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Apple faces possible EU-wide collective lawsuits over App Store fees after key court ruling

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) may soon confront a wave of class action-style damages claims across the European Union after the bloc’s highest court opened the door for consumers to pursue collective ... Read More

EU Court gives the Dutch the green light to pursue Apple App Store anti-trust case

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that Dutch courts do have jurisdiction over a case against Apple’s App Store, brought forward by two Dutch foundations. They allege that the App ... Read More

Apple fires back at EU for unlawful changes to iPhone, and App Store

TL;DR: Apple challenges the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA), arguing it unlawfully forces changes to iPhone, App Store, and iMessage that compromise security, privacy, and intellectual property. The ... Read More

EU Court Says Apple Can Face Dutch Legal Challenges Over App Store Rules

Judges in the European Union’s top court said that Apple can face antitrust lawsuits in the Netherlands over the terms of its App Store. Read More

Apple Can't Escape Dutch App Store Antitrust Lawsuit, EU Court Rules

Apple is not going to be able to escape a class-action antitrust lawsuit over anticompetitive App Store fees in the Netherlands, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) said today. The decision could ... Read More

Apple hit with €637 million damages bid after EU court clears Dutch lawsuit over App Store fees

Apple just got hit with a major legal blow in Europe. On Tuesday, the EU’s top court said the company can be sued in the Netherlands for antitrust ... Read More

Apple under legal scrutiny in the EU over scam apps [U: Apple responds]

Apple has frequently cited insecure and scam apps as justification for wanting all iPhone apps to be sold exclusively in the company’s own App Store. Numerous reports, however, have found that there ... Read More

Apple says study proves the EU is wrong about lowering app prices

Europe’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) antitrust legislation designated a number of tech companies as “gatekeepers” – meaning that they are powerful enough to use their market dominance to block ... Read More

Apple Calls Out EU for Contradictory App Store Rules Under DSA and DMA

Apple recently sent a letter to the European Commission (EC), criticizing recent inquiries into whether the App Store complies with the Digital Services Act (DSA) amid the separate Digital Markets Act ... Read More