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Before it wrapped up earlier this week, the antitrust trial between Epic Games and Apple reached a dramatic conclusion on Friday when Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, took the witness stand. Sitting behind a plexiglass barrier, Cook faced a barrage of skeptical questions from both Epic’s lawyer and the judge presiding over the case. Cook’s tenuous answers to Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, in particular, raised serious doubts about whether Apple’s App Store will emerge from this case intact. Advertisement Epic, the video-game company behind Fortnite, claims that Apple is violating federal antitr...

ADVERTISEMENT Epic-Apple's 'Super Bowl Of Antitrust' Trial May Be Watershed Law360 (May 22, 2021, 8:09 PM EDT) -- As Epic Games Inc.'s high-stakes antitrust bench trial against Apple Inc. nears its end, experts told Law360 that an Epic win could mark a shift in antitrust law in favor of plaintiffs suing technology giants, while potentially opening the door for a "Wild West" in smartphone security. Yale University economics professor Florian Ederer told Law360 he considers the legal contest between the Fortnite maker and Apple the "Super Bowl of Antitrust." "It's one of the most exciting tria...

Tinder, itch.io and a naked banana: Understanding the legal arguments in Epic v. Apple battle By The Washington Post By Shannon Liao The Epic Games v. Apple trial is in its second week, bringing with it expert witnesses including economists, law professors and more. But despite the serious nature of the experts and the subject matter, those in the courtroom and listening in on the public court line have borne witness to several strange moments. Here are answers for questions about a naked banana man, to indie games store Itch.io going on Twitter proclaiming that Apple lawyers called and made...

Advice for a Better 2021—According to the Research We asked faculty with expertise in psychology, entrepreneurship, healthcare, economics, and more for their best ideas to bring the lessons of the last year to the next. December 21, 2020 Michael Kraus, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior  This year has been difficult personally and professionally for many people, particularly in the U.S., where the pandemic—and, in particular, the racial and economic inequities baked into it—have been criminally mismanaged. In the foreground of all of that, many of us h...