A federal judge ruled Apple “willfully” violated a prior order alleging its App Store’s restrictions broke antitrust laws and accused one company executive of lying to the court. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the U.

Epic Games v. Apple judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has ruled that, effective immediately, Apple can no longer take a cut from purchases made outside apps and has blocked the tech giant from restricting how developers can point people to third-party payment options.

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Apple technology company and international corporation knowingly violated an injunction intended to stop what the judge referred to as "Apple's anticompetitive conduct.