Apple Inc. AAPL is preparing to urge a federal judge to dismiss the U.S. Department of Justice’s case accusing the company of unlawfully monopolizing the smartphone market.
What Happened: The case is a significant part of the ongoing antitrust battle against Big Tech companies. The hearing, scheduled for Wednesday, will be presided over by U.S. District Judge Julien Neals in Newark, New Jersey, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
Prosecutors allege that Apple stifles competition by limiting interoperability between the iPhone and third-party apps and devices. Apple, in its defense, asserts that its restrictions on developers’ access to its technology are reasonable and necessary for innovation.
The antitrust case against Apple was initiated during Donald Trump’s first presidential term and filed under President Joe Biden’s administration. Other Big Tech firms, including Alphabet‘s Google GOOGL, Meta Platforms META, and Amazon.com AMZN, are also facing similar antitrust cases.
Why It Matters: The lawsuit against Apple, filed in March by the DOJ and a coalition of states, targets restrictions and fees on app developers, and technical barriers to third-party devices and services that compete with Apple’s own. The case will proceed if the judge finds the claims plausible.
Meanwhile, its $20 billion agreement with Google‘s parent Alphabet GOOGL GOOG to make Google Chrome the default search engine is also under threat after a U.S. federal judge ruled the deal as illegal monopoly.
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This story was generated using Benzinga Neuro and edited by Pooja Rajkumari
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