April 28, 2025
The Ninth Circuit has once again shut the door on a doctor's suit accusing Apple of illegally refusing to distribute his COVID-19 tracking app through its app store, affirming a lower court ruling from October 2024 that denied his motion to reopen.
October 29, 2024
A California federal judge declined to revive an antitrust suit against Apple for not distributing a COVID-19 tracking app on its app store, saying a Ninth Circuit denial of the app maker's appeal after the case was dismissed in district court "is the law" of the case.
April 29, 2024
Apple urged a California federal judge not to reopen a tossed antitrust lawsuit over the company's refusal to distribute a COVID-19-tracking app on the App Store, arguing that neither new European Union law nor Epic Games' jury win over Google change the dynamics of a case that has favored the iPhone maker at every turn.
February 02, 2022
A group of app developers can't revive their antitrust claims accusing Apple Inc. of blocking competing coronavirus-tracking apps from its App Store, a California federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the complaint doesn't identify a plausible relevant market or an antitrust injury.
January 27, 2022
An app developer waited too long to request sanctions against Apple Inc. and its counsel Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP for their alleged conduct in a now-dismissed lawsuit accusing Apple of blocking competing coronavirus-tracking apps from its App Store, a California federal judge ruled Wednesday.
January 25, 2022
An app developer is asking a California federal court to impose sanctions on Apple Inc. and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP for their conduct in a now-dismissed lawsuit that accused Apple of blocking COVID-tracking apps from its App Store in anticipation of putting out a competing app.
December 01, 2021
Apple has persuaded a California federal judge to toss antitrust claims from a coronavirus tracking service that accused the tech giant of unlawfully barring its software from the iPhone App Store.
November 09, 2021
The Federal Trade Commission wants a California federal judge to toss claims roping it into a COVID-19 tracking app's antitrust suit against Apple, arguing that private parties can't force the agency to take action against the tech giant.
November 04, 2021
Apple urged a California federal judge Thursday to toss antitrust claims brought by an app developer seeking an injunction against the tech giant for allegedly blocking competing coronavirus tracking apps from its App Store, arguing that the developer failed to allege a relevant antitrust market.
October 26, 2021
A coronavirus tracking app developer hinted Monday that it may seek to disqualify Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP from representing Apple against antitrust claims that the tech giant blocked competing COVID-19 apps from the App Store, telling a California federal court the firm improperly attacked the app's programmer out of "political retaliation."