Court Dismisses Antitrust and Extortion Claims in WP Engine v Automattic, Allows Other Counts to Proceed

A federal judge has dismissed WP Engine’s antitrust and extortion claims against Automattic but allowed most of the company’s lawsuit to continue, including allegations Automattic interfered with WP Engine’s business and “covertly” replaced Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) with its own plugin. U.S. District Court Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín issued a 30-page order on Friday, granting in part and…

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