In re Apple iPhone Antitrust Litigation

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Case Number:

4:11-cv-06714

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Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

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  1. November 16, 2021

    Apple App Store Users Seek Cert. In $10B Antitrust Suit

    Apple App Store users urged a California federal judge during a hearing Tuesday to grant class certification in their antitrust lawsuit alleging Apple foreclosed competition on its App Store, telling the judge that their expert estimates U.S. Apple consumers suffered $7 billion to $10 billion in damages as a result.

  2. November 09, 2021

    IPhone Buyers Can't Follow In Epic's Footsteps, Judge Says

    A California federal judge refused to allow iPhone buyers to amend their monopolization claims against Apple to add allegations under California's unfair competition law, which Epic used to score a win against the phone giant in September.

  3. October 28, 2021

    Apple Says Consumers Trying To 'Rehab' Expert's Testimony

    Apple wants a California federal judge to block iOS consumers from amending a key expert's deposition transcript, arguing the proposed tweaks represent an effort to "undo unhelpful admissions" that hurt their chances at class certification on monopolization claims.

  4. October 25, 2021

    Apple Says iPhone Buyers Can't Add Claim After Epic Win

    Epic Games' one win over Apple, under California's unfair competition law, doesn't give iPhone buyers and other Apple device users an opening to amend their own monopolization claims a decade after first filing suit, the tech giant has told a Golden State federal judge.

  5. August 30, 2021

    Epic 'Fighting On' After Apple's App Store Developer Deal

    Apple's $100 million settlement Thursday night with a class of app developers resolved only one portion of the antitrust pressure bearing down on the technology giant, leaving another lawsuit from Epic Games untouched and generating criticism from Epic and other major app-makers that the deal is a sham.

  6. June 03, 2021

    Developers, Users Seek Class Status In Apple Antitrust Cases

    Developers and consumers that use Apple's App Store have asked a California federal court to certify separate classes that are pushing antitrust claims accusing the tech giant of monopolizing the market for software distributed on its devices.

  7. April 06, 2021

    Apple Can't Get Facebook Docs About 'Bias' In Epic Battle

    A California magistrate judge on Tuesday rejected a bid from Apple to force Facebook into handing over documents about the social network's alleged bias, after Epic Games said it intends to call a Facebook executive as a witness in its App Store antitrust suit.

  8. February 24, 2021

    Epic Judge Says Apple 'Salted The Earth With Subpoenas'

    A California magistrate judge ordered third-party game distributor Valve Corp. on Wednesday to hand over certain sales and pricing data to Apple in Epic Games' antitrust suit over the tech giant's App Store fees, telling Valve, "Apple has salted the earth with subpoenas, so don't worry, it's not just you."

  9. January 29, 2021

    Epic Judge Says Apple's Tim Cook Must Sit For 7-Hour Depo

    It was bad news for Apple all around this past week after a California magistrate ruled that CEO Tim Cook would have to sit for a seven-hour deposition and denied the tech giant's bid to subpoena Samsung in one fell swoop as part of Apple's fight against an antitrust suit over App Store fees.

  10. January 25, 2021

    Epic Judge Doubts Apple's 'Quirky' Samsung Subpoena Bid

    A California magistrate judge told Apple on Monday that he's "struggling" with the tech giant's "almost quirky" request to subpoena Samsung in Epic Games' antitrust fight over App Store fees, noting that Samsung is only one participant in Apple's proposed market, and Apple should already have Samsung-related information from Epic.