Google Approves Settlement Of Class Action Lawsuit Related To Play Store

Google is temporarily finalizing a group lawsuit by 21 million consumers (photo: Twitter @GooglePlay)

Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet inNC., on Tuesday 5 September temporarily settled a group lawsuit by 21 million consumers claiming the company violated US federal antitrust regulations. Google is accused of charging customers too high a fee on the Google Play Store United States.

Consumers claim that they may have spent less money on the app and have more options if not for the alleged monopoly. Google has denied this allegation and declined to comment on the settlement.

Lawyers representing the Utah attorney general, the plaintiffs in the group lawsuit filed, and Google asked the judge to cancel the trial scheduled for November 6, as seen in the submitted documents. This settlement still has to be approved by the court. Unfortunately, details of the settlement are not disclosed in the submitted documents.

Lawyers for consumer plaintiffs declined to comment on the settlement filed, while lawyers for plaintiffs involving 38 states and the District of Columbia did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

However, this proposed settlement did not settle pending demands against Google's app store practices from companies such as Epic Games and Match Group.

Spokesman Match declined to comment, and representatives from Epic did not immediately respond to requests for comment. This case is part of a broad antitrust litigation.

The settlement filed on a class action lawsuit or a congregational lawsuit, however, did not settle pending claims related to Google's app store practices from companies such as Epic Games and Match Group.

Match spokeswoman declined to comment, and representatives from Epic did not immediately respond to requests for comment.