Winston & Strawn Sanctioned in Musi’s Apple App Store Suit (1)

A federal judge sanctioned Winston & Strawn attorneys representing Musi Inc. in a lawsuit challenging Apple Inc.'s decision to remove the music-streaming application from the App Store.

Musi’s allegation that Apple admitted to relying on false evidence to eliminate the app “is so factually baseless” that sanctions are necessary, Judge Eumi K. Lee said Monday in an order filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Winston & Strawn must pay Apple attorneys’ fees and costs related to litigating the sanctions.

The firm’s attorneys “misled the Court and wasted judicial and party resources to uncover the ...