Apple Backers Raise Price, Privilege Concerns at 9th Circ.

ICLE’s recent amicus brief is mentioned in this Law360 article on concerns raised with the Ninth Circuit over a federal district court mandate blocking Apple from charging commissions on iPhone app purchases made outside its system. Read the full article here.

Others like the International Center for Law & Economics and the Software & Information Industry Association argued that Judge Gonzalez Rogers went far beyond the bounds of her authority, including by effectively setting a price regulation without considering price and in violation of the Fifth Amendment’s due process safeguards, even as she noted that Apple generally gets to set its own prices.