Apple vs Epic Games legal battle, judge says
b'Apple vs Epic Games legal battle, judge says Tim Cook must face 7 hour deposition in Apple vs Epic Games legal battle, judge says As reported by Gizmodo, the court documents reveal that Epic Games had originally wanted to depose Cook for eight hours. Apple then cited the apex doctrine, which can prevent high-level executives from being deposed at all, before conceding to four hours.\\n\\nThe judge in the case, however, has decided that Cook can be deposed by Epic Games for seven hours:\\n\\nAccording to Judge Thomas S. Hixon, however, \\u201cthis dispute is less than meets the eye.\\u201d Hixon writes that the apex doctrine \\u201climits the length of a deposition, rather than barring it altogether,\\u201d and that given the circumstances, the dispute is a question of whether Cook should be deposed for \\u201cfour hours, eight hours, or some length of time in between.\\u201d Hence, Hixon\\u2019s ruling that Cook should be deposed for seven hours.\\n\\nAs for where Hixon got seven hours from, the judge writes it\\u2019s the default rule for \\u201chow long a witness must suffer being deposed.\\u201d Hixon also Hixon also argues that the apex doctrine focuses on whether a witness has a \\u201cunique, non-repetitive knowledge of the facts of the case.\\u201d When it comes to Apple\\u2019s app store policies\\u2014which are at the center of this seemingly never-ending case against Epic\\u2014Hixon writes \\u201cthere is really no one like Apple\\u2019s CEO who can testify about how Apple views competition in these various markets that are core to its business model.\\u201d'