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Justice Department sues Apple, alleging it illegally monopolized the smartphone market

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The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors, stifles innovation and

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  1. Grand Forks Herald

    ND, Minn. join Department of Justice in suing Apple for antitrust violations (opens Grand Forks Herald)

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    U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Apple's power is not due to iPhone's superiority, but rather Apple's anti-competitive behavior

  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Apple sued by Biden administration over alleged iPhone ‘monopoly power' (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    The U.S. Department of Justice filed a landmark lawsuit against Apple on Thursday, accusing it of monopolizing the smartphone market.

  3. Tampa Bay Times

    Apple has illegal monopoly over smartphones in US, Justice Department says in antitrust suit (opens Tampa Bay Times)

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    The lawsuit alleges Apple uses its control over the iPhone to engage in an “illegal course of conduct.” Apple says the suit is “wrong on the facts and the law.”

  4. The Union-Recorder

    Apple has kept an illegal monopoly over smartphones in US, Justice Department says in antitrust suit (opens The Union-Recorder)

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    The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors and stifles innovation.

  5. Deadline

    Justice Department Sues Apple, Claiming Illegal Monopoly Over Smartphone Market (opens Deadline)

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    The lawsuit is the latest antitrust enforcement action against tech giants.

  6. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    Justice Department sues Apple over smartphones (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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    The lawsuit alleges that Apple has monopoly power in the smartphone market and uses its control over the iPhone to “engage in a broad, sustained, and illegal course of conduct.”

  7. KVOA Tucson

    Attorney General Kris Mayes and others say Apple has kept an illegal monopoly in US (opens KVOA Tucson)

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    The Justice Department has announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors and stifles innovation. The

  8. The Oregonian

    Justice Department accuses Apple of illegal smartphone monopoly (opens The Oregonian)

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    Apple called the lawsuit “wrong on the facts and the law” and said it “will vigorously defend against it.”

  9. BGR

    Justice Department sues Apple over iPhone antitrust violations (opens BGR)

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    The American Justice Department is suing Apple over antitrust violations. Here's everything you need to know about the case.

  10. ABC 7 San Francisco

    Apple sued by Biden administration in landmark case over iPhone monopoly (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    The lawsuit alleges that Apple illegally thwarted competitors.

  11. BGR

    The DOJ antitrust suit against Apple for supposedly having an iPhone 'monopoly' makes zero sense (opens BGR)

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    The DOJ is suing Apple for having a smartphone monopoly - even though monopolies are defined by the absence of competition.

  12. Portland Press Herald

    Apple has kept an illegal monopoly over smartphones in U.S., Justice Department says in antitrust suit (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The case takes direct aim at the digital fortress that Apple Inc. has built around the iPhone and other popular products such as the iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.

  13. New York Post

    Apple maintains illegal monopoly to ensure iPhone’s dominance, landmark DOJ lawsuit alleges (opens New York Post)

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    Apple has violated antitrust laws by blocking fair competition to ensure the dominance of its iPhone, the Justice Department alleged Thursday in a long-awaited federal lawsuit that could upend the business model of the world’s second-most valuable company.

  14. KTVU San Francisco

    Justice Department sues Apple in antitrust suit over monopoly on smartphones (opens KTVU San Francisco)

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    The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors and stifles innovation.

  15. WHDH Boston

    Apple has kept an illegal monopoly over smartphones in US, Justice Department says in antitrust suit - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones

  16. Breitbart News

    US sues Apple for running iPhone monopoly in wide-ranging lawsuit (opens Breitbart News)

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    The US Department of Justice sued Apple on Thursday for illegally maintaining a monopoly for its iPhone by stifling competition and imposing exorbitant

  17. ABC 7 Chicago

    Apple sued by Biden administration in a landmark antitrust lawsuit (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    The US Justice Department will file a blockbuster antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Thursday, according to three people familiar with the matter.

  18. Anchorage Daily News

    Justice Department and states accuse Apple of wielding a smartphone monopoly through market manipulation (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    The civil complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleges the company has illegally wielded a monopoly over the smartphone market by cutting off developers and stifling competitors with punitive restrictions.

  19. Rolling Stone

    The Justice Department Is Suing Apple for 'Green Bubble' Discrimination (opens Rolling Stone)

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    The Justice Department sued Apple on Thursday, alleging it is violating antitrust law through its alleged monopolization of the smartphone market.

  20. Bangor Daily News

    Maine joins federal lawsuit accusing Apple of illegal monopoly over smartphones (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    Aaron Frey said that Apple "violated all the principles of a competitive marketplace," which hurts consumers.

  21. The Guardian

    US accuses Apple of monopolizing smartphone market in sweeping lawsuit (opens The Guardian)

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    Justice department lawsuit alleges tech giant illegally prevented competition by restricting access to its software and hardware

  22. WMUR

    New Hampshire AG sues Apple over monopolization of smartphones (opens WMUR)

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    The lawsuit alleges Apple has monopoly power over the smartphone market and engages in practices that stifle innovation.

  23. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Minnesota joins DOJ in Apple antitrust lawsuit (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    The complaint from the federal government and 16 states including Minnesota alleges that Apple has intentionally worked to make users more reliant on their products and services.

  24. AL.com

    Apple faces DOJ antitrust lawsuit for alleged smartphone monopoly (opens AL.com)

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    Apple called the lawsuit “wrong on the facts and the law” and said it “will vigorously defend against it.”

  25. ABC 12 Flint

    Apple sued in a landmark iPhone monopoly lawsuit (opens ABC 12 Flint)

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    The U.S. Justice Department and more than a dozen states filed a blockbuster antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Thursday, accusing the giant company of illegally monopolizing the smartphone market.

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