The Department of Justice under President Joe Biden and 16 state attorneys general have brought an antitrust suit against Apple for allegedly illegally monopolizing the smartphone market.
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, accuses Apple of maintaining an illegal monopoly by “selectively imposing contractual restrictions on … developers” and undermining “apps, products, interoperability, and lower costs for consumers and developers,” according to the DOJ’s recent press release.
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More broadly, the suit reflects a larger shift in antitrust law from officials in the Biden administration and some populist allies on the Right. Since a revolution in U.S. competition law in the late 1970s, agencies and courts have held consumer benefit, known as the consumer welfare standard, and economic analysis specific to the case
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