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The justices granted certiorari limited to whether Apple's App Store fees violated the "spirit" of a 2021 injunction, setting up arguments in the term beginning October 2026.

The General Court in Luxembourg rejected all of Apple's challenges to its DMA gatekeeper designation, ruling its five App Stores count as one service.

The Supreme Court denied emergency requests from CCIA and a Texas student group to halt SB 2420, leaving the app age-verification law enforceable as the case heads to an August Fifth Circuit hearing.

CCIA and the SEAT student group asked the Supreme Court to vacate the Fifth Circuit stay that let Texas SB 2420 take effect; Justice Alito gave Texas until June 22 to respond.

The Fifth Circuit stayed an injunction against Texas SB 2420, letting the App Store Accountability Act take effect June 4 as Apple rolled out age-assurance rules.

Justice Kagan rejected Apple's emergency stay request in under an hour on May 6, and Apple has now formally petitioned the Supreme Court to review the contempt finding and injunction scope.

Starting April 28, 2026, App Store Connect will reject any app or update not built with the iOS 26, iPadOS 26, tvOS 26, visionOS 26, or watchOS 26 SDK, requiring developers to migrate to Xcode 26.

Apple asks the Supreme Court to review a contempt ruling and injunction scope in its Epic Games case, while the Ninth Circuit grants a stay on fee calculations.

Apple adds 100+ new metrics, cohort analysis, peer benchmarks, and subscription reports to App Store Connect Analytics.

OpenAI's Pentagon deal sparked a consumer backlash that drove Anthropic's Claude to the top of Apple's App Store, before a surge in demand caused a worldwide outage.