The Trump administration dropped a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines over its allegedly chronic flight delays.In March, Reuters reported that President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) was in talks with the airline regarding the lawsuit, which was initiated by the Department of Transportation (DOT) under then-President Joe Biden. According to the same report, Southwest Airlines had until May 30 to respond to the lawsuit, but the DOJ moved to drop the case ahead of that date.“We appreciate the DOT ...

苹果与Epic Games的法律纠纷 - 苹果要求加州联邦上诉法院暂停4月30日的裁决，该裁决要求苹果向竞争对手开放App Store，公司称这一裁决可能导致每年损失"数十亿"美元 [1] - 苹果认为美国地区法官Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers的裁决包含"极端"措施，将"永久束缚苹果的竞争能力" [1] - 法官认定苹果违反2021年禁令，并可能对公司提起刑事指控，指控CEO Tim Cook"选择错误"并指证财务副总裁Alex Roman"在宣誓下公然撒谎" [1][10] 苹果的财务影响与法律立场 - 法官命令苹果停止规避禁令的行为，包括对通过外部渠道支付的竞争对手收取27%的新费用 [2] - 苹果称这些限制每年将使其损失"数亿至数十亿"美元，具体取决于开发者的实施和消费者的接受程度 [3] - 苹果辩称已遵守原始禁令，并将在上诉中证明法官的裁决存在"可逆错误"，包括侵犯律师-客户特权 [3] App Store商业模式面临的挑战 - 法官的裁决可能颠覆苹果利润丰厚的App Store模式，允许Epic Games、Spotify和亚马逊等竞争对手引导客户在其网站支付，避免苹果的高额应用内佣金 [3] - 苹果在动议中称法官"不能强迫公司永久免费提供其产品和服务，包括知识产权" [6] - 苹果将法官的命令比作"要求书店在收银台放置广告牌，宣传出版商网站上的书籍可免费用购买，同时贬低书店的价格或服务" [7] 各方反应与后续行动 - Epic Games反驳苹果的动议，称其"为阻止竞争和榨取巨额费用的最后努力"，并计划本周在美国重新推出iOS版《堡垒之夜》 [7] - 法官指出Roman在27%费用实施时间上撒谎，并称苹果"公然违抗法院禁令以维持数十亿美元的收入流" [10] - 前苹果高级副总裁Phil Schiller曾建议不要对网页链接收取佣金，但Cook等人仍推进该计划 [11]

District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, in a Wednesday filing, lambasted Apple and its executives for their behavior during the Epic Games antitrust case, writing that they violated a 2021 injunction in the case. Rogers, in her order, wrote that Alex Roman, Apple's vice president of finance, "outright lied" to the court while under oath about when Apple decided to impose a 27% commission fee on transactions facilitated through its App Store. Roman did not immediately respond to a request for comment."Neithe ...