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In March 2026, Google applied to change the way the case proceeds. In broad terms, the application is for larger app developers to be removed from the optout class. Instead, those developers would be required to opt in. The application will be considered by the Tribunal at a hearing listed for 4 - 5 June 2026. The hearing will be live-streamed, and a link will be available on the Tribunal website in due course.
On 23 May 2025, the Competition Appeal Tribunal formally made the order to certify Professor Rodger’s claim on an “opt-out” basis. Following the making of this order, class members had until 23 August 2025 to opt-out of the proceedings.
Click here for more information.- On 14 March 2025, a joint case management decision held that three claims related to Google’s Play Store conduct will be case managed together and that a joint trial of all three claims will be listed in October 2026. These claims are Rodger v Google (on behalf of UK app developers), Coll v Google (on behalf of UK consumers), and Epic v Google (brought privately by Epic Games).
Click here for more information. - On 6 March 2025, the Competition Appeal Tribunal certified Prof Rodger as the Class Representative to bring his claim on behalf of UK app developers. The claim will now proceed to trial at which the Tribunal will determine whether app developers are entitled to damages.
- There was a Case Management Conference (CMC) in the Rodger v Google claim on 20 December 2024 that set directions for the CPO hearing.
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