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[ad_1] Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai immediately faced aggressive questioning when he took the witness stand at an antitrust trial over the Google Play app store. A lawyer for Epic Games Inc. grilled Pichai in San Francisco federal court Tuesday over accusations that he has encouraged internal communications to be hidden from enforcers scrutinizing the company for antitrust violations. Pichai faced a similar attack over his company's records preservation practices when he testified in late October in a landmark Justice Department suit over allegations the company acted like a monopolist with its search business. Responding Tuesday to questions from Epic's attorney Lauren Moskowitz, Pichai said he marked some emails with the attorney-client privilege tag as he was i...

[ad_1] Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai is set to face a jury next week to defend Google Play app store policies that are at the heart of a high-stakes antitrust fight with Epic Games Inc.Epic, which makes the popular Fortnite game, plans to call Pichai on Tuesday to testify in San Francisco federal court for the trial that began Nov. 6, an Epic spokeswoman told Bloomberg News. The fight kicked off after Epic sued Alphabet's Google in 2020 claiming that its app store's distribution, payment and fee policies are anticompetitive. Pichai's testimony will be crucial as Alphabet faces claims by Epic that the company abuses its app market power and stands to lose billions in revenue if its app store policies are upended. He made a courtroom appearance less than two weeks a...

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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai Grilled on Record-Keeping at Google Play Trial

Alphabet CEO Pichai to Testify in Google Play Trial Next Week