The terms of Apple’s settlement with Elon Musk’s X Corp. and SpaceXAI will stay confidential. After reading the agreement in private, U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman ruled on September 17 that it holds nothing relevant to the case that continues against OpenAI, and he denied OpenAI’s emergency motion to see it. A presenter on stage…
Antitrust
Apple's Supreme Court brief argues the Epic injunction never covered commissions
Apple filed its opening brief in Apple Inc. v. Epic Games at the Supreme Court on September 14, and it rests on one point: the 75-word injunction behind the contempt finding never mentioned commissions. Apple wants the justices to rule that a court can’t hold a party in contempt for violating an order’s “spirit,” and…
X Corp. and SpaceXAI drop antitrust claims against Apple, keep suing OpenAI
X Corp. and SpaceXAI have asked a federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, to dismiss their antitrust claims against Apple, saying they “have resolved their claims” against the company. The September 14 motion asks for dismissal with prejudice, which means the same claims can’t be filed again, and it says Apple does not oppose it.…
Apple v. Epic Oral Argument: Why the Supreme Court Won't Hear It Before 2027
Apple’s brief is due Monday and Epic’s response is due November 13, but neither date puts a hearing on the calendar. Based on the Supreme Court’s own briefing schedule and its argument calendar for the current term, oral argument in Apple Inc. v. Epic Games, Inc., No. 25-1311, is a 2027 event at the earliest,…
Apple's Legal Week Ahead: One Supreme Court Brief Due Monday, and Four More Dates on the Docket
Apple’s opening merits brief in Apple Inc. v. Epic Games, Inc., No. 25-1311, is due at the Supreme Court on Monday, September 14, 2026. It is the biggest item on Apple’s legal calendar this week, but not the only one. An amicus deadline follows directly from Monday’s filing, and two separate proceedings, one in New…
Apple and India's CCI: The Fight Over a $38 Billion Fine Formula
India’s Competition Commission has been sitting on a completed antitrust investigation into Apple’s App Store since 2021. The fight this month is not over the underlying conduct but over how large a fine the regulator is allowed to calculate, a dispute paused in the Delhi High Court with no new order found since mid-July. A…
Apple's EU Gatekeeper Status: The July Ruling and This Month's Appeal Deadline
The General Court of the European Union dismissed every action Apple brought against its designation as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act on July 8, 2026. The court’s own procedural rule gives Apple two months and ten days after formal notification of that judgment to appeal to the Court of Justice, a window whose…
Apple Reportedly Asked a Judge to Let It Charge Up to 15% on US App Store Link-Out Sales
Apple has reportedly proposed a tiered commission on US App Store purchases that happen after a customer taps a link out of an app to pay on the web, according to court filings described in reports this week. The reported rates run as high as 15 percent, with lower tiers for specific programs, submitted in…
Apple's Other Antitrust Fights: Where the DOJ Case and the UK's CMA Stand Now
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…
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…