In re Google Play Consumer Antitrust Litigation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 IN RE GOOGLE PLAY STORE MDL Case No. 21-md-02981-JD ANTITRUST LITIGATION Member Case No. 20-cv-05761-JD

ORDER RE DECERTIFICATION OF CONSUMER CLASS 11 In the consumer plaintiffs’ case, In re Google Play Consumer Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 20-cv-05761-JD, the Court certified a class under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3), || and denied Google’s motion to exclude Dr. Singer’s testimony under Federal Rule of Evidence || 702. Dkt. No. 383. This was because the record at the certification stage supported those a || decisions. See id. That is no longer the case. Based on new developments in the record, the Court has now || excluded Dr. Singer’s pass-through formula and his opinions based on the application of that 19 || formula in this litigation. See Dkt. No. 588. The same pass-through formula was an essential element of the consumer…