Epic Asks Supreme Court to Halt Apple’s App Anti-Steering Rules

Epic Games Inc. asked US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to reinstate an injunction against Apple Inc.‘s app store rules preventing iOS developers from steering customers to alternate payment methods.

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on July 17 temporarily suspended a lower court’s injunction against Apple’s anti-steering provision. The move handed Apple some relief while it appealed the circuit panel’s April decision that the company must adhere to the injunction in the long term.

Kagan should grant the emergency application and vacate the stay because the appeals court’s decision broke with high court precedent by ...