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Epic Games-Apple US appeals court ruling shows power of California's competition law, Blizzard says

By Michael Acton ( May 10, 2023, 21:46 GMT | Insight) -- Epic Games may have lost on its appeal of federal antitrust claims against Apple over the App Store, but the decision by US appeals court judges to uphold an anti-steering injunction against the tech giant shows the resilience and reach of California’s Unfair Competition Law, the state’s antitrust chief said today. Paula Blizzard said experienced antitrust lawyers may also be “puzzled,” as she is, that two members of the three-judge panel at the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit concluded the district judge in the case got the market definition in the case wrong, yet still upheld her ruling. Epic Games may have lost on its appeal of federal antitrust claims against Apple over the App Store, but the decision by appeals court judges to uphold an anti-steering injunction against the tech giant shows the resilience and reach of California’s Unfair Competition Law, the state’s antitrust chief said today....

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