April 24, 2023
Consumers, state enforcers and Match Group, who allege Google monopolizes the market for distributing apps on Android devices, asked a California federal judge Friday to order the tech giant to pay $3 million to cover their costs associated with bringing a sanctions motion over Google's automatic deletion of internal chats.
April 21, 2023
Google asked a California federal judge to trim claims off sprawling litigation over allegations the tech giant monopolizes the market for distributing apps on Android devices, scoffing at the claim it violated antitrust law by refusing to distribute rival app stores within the Google Play Store.
April 20, 2023
A California federal judge denied on Thursday Google's request to delay a jury trial to await the outcome of its appeal of an order certifying a 21 million consumer class in sprawling antitrust litigation over allegations Google monopolizes its Android Play Store, saying repeatedly that the November jury trial "is happening."
March 31, 2023
The dozens of state-level enforcers that have teamed up to go after Google on allegations of monopolizing its Android Play Store told the California federal judge overseeing their case that the tech behemoth must not be allowed to push trial back any further.
March 28, 2023
A California federal judge sanctioned Google on Tuesday for failing to preserve evidence in multidistrict litigation from state attorneys general and private plaintiffs suing over its control of the Android phone app-distribution market, faulting the search giant for a default policy to delete internal chats after 24 hours.
March 17, 2023
Google asked a California federal court to put off trial in the pending cases accusing the company of monopolizing the distribution of apps on Android devices until after a ruling on its appeal of an order certifying a consumer class.
February 03, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice's Jan. 24 suit seeking to break up Google's advertising business adds to a mountain of antitrust litigation already targeting the tech giant. In addition to federal enforcement, Google is also facing cases from dozens of state-level enforcers, as well as from developers, advertisers and consumers, all accusing it of monopolizing various digital markets.
January 31, 2023
A California federal judge appeared open Tuesday to sanctioning Google for failing to preserve employees' online chats in high-stakes litigation alleging the tech giant monopolizes the Android app distribution market, saying Google should have disclosed the practice and asking its lawyers, "Why didn't you tell anyone? Why did you sit on this?"
January 25, 2023
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."
May 27, 2022
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.