Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc.

  1. May 03, 2021

    Epic CEO Rips Apple's Fees As App Store Antitrust Trial Starts

    Apple and Epic Games squared off Monday before a California federal judge on the opening day of a high-stakes antitrust bench trial, with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney testifying that the Apple App Store's anti-competitive policies and fees have cost the Fortnite maker millions in revenue it could have reinvested in its business.

  2. April 28, 2021

    CC'ing Apple Attys Doesn't Create Privilege, Calif. Judge Says

    A California federal magistrate judge on Wednesday refused to let Apple claw back a trio of documents in Epic Games' App Store antitrust suit against the tech giant, finding that simply copying an attorney on an employee email chain does not necessarily make an email privileged.

  3. April 21, 2021

    Apple-Epic Trial Won't Be Video Streamed, Judge Says

    The California federal judge overseeing the upcoming bench trial in Epic Games' antitrust suit against Apple told a group of media organizations on Wednesday that she'd deny their request for video access to the proceedings, saying coverage would be limited to streamed audio and a single pool reporter.

  4. April 14, 2021

    Apple CEO Tim Cook Looking At 2-Hour Epic Trial Testimony

    Epic Games Inc. and Apple Inc. on Wednesday filed their tentative witness lists in the game developer's antitrust lawsuit against the technology giant, projecting just over two hours on the stand for Apple CEO Tim Cook and nearly eight hours slated for the examination of Epic CEO Tim Sweeney.

  5. April 13, 2021

    Epic Judge Says No To Apple's Bid For Pretrial Sanctions

    Epic Games didn't break any discovery rules when it offered up three third-party witnesses that it plans to call at its upcoming bench trial with Apple over App Store fees, the California federal judge charged with overseeing the case said Monday.

  6. April 12, 2021

    Apple Says Not Naming Third-Party Witnesses Was Epic Fail

    Apple has urged a California federal judge to block Epic Games from calling three witnesses in an upcoming antitrust trial unless they hand over troves of documents, saying Epic caused a "procedural Catch-22" by not disclosing their names in earlier discovery.

  7. March 26, 2021

    Apple, Epic Judge Caps In-Person Attendance At May Trial

    A California federal judge on Friday placed limits on the number of people allowed to physically attend Epic Games' high-stakes antitrust bench trial in May over Apple's App Store fees, noting that everyone in attendance must wear masks regardless of whether they're vaccinated.

  8. March 01, 2021

    Apple, Epic To Face Off In Person In May Trial Despite Virus

    A California federal judge said Monday that a bench trial in Epic Games' antitrust suit over Apple's App Store fees will proceed in person on May 3 despite risks posed by the pandemic, saying "this case is so significant that it warrants the best the judiciary has to give, and the best is in person."

  9. February 09, 2021

    Apple Didn't Deceive Epic With 'Sloppy' Atty Lists, Judge Says

    A California magistrate judge said that it was "sloppy" for Apple to include nonlawyers on documents titled "Attorney Lists" but said there's no evidence the company was trying to mislead Epic Games as discovery in the app developer's monopolization case steams ahead.

  10. February 01, 2021

    Apple Must Cough Up Payment Docs In Epic Games Fight

    A California federal judge ordered Apple's counsel Monday to produce certain internal payment-processing documents in Epic Games' antitrust fight over App Store fees, after characterizing the tech giant's response to the document requests as, "No, we can't do it," and calling it "frustrating and unsatisfactory."

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