A trial date has been confirmed by the northern California district court hearing the case between Epic Games and Apple. The litigation will move to a bench trial on Monday, May 3rd, 2021, officially confirming that both parties’ desire for the case to be heard by a judge and not a jury has been granted.
The May 2021 date is earlier than the previously proposed July 2021 window by Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers in order to accommodate the Court’s anticipated summer 2021 jury trial schedule as a result of the pandemic. There are a number of pre-trial arrangements and deadlines that run through February and April, but the real meat of the event will happen sooner than expected. The official filing can be downloaded here.
Here's some of our more recent coverage of the Epic/Apple/Google feud:
• Apple seeks to throw out Epic’s appeal of anti-trust lawsuit, and the case may not be heard until next year
• 35 states and the US Justice Department back Epic’s appeal in Epic v. Apple lawsuit
• Apple was denied its request to postpone third-party payment options
• Epic asks the court to deny Apple the right to postpone its anti-steering measures
• Fortnite might not be back on Apple’s app store for five years – or longer
• The Epic v. Apple ruling permanently stops Apple from blockading third-party purchasing
There's gobs more - you can go back and read 'em all from the beginning!
source: Courtlistener.com via Gamasutra
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