May 08, 2024
The California federal judge overseeing Epic's antitrust suit against Apple reacted skeptically Wednesday to an Apple executive's claim that it has fully complied with her order aimed at allowing app developers to send users to outside payment platforms, saying some of Apple's new rules appear to "stifle competition."
April 15, 2024
Apple told a California federal court it has fully complied with an order barring anti-steering rules in its App Store and said complaints from Epic Games, Microsoft and others about its compliance are just efforts by the companies to pad their own profits.
April 05, 2024
A California federal judge allowed Microsoft, X Corp., Meta Platforms, Spotify and other major app developers to file amicus briefs in Epic Games' effort to convince the court that Apple is not complying with an order barring it from using anti-steering rules in its App Store.
April 03, 2024
Apple asked a California federal judge Wednesday to reject attempts by Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Spotify and other major developers to insert themselves into Epic Games' argument that the iPhone maker is not complying with an order barring it from using anti-steering rules in the App Store.
March 21, 2024
Major developers including Microsoft, Meta Platforms and Spotify have told a California federal court that Apple is not complying with an order secured by Epic Games barring Apple's use of anti-steering rules in the App Store.
March 13, 2024
Epic Games told a California federal court on Wednesday that Apple is "blatantly" violating an order issued under state law barring anti-steering rules in the App Store by imposing new fees and restrictions that make linking to outside payment methods effectively impossible.
February 20, 2024
Epic Games blasted Apple on Friday for seeking $73.4 million in legal fees following the pair's California federal court antitrust battle over App Store payment fees, arguing that antitrust claims like Epic's are immune from legal fees and that Apple cannot wrap its demands in successful contract breach counterclaims.
January 17, 2024
The CEO of Epic Games said the video game maker is planning to challenge Apple's compliance with a court order blocking anti-steering rules in the App Store, contending a new "tax" on outside purchases and other restrictions are aimed at killing competition.
November 09, 2021
Apple can't pause an injunction requiring it to end anti-steering rules in its App Store while it appeals the Epic Games v. Apple decision, a California federal judge ruled after a hearing on Tuesday, because Apple's motion is "fundamentally flawed" and "ignores all of the findings which supported the injunction."
October 25, 2021
Epic Games has blasted a bid by Apple to pause a California federal court order allowing developers of apps distributed in the App Store to steer customers to outside platforms to make purchases, saying Apple can't be trusted to make meaningful changes on its own.