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#: Google faces fresh antitrust suit from states reportedly focused on Play Store

#: Google faces fresh antitrust suit from states reportedly focused on Play Store

Attorneys general in 36 states and the District of Columbia team up for latest lawsuit targeting Alphabet

Attorneys general in 36 states and the District of Columbia sued Alphabet Inc.’s Google late Wednesday, claiming violations of antitrust law.

The lawsuit, first reported by Bloomberg News, is likely to build on complaints from app developers about how Google uses its app store, known as the Play Store, on Android mobile devices. Epic Games Inc., which took Apple Inc.
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to court for how the iPhone maker runs its app store, also sued Google
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in federal court in Northern California last year, accusing it of imposing anticompetitive app store rules. That suit is expected to go to trial in 2022.

A decision in the Epic-Apple case is expected this summer.

For more: The (predicted) verdict is in for landmark Epic vs. Apple antitrust battle

The newest complaint would reportedly center on Google’s requirement that some apps use the company’s payment tools to sell subscriptions and content and pay Google as much as 30% of sales. This has led app makers Spotify Technology SA 
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 and Match Group Inc. 
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to accuse Google and Apple of being anticompetitive in demanding mandatory revenue sharing.

Google representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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