In re: Google Play Store Antitrust Litigation
Case Number:
3:21-md-02981
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action, Multi-district Litigation
Judge:
Firms
- Winston & Strawn
- Willkie Farr
- Altair Law
- Gustafson Gluek
- Tostrud Law Group
- Morgan Lewis
- Covington & Burling
- Spiro Harrison
- Kaplan Fox
- Cravath Swaine
- Forman Watkins
- Stradling Yocca
- McDermott Will & Schulte
- Paul Hastings
- Hogan Lovells
- Munger Tolles
- Faegre Drinker
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- DiCello Levitt
- Zelle LLP
- Wilson Sonsini
- Korein Tillery
- Pritzker Levine
- Fox Rothschild
- Cuneo Gilbert
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Tyz Law Group
- Barrett Law Group
- Milberg Coleman
- Hausfeld LLP
- Paul Weiss
- Hadsell Stormer
- Benedict Law Group
- Kwun Bhansali
- Venable LLP
- Ellis George
- Hagens Berman
- Hueston Hennigan
- Quinn Emanuel
- Williams & Connolly
- A&O Shearman
- Frederick M. Lehrer Attorney at Law
- Mantese Honigman
- Foley & Lardner
- Keller Rohrback
- Gibson Dunn
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Davis Polk
- Sidley Austin
- Bartlit Beck
- McManis Faulkner
- Cotchett Pitre
- Miller Barondess
- Scott&Scott
- Dechert LLP
- Annaguey McCann
- Keker Van Nest & Peters
- Sperling Kenny
- Berger Montague
- Kirby McInerney
- Saveri & Saveri
- Milbank LLP
Companies
- American Antitrust Institute
- Hulu LLC
- T-Mobile US Inc.
- Match Group LLC
- Netflix Inc.
- TikTok Inc.
- Apple Inc.
- Microsoft Corp.
- Motorola Mobility LLC
- Riot Games Inc.
- Epic Games Inc.
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Google LLC
- Sony Group Corp.
- Spotify Technology SA
- Nintendo Co. Ltd.
- Bumble Inc.
- EE Ltd.
- Big Fish Games Inc.
- Valve Corp.
- Activision Blizzard Inc.
- Alphabet Inc.
- Electronic Arts Inc.
- Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
- Amazon.com Inc.
- Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
- The Walt Disney Co.
Government Agencies
- State of Indiana
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- State of Tennessee
- State of Nevada
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- State of Maryland
- State of Michigan
Sectors & Industries:
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November 07, 2023
Google's Deleted Chats Draw Scrutiny At Epic Antitrust Trial
Google's failure to preserve some employee chats took center stage at trial Tuesday in Epic Games' California federal antitrust suit alleging that the tech giant monopolizes the Android app market, with one Google executive conceding that he can't guarantee the deleted communications didn't contain evidence related to the case.
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November 06, 2023
Google Raked In Billions Blocking App Store Rivals, Jury Told
Google earned billions while harming consumers and developers by "systematically, deliberately, and unlawfully" blocking competition with its Play Store, Epic Games' lawyer told jurors Monday during opening statements in a California federal antitrust trial, while Google's lawyer countered that it "can't be a monopolist" given the strong competition from Apple and others.
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November 02, 2023
Google Loses Bid For Bench Trial On Eve Of Epic Games Fight
A California federal judge denied Google's last-minute request for a bench trial in Epic Games' antitrust suit just as jury selection was set to begin Thursday, saying Google expressly agreed to a jury trial and Epic and the court relied on that representation.
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October 31, 2023
Google Inks Deal With Match As Epic Barrels To Antitrust Trial
Google has reached a settlement with dating app maker Match Group just one week before a California federal trial over claims the tech giant violated antitrust law with its Play Store, the companies announced Tuesday, leaving co-plaintiff Epic Games to take the high-profile case to a jury alone.
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October 12, 2023
'This Is Not About Money': Google, Epic Execs Fail To Settle
Counsel for Google, Epic Games and Match Group on Thursday told a California federal judge who'd ordered executives to meet face-to-face to try and settle their antitrust battle over Google's Play Store that no deals were reached — with Epic's lawyer saying "this is not about money."
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October 06, 2023
Google Says Play Store Case Shouldn't Be All About Chats
Google urged the California federal judge presiding over a multidistrict antitrust case targeting its Play Store contracts not to instruct jurors about a side dispute over missing chats among employees, saying that would make the case all about the missing messages.
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September 07, 2023
Google Judge Orders Top Execs To Meet Before Antitrust Trial
A California federal judge on Thursday ordered top decision-makers at Google, Epic Games and Match Group to meet in person to try and reach a settlement in their Play Store antitrust case ahead of a Nov. 6 trial, saying Google's recent deal with states and consumers suggests a "breakthrough opportunity."
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September 06, 2023
Google Nears Deal With Play Store Users, AGs Ahead Of Trial
Alphabet and Google have reached a tentative settlement with a group of state attorneys general and a proposed consumer class in antitrust litigation claiming Google unlawfully controls the apps offered on Android devices, leaving Epic Games and Match Group to proceed alone against the tech giant in an upcoming trial.
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September 01, 2023
9th Circ. Remands Play Store Order, Likely To Decertify Class
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday granted Google's request to remand the search giant's appeal of an order certifying 21 million Android users challenging its control of the Play Store after a California federal court order excluded the expert opinion undergirding that certification.
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August 30, 2023
Google Wants 9th Circ. To Remand Android User Class Row
Google has asked the Ninth Circuit to remand the search giant's appeal of an order certifying 21 million Android users challenging Google's control of the Play Store after a California federal court order excluded the expert opinion undergirding that certification.