( September 21, 2026, 20:26 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Chamber of Commerce told the US Supreme Court that a court injunction is “a set of operating instructions, and a business can operationalize only the text,” supporting Apple’s challenge to a contempt order in an antitrust case brought by Epic Games. The Chamber said that the “spirit” standard applied by the Ninth Circuit cannot be “operationalized” by companies. “The Ninth Circuit described its rule as one of ‘practical sense.’ From the standpoint of the businesses that must comply with injunctions, it is the opposite. It cannot be applied in advance, it turns compliance into an inquest into motive, it treats ordinary business judgment as culpable, and it distorts the remedial process it is meant to serve,” it argued.See attached brief....
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