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Wiggin and Dana congratulates its client Epic Games on its jury verdict against Google in the Google Play Store Litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. After a four-week-long trial, the jury deliberated for fewer than three hours before returning a verdict for Epic on every claim it had brought, including that Google engaged in unlawful monopolization, illegal restraints of trade, and tying, in violation of the Sherman Act. Epic’s suit successfully challenged Google’s anticompetitive conduct in markets for Android app distribution and in-app billing services for digital goods. Wiggin and Dana served alongside co-counsel Cravath, Swaine and Moore, LLP as trial counsel to Epic.

“This landmark result is a credit to Epic’s courage to bring this litigation and see it through to victory,” said Benjamin H. Diessel, chair of Wiggin and Dana’s Antitrust and Technology Disputes Practice Group. “It has been our privilege to serve as trial counsel to Epic.” Litigation partner Nathan Denning added, “The jury’s verdict validates Epic’s long-standing commitment to open platforms and fair competition. All Android developers and users stand to benefit from Epic’s perseverance.”

Wiggin and Dana’s Antitrust and Technology Disputes Practice Group routinely represents clients in cutting edge and high profile antitrust and technology related disputes, including leading technology companies, international pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers, hospital systems, startups, franchisors and others.

Diessel and Denning led Wiggin and Dana’s trial team, which also included partners Robert Hoff and Paul Tuchmann, as well as associates Zeynep Aydoğan, Grace Ronayne, Christopher Bailes, Amanda Gutierrez, Jenna Cutler, and Nestor Rodriguez Smyt.

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Wiggin and Dana is a full-service law firm of highly talented, creative, and experienced lawyers dedicated to exceeding our clients’ expectations every day. With offices in Connecticut, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and Palm Beach, we represent clients throughout the United States and globally on a wide range of sophisticated and complex matters. From defending a Fortune 500 institution in “bet-the-company” litigation, to helping the next generation of inventors bring a new technology to market, to preserving the wealth that a family business has worked so hard to create, we pride ourselves in offering value-driven solutions and results.