February 16, 2018
A California federal judge has declined to certify a class of iPhone buyers who allege Apple Inc. violated antitrust laws by locking them into voice and data plans with AT&T, finding Friday the consumers' damages expert's report lacked "any data-driven analysis."
February 06, 2018
A group of consumers urged a California federal judge Tuesday to certify a class of iPhone buyers who allege Apple violated antitrust laws by locking them into voice and data plans with AT&T, while Apple countered that the consumers are "trying to bluff their way through class certification."
November 14, 2017
Apple Inc. urged a California federal court Monday to reject a class certification bid by a group of consumers who accused the iPhone maker of locking them into voice and data plans with AT&T, saying the phone buyers were being "deliberately indifferent" to earlier rulings trimming their case.
August 16, 2017
A group of consumers accusing Apple Inc. of conspiring with AT&T to lock iPhone customers into the carrier's voice and data plans asked for class certification on Tuesday, citing common threads in the customers' complaints.
March 22, 2017
A putative class action accusing Apple Inc. of conspiring with AT&T to lock in iPhone customers to the carrier's voice and data plans moved forward Wednesday when a California federal judge said there was evidence Apple may have manipulated a market centered around such service plans.
January 31, 2017
Apple Inc. urged a California federal judge at a hearing Tuesday to throw out class action claims it violated antitrust laws by locking iPhone customers into voice and data plans with AT&T Mobility, saying customers knew they wouldn't be able to unlock their phones and switch carriers when they signed an exclusivity agreement.
November 28, 2016
Apple Inc. on Friday asked a California federal judge to prevent consumers from filing an additional reply brief in their proposed class action that claims the tech giant conspired with AT&T Mobility to monopolize an aftermarket for iPhone voice and data services, saying the consumers are trying to duplicate arguments.
March 29, 2016
Apple Inc. continued its push to toss a proposed consumer class action that claims Apple and AT&T Mobility conspired to monopolize an aftermarket for iPhone voice and data services, arguing during a Tuesday hearing in California federal court that the sale of the phones and service plans was part of the same transaction, so there was no aftermarket.
February 24, 2016
Apple again pushed a California federal court to toss customers' putative antitrust class action over an exclusive iPhone deal with AT&T, arguing Tuesday that the kind of aftermarket monopoly the agreement allegedly created simply did not exist.
February 17, 2016
Apple customers struck back Tuesday against the company's bid to toss their putative class action over an exclusive iPhone deal with AT&T, telling a California federal judge the deal created the kind of aftermarket monopoly that U.S. courts have declared illegal.