Yes, Apple and Epic are still in a legal battle over in-app transactions in Fortnite.

For starters, feels like the sheer amount of what Epic asked Apple to produce was massive.

The more entertaining bits revolve around who will be called for depositions.

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Specifically, Epic has asked for Apple CEO Tim Cook and possibly, software chief Craig Federighi.

Initially, it appears Apple agreed that Tim Cook would testifyif they could limit his participation to four hours.

To that, Judge Thomas S. Hixon wrote the polite, legal equivalent of haha, no.

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As for the Federighi question, Hixon also sided with Epic.

In meet and confer, Apple stated that Neuenschwander is in charge of the App Store, he wrote.

The buck stops with him.

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We regret the error.

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