Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.

  1. November 14, 2022

    9th Circ. Judge Open To Apple's Take On Epic Antitrust Trial

    A Ninth Circuit judge appeared open Monday to reversing a bench trial judgment that ordered Apple to let Epic Games and other app developers steer customers to outside platforms for purchases, calling the trial judge's decision "inconsistent" and saying his "overriding concern" is Epic Games' failure of proof.

  2. October 31, 2022

    Riding Circuit: November's Notable Appellate Arguments

    In the inaugural edition of Law360's monthly preview of appellate arguments worth watching, Law360 breaks down an epic antitrust case challenging Apple's limitations on its App Store, a 3-D printed gun fight that has seen Fifth Circuit judges complain about a lack of comity between circuits, and a power pricing faceoff that implicates the limits of bankruptcy court jurisdiction.

  3. September 16, 2022

    DOJ, Calif. Get OK To Join Arguments In Apple, Epic Appeals

    The federal government and state of California got permission Friday to participate in oral arguments in a pair of appeals lodged by both Epic Games and Apple Inc. in their fight over App Store restrictions, according to an order filed in the Ninth Circuit.

  4. June 30, 2022

    Epic Says Apple Can't Delay 9th Circ. Arguments Until 2023

    Epic Games has urged the Ninth Circuit to schedule an October date for oral arguments in its dispute over Apple's App Store restrictions, saying Apple's preference for a date next year should not delay the case.

  5. May 26, 2022

    Apple Only Has 'Diversion' For 9th Circ., Epic Says

    Epic Games continues to press the Ninth Circuit to upend Apple's win over the bulk of the video game company's antitrust lawsuit, arguing that Apple has offered "diversion" and nothing that actually justifies the competitive impacts of its ironclad grip over the App Store.

  6. April 01, 2022

    Calif. AG Defends Unfair-Competition Law In Apple Appeal

    California's attorney general has waded into the app store dispute between Epic Games and Apple, telling the Ninth Circuit the state's unfair-competition law covers conduct not governed by the antitrust statutes, despite Apple's claim to the contrary.

  7. March 24, 2022

    Apple Defends Win Against Epic At 9th Circ.

    Apple urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to preserve the parts of a district court order siding against Epic Games' antitrust lawsuit while upending the California law finding against a prohibition on app developers steering consumers to alternative payment methods beyond the App Store.

  8. January 27, 2022

    Apple Can't Hide Behind Privacy In Epic Fight, 9th Circ. Told

    Nearly 40 law, business and economics academics urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to upend Apple's win over Epic Games' allegations that the technology giant's App Store policies are anti-competitive, arguing the judge wrongly accepted Apple's justifications that restrictions on third-party app distribution are necessary to protect users.

  9. January 20, 2022

    Epic Urges 9th Circ. To Revive Antitrust Claims Against Apple

    Epic Games told the Ninth Circuit in a brief on Thursday that Apple's App Store policies violate antitrust law and that a lower court was wrong to reject the bulk of its suit targeting restrictions that prevent competing app stores and payment methods.

  10. December 08, 2021

    Apple Gets Epic App Store Order Paused Pending Appeal

    The Ninth Circuit handed an eleventh-hour win to Apple on Wednesday and agreed to pause a lower court's order requiring the tech giant to let app developers steer consumers to payment methods outside the App Store, staying the injunction the day before the new restrictions were to take effect.