In Epic Games v. Apple Trial, an Unorthodox Judge Presides

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Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has gained a reputation as a jurist not to be trifled with. Now, the tech world is waiting to hear the biggest pronouncement of her career when she makes her decision in the Epic Games vs. Apple trial.

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers says she abhors when lawyers use hyperbole and grandstand like they are Perry Mason. She says lunch breaks are the enemy of productivity and that parents ought to observeby feeding children pies. And she says she helped her son find success as an aeronautical engineer by denying him videogames.

Now, the tech world is waiting to hear the biggest pronouncement of Judge Gonzalez Rogers’s career when she decides whether Apple Inc.’s grip over the distribution and payment of apps on its mobile devices violates antitrust law. At stake is Epic Games Inc.’s “Fortnite,” a videogame with hundreds of millions of players and control of the sprawling mobile app marketplace.

“Everyone wants to read her mind,” said Chris Sagers, a Cleveland State University law professor and an antitrust scholar. The conflict erupted after Epic Games introduced an in-app payment system within “Fortnite” that skirted Apple commissions and its policy requiring developers to use its own payment processing services. That prompted Apple to

 

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