitrust lawsuit against Google that would replace the injunction Epic won against Google's Play Store controls has drawn pushback from the Federal Trade Commission, which is urging strict scrutiny of the agreement currently under the eye of an already skeptical California federal judge.
January 20, 2026
Microsoft Corp. urged a California federal judge to reject the proposed Android app distribution settlement in Epic Games' antitrust suit against Google, arguing that the deal would essentially erase the court's injunction requiring Google to open up its Play Store to Microsoft and other competitors.
January 15, 2026
Epic Games and Google plan to call Epic CEO Tim Sweeney, an economist, a Google executive and in-house counsel during an upcoming evidentiary hearing into their proposed Android app distribution settlement, which has drawn skepticism from the judge, who has appointed an economist to independently evaluate the deal.
December 03, 2025
Google asked the U.S. Supreme Court to put its petition seeking review of the antitrust case from Epic Games over the distribution of apps on Android devices on hold while the district court considers a potential settlement.
November 06, 2025
The California federal judge overseeing Epic Games' antitrust suit against Google expressed serious doubts Thursday about their recent deal to end their fight over Android app distribution, ordering an evidentiary hearing and warning he's not sure the proposed deal will correct Google's illegal conduct.