On November 3, 2025, WLF asked the Supreme Court to review, and ultimately reverse, the Ninth Circuit’s decision upholding a sweeping injunction against Google in its antitrust battle with Epic Games. In its amicus brief, WLF contends that courts cannot compel a defendant to deal with its competitors absent a finding that the defendant violated an affirmative duty to deal under antitrust law. WLF also argues that the Ninth Circuit’s ruling creates a split with the D.C. Circuit on mandatory-dealing remedies and ignores antitrust law’s procompetitive aims, inviting rent-seeking suits that chill will innovation. The injunction’s “central planning” approach, without evidence that such court-mandated dealings will remedy the consequences of a proven antitrust violation, threatens economic growth by eroding business incentives to innovate.
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