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Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

U.S. District Judge, Northern District of California

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Apple’s App Store “junk fee” fight isn’t over—Ninth Circuit upholds contempt, reopens the commission door

Rule Changes

Assigned the remand to redesign contempt remedies and define a permissible fee framework

This case keeps producing the same kind of drama: a judge orders Apple to loosen its grip, Apple complies in a way that still protects the money, and Epic comes back yelling “that’s not compliance.” On December 11, 2025, the Ninth Circuit mostly backed the trial judge’s contempt finding that Apple played games with the anti-steering injunction—but clipped parts of the punishment.

Updated Dec 12, 2025