{"id":10140,"date":"2024-03-21T05:35:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T05:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=10140"},"modified":"2024-03-21T05:35:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T05:35:48","slug":"apple-to-be-hit-with-justice-department-antitrust-lawsuit-over-allegations-it-unfairly-blocked-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=10140","title":{"rendered":"Apple to be hit with Justice Department antitrust lawsuit over allegations it unfairly blocked rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-cy=\"articleContent\">\n<p>The Justice Department is poised to sue <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/apple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">Apple<\/a> Inc. as soon as Thursday, accusing the world\u2019s second most valuable tech company of violating antitrust laws by blocking rivals from accessing hardware and software features of its iPhone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p>The suit, which is expected to be filed in federal court, according to people familiar with the matter, escalates the Biden administration\u2019s antitrust fights against most of the biggest US technology giants. The Justice Department is already suing Alphabet Inc.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/alphabet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">Google<\/a> for monopolization, while the Federal Trade Commission is pursuing antitrust cases against <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">Meta Platforms<\/a> Inc. and <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/amazon-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">Amazon<\/a>.com Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Apple and the Justice Department didn\u2019t immediately respond to requests for comment. The people familiar asked not to be named discussing a confidential matter.<\/p>\n<p>Apple shares fell as much as 1.4% to $176.10 in late trading on the news. They had been down 7.2% this year through Wednesday\u2019s close.<\/p>\n<p>The coming case will mark the third time that the Justice Department has sued Apple for antitrust violations in the past 14 years, but it is the first case accusing the iPhone maker of illegally maintaining its dominant position.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit comes as Apple also is coming under increasing scrutiny in Europe over alleged anticompetitive behavior. The company was hit with a \u20ac1.8 billion fine this month for shutting out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-03-04\/apple-hit-with-1-8-billion-eu-fine-over-abusive-app-store-rules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">music streaming rivals<\/a>\u00a0from offering cheaper deals. Apple\u2019s appealing the penalty and has said that regulators failed to uncover any \u201ccredible evidence of consumer harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the company may face a full-blown\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-03-05\/apple-aapl-on-collision-course-with-eu-as-new-digital-markets-act-kicks-in?srnd=undefined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">investigation<\/a>\u00a0under the EU\u2019s new rules for Big Tech \u2014 the Digital Markets Act \u2014 which went into force earlier this month. Rivals have dinged new App Store rules that came into force in Europe, complaining that changes are likely to result in higher prices for developers. Penalties for failing to comply with the EU\u2019s new rules can be severe \u2013 as much as 10% of a company\u2019s annual worldwide revenue or up to 20% for repeat offenders.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department opened the latest case in 2019 under former President Donald Trump. The antitrust division, though, chose to prioritize twin cases against Google, taking a back seat as\u00a0<em>Fortnite<\/em>\u00a0maker Epic Games Inc. sued Apple for monopolization in 2020 and that case worked its way through the federal courts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-f923d9ed-0 dNwVje article\" data-cy=\"subscriptionPlea\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{\" to=\"\" data=\"\" our=\"\" daily=\"\" newsletter=\"\" about=\"\" the=\"\" business=\"\" of=\"\" tech.=\"\" sign=\"\" up=\"\" for=\"\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{\">Subscribe to Data Sheet, our daily newsletter about the business of tech. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortune.com\/newsletters\/data-sheet?&amp;itm_source=fortune&amp;itm_medium=article_tout&amp;itm_campaign=data_sheet\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-47dba8f0-0 iRbseu styledLinkColor \">Sign up<\/a> for free.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Justice Department is poised to sue Apple Inc. as soon as Thursday, accusing the world\u2019s second most valuable tech company of violating antitrust laws by blocking rivals from accessing hardware and software features of its iPhone. 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