Dec. 12, 2025
Appeals court says Apple punishment went too far, but upholds contempt finding
A 9th Circuit panel ruled Thursday that U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers must rewrite Apple's penalty in its battle with Epic Games, finding her permanent ban on outside-purchase commissions overbroad even as it upheld the contempt finding against Apple.
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday that an Oakland federal judge went too far in imposing a permanent ban on Apple Inc. collecting commissions on purchases made outside its apps, ordering U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to rewrite the penalty.
But 9th Circuit Judge Milan D. Smith Jr. -- writing for a three-judge panel -- rejected Apple's argument that the lower-court judge abused her discretion in finding the Cupertino technology giant in conte...
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