Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, ANTITRUST NEWS—N.D. Cal.: Court denies $85 million fee request for consumers’ counsel in Google Play Store MDL, (Oct 19, 2026)

By Justin Marcus Smith, J.D.

The court invited consumers’ counsel to “think carefully” about what fees could be fairly taxed against common fund beneficiaries and to “consider voluntarily reducing their lodestar.”

Consumers’ counsel did n ...