Apple gets Friday US court deadline to supply Epic Games with documents in App Store monopoly case

By Michael Acton ( February 1, 2021, 20:17 GMT | Insight) -- Apple says it's struggling to produce documents to meet the discovery schedule in Epic Games’ lawsuit accusing the company of illegally monopolizing its App Store, but a US judge today said he wants the company to make its “best efforts” to produce them by Friday. Apple also said it may request a restriction on the length of testimony required from executives Craig Federighi and Eddy Cue, in a bid to whittle down the number of hours from 10 to seven.Apple says it's struggling to produce documents to meet the discovery schedule in Epic Games’ lawsuit accusing the company of illegally monopolizing its App Store, but at a court hearing today, a US judge said he wants the company to make its “best efforts” to produce them by Friday. ...

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Apple gets Friday US court deadline to supply Epic Games with documents in App Store monopoly case

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