Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has agreed to pay £260mn to settle a UK class action lawsuit claiming the technology giant levied “unfair” charges on software downloaded from the Google Play app store.
The case, brought at the Competition Appeal Tribunal, alleged Google abused a dominant market position to impose excessive commissions on developers who devised apps used on mobile devices powered by the company’s Android operating system.
The settlement, reached ahead of a 10-week trial that was due to begin next month, represents a limited breakthrough for claimants in UK class action cases.
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