Apple has submitted a request to pause further proceedings in its legal battle with Epic Games in the Northern District of California while the Supreme Court reviews part of the case. Here are the details.
Apple moves to pause lower-court proceedings while Supreme Court reviews contempt finding
Late last month, the Supreme Court agreed to review whether Apple could be found in civil contempt of a 2021 injunction requiring the company to let developers direct users to payment options outside the App Store.
After the injunction took effect, Apple began allowing external purchase links, but charged developers a 27% commission on transactions completed through them.
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers later ruled that the commission, along with Apple’s restrictions on how developers could present those links, violated the injunction and held the company in contempt.
