Apple’s Supreme Court appeal against Epic Games is not its only antitrust fight. The Department of Justice’s civil monopolization suit against Apple is heading toward a 2027 trial with no date yet set, and the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority has spent the past year building out a regulatory framework under a formal designation…
Antitrust
The Supreme Court Denied Apple's Stay Request in the Epic Case This August
Apple asked the Supreme Court to pause enforcement of its App Store injunction while its appeal in Apple Inc. v. Epic Games, Inc. moved forward. The application, docketed as 26A194 and directed to Justice Kagan, was administratively stayed through August 13, 2026, and then denied. The pause Apple wanted never took hold. The stay Apple…
Apple's App Store Link-Out Injunction Is Live, and Here Is What Changed for Developers
The injunction requiring Apple to let App Store developers link out to outside payment options is in force right now. It has been since the Supreme Court declined to pause it in August 2026, and it stays in force while Apple’s separate appeal to the Supreme Court proceeds on a different, narrower question. The injunction…
The Supreme Court Took Apple's Epic Appeal, but Only on One Narrow Question
On June 30, 2026, the Supreme Court granted Apple’s petition in Apple Inc. v. Epic Games, Inc., No. 25-1311, with one limiting phrase: “limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.” That phrase excludes Apple’s App Store commission and steering rules from review, even though the grant is widely treated as the Court agreeing to…
Apple's Supreme Court Brief in the Epic Case Is Due Monday, September 14
Apple’s opening merits brief at the Supreme Court in Apple Inc. v. Epic Games, Inc., No. 25-1311, is due Monday, September 14, 2026. The single question the Court agreed in June to decide is the standard for imposing a civil contempt sanction, not whether Apple’s App Store rules violate antitrust law. The App Store on…