102 million people eligible for Google’s $630M lawsuit settlement

Tens of millions of U.S. consumers will get a payout as Google shells out $700 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit brought by state prosecutors over the high fees it charges app developers.

Google will pay $630 million into a fund that will be divided among an estimated 102 million eligible consumers across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to the settlement terms for Utah et al v. Google that were revealed late Monday. Google will pay an additional $70 million for a fund to be used by the states to resolve other related claims.

The states wrote in a court filing late Monday that they estimate at least 70 percent of eligible consumers, or 71.4 million people, will receive automatic payments without having to file a claim.