Google's Epic loss, where a jury found Google guilty on all 11 antitrust claims, may portend its legal fate in two, more significant US antitrust cases in 2024

A trio of antitrust cases on the docket threaten to reshape Google's business and sap its profits.

New York Times 2023-12-13 Nico Grant

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@jason_kint Jason Kint on x
“This conduct is a frontal assault on the fair administration of justice. It undercuts due process. It calls into question just resolution of legal disputes. It is antithetical to our system.” And they lost. https://nypost.com/...
@mschruers Matt Schruers on x
Regardless, the Epic jury's decision sends a troubling message if the most open app store should be penalized for efforts to avoid ecosystem fragmentation. 2/
@mschruers Matt Schruers on x
Uh, no. Inapt NYTimes comparison of yesterday's Epic ruling — a jury trial in a commercial disagreement about what developers should pay — to the federal enforcement action & bench trial current before Judge Mehta. These cases will have no correlation. 1/ https://t.co/...
@mishichoudhary Mishi Choudhary on x
This is an epic win. Pun obvious and I am not the first one. Google's Antitrust Loss to Epic Could Preview Its Legal Fate in 2024 https://t.co/...
@swiftstories Mike Swift on x
A #GooglePlay juror interviewed by my colleague @xy0o0 found @EpicGames CEO @TimSweeneyEpic to be Sweeney “very honest,” “a down-to-earth person,” and more credible than @Google CEO @sundarpichai #Fortnite #antitrust
@alexeheath Alex Heath on x
Epic Games CEO @TimSweeneyEpic spoke to my colleague @StarFire2258 after his big win against Google in court yesterday: “It was really disconcerting to see the extent of bad faith efforts that were going on in a company of Google's size” “I think the Apple case would be no less i…
@swiftstories Mike Swift on x
But the juror, the only #Android user on the jury, was particularly concerned about Google's secrecy and its deletion of chat history, saying, “I just think they need a refresher on integrity a little bit there.” #appstore #antitrust #fortnite [image]
@gregbensinger @gregbensinger on x
Playbook for future potential anticompetitive practices: don't write it down
@ctbeiser @ctbeiser on x
funny thing about Epic winning against Google but losing against Apple is it's mostly about Googlers writing emails like “Negotiated deal to decrease competition in the market—big bonus this Q!” and “Reminder: always delete incriminating documents subject to retention notices.”
@florian4gamers Florian Mueller on x
When this case started, Epic didn't even want it to be decided by a jury. Google did. Then two things changed: - Epic saw that the judge in the Apple case got things wrong. - The spoliation-of-evidence (chat deletion) story was going to make Google look bad. 🧵1/2

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Google's Epic loss, where a jury found Google guilty on all 11 antitrust claims, may portend its legal fate in two, more significant US antitrust cases in 2024

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