Apple attempts to block Epic from calling witnesses in antitrust trial
Update: District Judge denied Apple's demands, saying Epic didn't breach disclosure requirements
14 - 16 April 2021
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Marie Dealessandri joined mylku.biz as its first Academy writer in October 2019. After living and working as a journalist in France and Canada, she entrenched herself in the UK games industry in 2015, working for B2B magazine MCV. She can be found occasionally tweeting @mariedeal, usually on a loop about Baldur’s Gate and the Dead Cells soundtrack.
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Update: District Judge denied Apple's demands, saying Epic didn't breach disclosure requirements
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