Contracts
May 21, 2025
Sanctions clash in music app's contract dispute with Apple
Winston & Strawn and WilmerHale attorneys are asking a federal judge to sanction each other in an escalating contract dispute involving Apple's removal of the music app Musi from the App Store. At issue: whether claims of collusion were supported by evidence--or crossed the line into litigation abuse.
A showdown erupted with law firms requesting sanctions--and sanctions to punish the sanctions filings--in a music streamer's contract dispute against Apple.
Winston & Strawn LLP attorneys representing plaintiff Musi Inc., a free music streaming app, asked a federal judge in San Jose to sanction opposing counsel from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, representing defendant Apple Inc.
The claim is that WilmerHale made a "frivolous" sanctions reque...
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