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It's the end of another year, and to close things out Tyz Law Group's resident Storyteller Jonathan Downing and Pathfinder Stephanie Alvarez Salgado have teamed up to highlight a few noteworthy cases and decisions in the games law space from the second half of 2025. 

Late last week the Ninth Circuit upheld in full Epic Games' victory over Google in their titanic antitrust clash.  But with less than a fortnight left before a permanent injunction was set to fundamentally reshape the Android marketplace, Google did manage to secure an emergency administrative stay of enforcement as the platform giant continues to appeal the decision.  While it is unclear how successful these efforts will ultimately be given this outcome, this is yet another major victory for Epic Games.  In this blog post resident storyteller Jonathan Downing explains the court's reasoning and what this might mean for the parties—and other interested publishers—going forward.

In June, the Supreme Court released a whirlwind of opinions that could dramatically reshape our nation, including Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton (2024). This case—outwardly about regulating minors’ access to pornographic material—has the potential to disrupt established Free Speech protections, makes way for further regulation of the internet, and potentially impacts creative expression in games.