Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.

  1. September 28, 2023

    Apple Asks High Court To Nix App Store Rule Block

    Apple asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to permanently dissolve an injunction blocking anti-steering rules in its App Store, saying that Epic Games should not be able to secure a nationwide order affecting millions of developers based on California state law.

  2. July 27, 2023

    9th Circ. Too Easy With Apple Pause, Epic Tells Justices

    Epic Games wants the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate a lower court's block on Apple's App Store anti-steering rules while the iPhone maker appeals to the high court, arguing the Ninth Circuit's standard for hitting the pause button pending appeal to the justices is far too lenient.

  3. July 17, 2023

    Apple Gets Epic Loss Paused As 9th Circ. Judge Rips Appeal

    The Ninth Circuit on Monday paused an order in Epic Games' favor that found Apple's anti-steering provisions in its app store violate antitrust laws to await the outcome of Apple's petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, but one judge slammed Apple's arguments, saying they "cannot withstand even the slightest scrutiny."

  4. July 06, 2023

    Epic Says Apple's App Store Appeal Not 'Certworthy'

    Epic Games urged the Ninth Circuit not to pause an order blocking Apple's rules that prevent app developers from steering users to outside payment methods, saying the tech giant stands no chance of convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to even take up its petition.

  5. July 03, 2023

    Apple Taking Epic App Store Case To High Court

    Apple told the Ninth Circuit on Monday it plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take up an order blocking its rules that prevent app developers from steering users to outside payment methods in the suit from Epic Games challenging Apple's broader app policies.

  6. June 16, 2023

    Apple, Epic Rethink Bids Get Aid In 9th Circ. App Store Case

    The Washington Legal Foundation and the Electronic Frontier Foundation each took issue Friday with different parts of the Ninth Circuit ruling that Epic Games and Apple each want to partially upend after the appellate court largely preserved a district court decision deleting most of Epic's antitrust lawsuit.

  7. June 08, 2023

    Apple, Epic Both Want 9th Circ. Rehearing In App Store Case

    Epic Games has asked the Ninth Circuit to reconsider its claims that Apple's App Store policies violate antitrust law, while Apple wants the court to take another look at an order blocking its anti-steering rules under California's unfair competition law.

  8. May 02, 2023

    Epic And Apple Get More Time To Seek 9th Circ. Rehearing

    The Ninth Circuit has given Epic and Apple an extra month to seek rehearing after an appeals panel upheld a lower court's finding that Apple's App Store policies don't violate federal antitrust law but do violate California's unfair competition law.

  9. April 24, 2023

    9th Circ. Upholds Trial Rulings In Epic-Apple Antitrust Suit

    A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday upheld a lower court's finding that Apple's App Store policies don't violate federal antitrust law but do violate California's unfair competition law.

  10. January 02, 2023

    Antitrust Conduct Issues And Cases To Watch In 2023

    The Federal Trade Commission prepares to test the limits of its authority to combat unfair methods of competition in the coming year, as the U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers continue pushing aggressive antitrust agendas alongside new proposed class actions from private parties.