Epic, Google return to US court as economist questions revised Play injunction
By Alex Wilts ( July 14, 2026, 00:25 GMT | Comment) -- Google and Epic Games will return to US court Thursday for another attempt to secure approval of a settlement in their long-running antitrust dispute over the Play Store. But concerns from a court-appointed economist, former Department of Justice antitrust official Nancy Rose, about the parties’ modified injunction could complicate their bid before US District Judge James Donato. Google and Epic Games will return to a California federal court Thursday for another attempt to secure approval of a settlement in their long-running antitrust dispute. But concerns from a court-appointed economist about the parties’ modified injunction could complicate their bid before US District Judge James Donato in San Francisco....
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