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Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Feb. 6, 2024

Class certified for Apple Store users in antitrust suit

The complaint filed 12 years ago by Wolf Haldenstein accused Apple of monopolizing the app market by banning purchases outside of its App Store.

Class certified for Apple Store users in antitrust suit
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

A federal judge in Oakland granted class certification in long-standing antitrust litigation against Apple Inc., rejecting the tech giant’s argument that many class members were unharmed by the allegedly anticompetitive design of its App Store.

“We are extremely pleased that the court has certified the class of tens of millions of consumers who have incurred billions of dollars in damages from Apple’s App Store monopoly,” Mark C. Rifkin of...

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