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News - Epic and Apple don’t want Fortnite dispute settled by a jury - xSicKxBot - 10-01-2020
Epic and Apple don’t want Fortnite dispute settled by a jury
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/epic-and-apple-dont-want-fortnite-dispute-settled-by-a-jury.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>The legal dispute between Apple and Epic Games will be settled by a judge if both companies get their way, with the warring pair keen to avoid a jury trial.</p>
<p>Earlier this week, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/370976/Apple_and_Epics_big_antitrust_showdown_likely_to_take_place_next_summer.php">suggested the case should be put before a jury</a>, and talked about the importance of “understanding what real people think.”</p>
<p>Since then, however, both Epic and Apple have discussed the matter, and have agreed the case should be “tried by the Court, and not by a jury.”</p>
<p>Both companies outlined their position in a filing submitted to the Northern California court handling the case, <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2020/09/29/apple-epic-games-no-jury-trial/">spotted by MacRumors</a>, and seem to have finally found some common ground.</p>
<p>“Epic and Apple have met and conferred, and the parties agree that Epic’s claims and Apple’s counterclaims should be tried by the Court, and not by a jury,” reads the filing. </p>
<p>“Therefore, with Epic’s consent, Apple hereby withdraws its demand for a jury trial pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 38(d). The parties respectfully request that the case (including any claims and counterclaims) proceed to a bench trial on a schedule determined by the Court.”</p>
<p>As it stands, Rogers has found that Apple is well within its rights to ban <em>Fortnite </em>from the App Store, and is estimating the case as a whole will be heard in July 2021.</p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/09/30/epic-and-apple-dont-want-fortnite-dispute-settled-by-a-jury/