Epic Games detailed an alleged decadelong scheme by Apple to create a closed marketplace for its apps. Apple portrayed itself as a benevolent jobs creator and competition promoter.

Karen Dunn (Courtesy of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP) and Katherine Forrest (Courtesy of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP)

An antitrust court battle grappling with the future of digital market transactions opened Monday with "Fortnite" creator Epic Games detailing an alleged decadelong scheme by Apple to create a closed marketplace for its apps where it controls all operations to extract monopoly fees from developers.

Apple, in an effort to deflect the accusations, portrayed itself as a benevolent jobs creator and competition promoter that maintains exc...

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May 4, 2021

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