January 12, 2023
A California federal judge on Thursday criticized Google after learning the tech giant may not have preserved evidence from its employees' online chats in a case accusing the company of violating antitrust law, saying if true, "I'm not going to let Google get away with this" without a "substantial, trial-related penalty."
October 24, 2022
Google is pushing back against a bid by Epic Games and Match Group to add claims to their Play Store antitrust suits, saying the developers are trying to introduce a new theory based on allegations already included in the case.
October 11, 2022
Epic Games and Match Group have asked to add claims to their suits accusing Google of violating antitrust law through its Play Store policies over allegations that the search giant made payments to keep competing app stores off Android devices.
September 06, 2022
A California federal judge has declined to dismiss Google's contract breach counterclaims against Match Group for using an alternative billing system in violation of the search giant's payment policy, finding that the dating app maker's arguments in its dismissal bid are posited on facts outside the record.
July 12, 2022
Google filed anticipated counterclaims hitting back at Match Group LLC's part of sprawling antitrust litigation over the search giant's in-app billing and commissions of up to 30%, arguing the company behind Tinder and other dating apps is just trying to escape its contractual obligations.
May 23, 2022
Tinder, OkCupid and PlentyOfFish can stay in Google's Play Store for now under a deal online dating provider Match Group struck with Google that will continue to exempt those and Match's other apps from a requirement to use the search giant's in-app billing, whose 30% commission is central to a sprawling antitrust case.
May 09, 2022
Online dating service company Match Group hit Google with an antitrust suit in California federal court Monday, the latest complaint in a series of lawsuits by developers accusing the tech giant of dominating the app distribution market by charging "extortionate" in-app fees.