Two high profile anti-trust lawyers to represent Apple in its legal fight with Epic Games — Apple World Today

Gibson Dunn frequently represents Apple as well as parties whose interests are aligned with Apple’s. The first Epic Games v. Apple court clash is presently scheduled to take place on Monday in the form of a Zoom videoconference.

Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, is asking the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California “to stop this retaliation.” You can read the company’s legal motion here.

On Aug. 13,  Epic Games announced that it had introduced a new direct payment option in the Fortnite app for iPhone and iPad, allowing players to purchase 1000 V-Bucks for US$7.99 rather than $9.99 through Apple’s in-app purchase mechanism. Shortly thereafter, Apple removed the gamer from the App Store.  Epic immediately filed a lawsuit against Apple in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.