Try our Advanced Search for more refined results

State of Utah et al v. Google LLC et al

  1. March 28, 2023

    Google Sanctioned For Chat Deletion In App Store Suit

    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.

  2. March 17, 2023

    Google Wants Play Store Trial To Wait For Class Cert. Appeal

    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.

  3. February 03, 2023

    Google's Antitrust Trouble Is Piling Up

    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.

  4. January 31, 2023

    'Why Did You Sit On This?' Judge Slams Google Over Chats

    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?"

  5. January 25, 2023

    Google Says Its Doc Retention Sours Play Store Sanctions Bid

    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."

  6. May 27, 2022

    Google Settles Play Store Suit With App Developers

    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.

  7. April 29, 2022

    Epic Wants Play Store Changes Blocked To Protect Music App

    Epic Games asked a California federal court to protect its newly acquired online record store app Bandcamp from a coming Google expansion of Android apps required to use its Play Store payment system, warning that Google's mandatory commissions and other policies would badly damage Bandcamp.

  8. September 02, 2021

    Dems Call For Criminal Inquiry Into Google-Facebook Ad Deal

    Democratic U.S. senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal urged the U.S. Department of Justice to open its own investigation into 'Jedi Blue,' a 2018 agreement between Google and Facebook that allegedly sought to kill competitive bidding for advertising space.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

Hello! I'm Law360's automated support bot.

How can I help you today?

For example, you can type:
  • I forgot my password
  • I took a free trial but didn't get a verification email
  • How do I sign up for a newsletter?
Ask a question!