April 29, 2022
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.
September 02, 2021
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.
August 31, 2021
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.
August 25, 2021
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.
August 23, 2021
Google is asking a California federal court for a chance to keep portions of three complaints accusing it of antitrust violations over its Play Store sealed after developer Epic Games lodged an unredacted version of its complaint.
July 08, 2021
The attorneys general of Washington, D.C., and 36 states have now brought the number of U.S. enforcer lawsuits against Google to four, in an international pileup of investigations, enforcement actions, private litigation and lawmaker scrutiny. Here, Law360 breaks down the different aspects of Google's business that have come under fire in the United States and Europe.
July 07, 2021
Attorneys general from 36 states and Washington, D.C., slammed Google LLC with an antitrust suit in California federal court Wednesday, alleging that the search giant effectively forces Android users and application developers to use its app store while collecting "extravagant" commissions on app purchases.