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U.S. appeals court considers reviving Apple App Store class action lawsuit
A U.S. appeals court will review a lower court’s decision to decertify a massive class-action lawsuit against Apple involving App Store…
Apple seeks to block India antitrust case with challenge to penalty law
Apple is attempting to halt antitrust investigations in India by legally challenging a provision that permits penalties to be based on the…
Apple challenges India’s new antitrust penalty law
Apple has filed a petition at the Delhi High Court challenging India’s updated antitrust regulations, which could expose the company to…
Dutch regulator delays decision on Apple’s dating app fees, pending EU action
The Dutch antitrust regulator ACM announced Friday that it has delayed its ruling on Apple’s fees for dating app providers…
Apple in last-minute App Store negotiations to avoid EU fines
Apple is in urgent talks with EU regulators to modify its App Store and dodge escalating fines set to begin this week. The $3 trillion…
Apple blasts EU antitrust regulators upon being ordered to open up to rivals
On Wednesday, EU antitrust authorities directed Apple to grant rivals access to its ecosystem, providing specific instructions on how to…
China considers probe into Apple’s App Store
China’s antitrust regulator is preparing for a possible investigation into Apple’s App Store developer fees and policies, amid a wider…
Judge denies Apple’s attempt to intervene in Google search engine lawsuit
Apple is attempting to defend its lucrative $20-billion-plus search engine agreement with Google amid Google’s antitrust lawsuit, but…
German federal judges seem poised to back antitrust action against Apple
German federal judges on Tuesday seemed that they might support the country’s antitrust regulator in its legal dispute with Apple. This…
India rejects Apple request to put antitrust report on hold
India’s antitrust regulator has rejected Apple’s request to halt an investigation into potential antitrust violations, according to…
DOJ proposes Google end search deal with Apple, sell Chrome browser; sell Android should remedies fail
In a significant legal battle, U.S. DOJ prosecutors have argued that Google should be forced to divest its Chrome browser and share data and…
Apple to urge judge to end U.S. smartphone monopoly case
Apple will argue for the dismissal of the U.S. DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit on Wednesday. The lawsuit accuses Apple of abusing its so-called…
Apple CEO Cook ‘probably relieved’ when President Trump won re-election – Gurman
Apple CEO and other top company executives were probably relieved when former President Donald Trump won reelection this month…
Apple supplier Corning faces EU antitrust probe over exclusive supply deals with phone makers
Steve Jobs’s persuasive powers played a crucial role in convincing Corning to develop the ultra-thin, scratch-resistant glass used…
U.S. DOJ weighs Google breakup in historic antitrust case
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicated to a federal judge that it may recommend breaking up Google to address the harm…
India antitrust watchdog issues rare retraction of reports alleging Apple market abuse
India’s antitrust regulator has issued a rare order to retract reports accusing Apple of anti-competitive practices. Apple claimed the…
Google’s monopoly abuse ruling may aid Apple defense in antitrust case
Apple could be the winner after Alphabet subsidiary Google lost its fight with the U.S. antitrust enforcers earlier this week, with a ruling…
In 2022 alone, Google paid Apple $20 billion to cement its illegal monopoly
Alphabet subsidiary Google is “a monopolist, and has acted as one to maintain its monopoly” in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act…
U.S. judge rules Google has illegal monopoly on search
A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that Google violated U.S. antitrust law, spending billions of dollars to create an illegal monopoly and…
Apple asks U.S. judge to toss antitrust lawsuit
Apple this week asked a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by federal and state antitrust regulators accusing it of illegally monopolizing the…
Antitrust watchdog in Spain opens investigation into Apple’s App Store
The Spanish Competition Authority, CNMC, has launched an inquiry into potential anti-competitive practices by Apple. The regulator…
U.S. consumer lawsuit against Apple over ‘closed app ecosystem’ dismissed
Apple scored a legal win on Thursday. A California court dismissed a lawsuit claiming Apple restricted app development tools…
Antitrust probe in India finds Apple abused position in apps market
An investigation by India’s antitrust body has found that Apple exploited its dominant position in the market for app stores on…
Apple seeks to remove ‘dominance’ from App Store antitrust ruling it won in China
In a surprising move, Apple is asking a Chinese court to modify its written decision in an antitrust lawsuit Apple itself won. This request…
Apple charged with violating EU antitrust rules, faces another probe
European Union antitrust regulators charged on Monday that Apple breached the bloc’s tech rules, a charge that could result in a hefty…
Apple to seek dismissal of U.S. DOJ antitrust case
Apple said on Tuesday it plans to ask a U.S. District Judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice and 15…
Apple challenges €1.8 billion EU antitrust fine
Apple is challenging a €1.8 billion (US$1.9 billion) European Union fine alleging the company thwarted fair competition among…
U.S. DOJ’s antitrust suit against Apple gets new judge after recusal
The U.S. DOJ’s antitrust case accusing Apple of somehow unlawfully monopolizing the smartphone market without having a monopoly was…
Russian antitrust agency wants Apple to explain why Russian users have limited access to banking and payment services
Russia’s antitrust agency on Thursday said it had written to Apple asking the company to explain why users of Apple devices in Russia…
U.S. DOJ antitrust action against Apple spawns class-action lawsuits against tech giant
Spawned by the U.S. DOJ’s antitrust action against Apple, the compan is facing multiple class-action lawsuits that could affect millions…
Multiple class action lawsuits target Apple, piggybacking on DOJ antitrust action
Apple has been targeted by multiple new consumer class action lawsuits accusing the company of “monopolizing the smartphone market”…
Jim Cramer throws cold water on DOJ’s lawsuit against Apple, calls it a ‘buying opportunity’
CNBC’s Jim Cramer threw cold water on the U.S. DOJ’s antitrust case against Apple, calling this action a buying opportunity for AAPL stock…
U.S. DOJ’s Apple case is wrong on the facts and law and should never have been brought
The U.S. DOJ’s Apple case is wrong on the facts and law and should never have been brought, said legal experts who weighed in on the…
Apple stock drops as U.S. DOJ claims company violates antitrust laws
The U.S. DOJ on Thursday sued Apple, accusing the consumer electronics giant of violating antitrust laws, adding to the growing list of bad…
U.S. DOJ sues Apple for allegedly ‘monopolizing smartphone markets’
The U.S. DOJ, joined by 16 other state and district attorneys general, on Thursday filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple for…
U.S. Justice Department poised to sue Apple for antitrust violations
The U.S. Justice Department is poised to sue Apple as soon as Thursday, accusing the company of violating antitrust laws by blocking rivals…
Meta, Microsoft, X, and Match file legal petition protesting Apple’s App Store policies
Meta Platforms, Microsoft, X, Match filed a legal petition protesting Apple’s App Store policies, complaining about how Apple is…
Apple met with U.S. Department of Justice in final bid to avoid antitrust suit
Apple representatives met with the U.S. Department of Justice last week in a final bid to persuade the agency not to file an antitrust suit…
Spain’s high court suspends $209 million fines on Apple, Amazon amid appeal
Spain’s high court has suspended 194 million euros ($209 million) in fines imposed on Apple and Amazon by the local antitrust watchdog…
Apple pays $13.65 million Russian fine, antitrust agency says
Russia’s FAS antitrust agency said on Monday that Apple paid a fine of 1.2 billion roubles ($13.65 million), imposed over the company’s…
U.S. DOJ expected to file antitrust lawsuit against Apple as soon as March
Apple is poised to face a U.S. DOJ antitrust lawsuit as soon as March, Bloomberg News reports citing “people familiar with the case.” Apple…
