Google Play Store settlement overview:Â
- Who: Attorneys general from five states and Google defended a $700 million antitrust settlement.
- Why: Class members are set to receive awards of $4.41-$17, the attorneys general write.
- Where: The Google Play Store class action settlement is in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California San Francisco Division.Â
Attorneys general from five states and Google defended a $700 million antitrust settlement they reached in an antitrust class action to a San Francisco judge.
The settlement is the result of a lawsuit that claimed Google excluded competing app stores from its operating systems and limited users to its own in-app payment system.
Attorneys general from California, North Carolina, Arizona, Utah and Tennessee argued in new briefs that Google Play Store class members will receive an average award of $4.41 and a maximum award of $17.
The states say the payout is fair based on the fact that Google would have been entitled to a 15% service fee in a competitive market rather than the 30% fee it imposed.
Potential class could include 127M consumers, settlement says
The potential class would include roughly 127 million covered consumers, with a payout of $630 million to consumers and $70 million directly to states in the class.Â
As part of the settlement, Google also committed to enable Android to allow third-party app installation on mobile devices through stores other than Google Play for seven years after the settlement.
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The plaintiffs are represented by Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Sperling & Slater PC and Hausfeld LLP.
The Google Play Store class action lawsuit is In re: Google Play Store Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 3:21-md-02981, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California San Francisco Division.Â
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