Google legal delays & payout

Google just got two very different reminders that old platform fights do not end quickly: a Swedish court pushed back a major antitrust ruling against the company to June 10, 2026, and a separate $135 million Android data settlement has now opened for claims in the United States. (businesswire.com) (cnet.com) The Swedish case comes from PriceRunner, a shopping comparison site now owned by Klarna, which says Google steered users toward Google Shopping instead of rival comparison services. Klarna said the Stockholm Patent and Market Court moved its judgment from April 15, 2026 to June 10, 2026 at 11:00 Central European Time because the judges needed more time to finalize it. (businesswire.com) This is not a fresh complaint about a new search tweak. It is a damages case built on a 2017 European Commission antitrust decision that found Google abused its dominance in general search by giving its own comparison shopping service better placement than competitors in 13 European Economic Area countries. (eur-lex.europa.eu) (ec.europa.eu) That 2017 decision survived years of appeals. On September 10, 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union upheld the core finding against Google in the shopping case, which is why PriceRunner’s lawsuit now centers on money rather than on whether the underlying conduct happened at all. (eur-lex.europa.eu) Klarna has described PriceRunner’s claim as about $8.3 billion, and it has called the case the largest civil damages claim ever filed in a Swedish court. The trial itself ran from October 20, 2025 to December 19, 2025 before the Stockholm court that is now taking extra time. (businesswire.com 1) (businesswire.com 2) The second fight is smaller in dollars but broader in headcount. A United States class action settlement site is now live for a $135 million deal over claims that Android phones sent cellular data to Google in the background, even when phones were idle and users had not given permission. (cnet.com) (androidauthority.com) The federal case is Taylor v. Google LLC, and reports on the settlement say it could cover about 100 million Android users in the United States. Google agreed to settle and denied wrongdoing, which is the usual trade in cases like this: money goes into a pool, and the company does not admit the accusation. (cnet.com) (classaction.org) The practical part is simple. Eligible users are being asked to choose a payment method, with reports listing options like PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, automated clearing house transfer, or a virtual prepaid card, and the current deadline to act is May 29, 2026. (androidauthority.com) (theclassactionlawsuit.com) The payout will not look like the headline number. If roughly 100 million people are eligible for a $135 million pool, individual payments are likely to be small unless participation is low, with some settlement trackers estimating around $1 to $1.50 per person and some news reports saying payments could reach as much as $100 in narrower scenarios. (classaction.org) (openclassactions.com) (cnet.com) Put together, the two cases show the same pattern from opposite ends. In Europe, Google is still fighting over whether search ranking changes years ago cost rivals billions, and in the United States, it is already in the payout phase of a privacy case over background data transfers on Android phones. (businesswire.com) (cnet.com)