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Litigation

Dec. 17, 2014

Apple, plaintiffs' lawyers, debate $1 billion antitrust lawsuit

Lawyers for consumers told jurors in closing arguments that Apple Inc. made changes to its music downloading and playing software to suppress competition, and overcharged its users.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


OAKLAND - Lawyers for consumers told jurors in closing arguments that Apple Inc. made changes to its music downloading and playing software to suppress competition, and overcharged its users. Apple's attorneys insisted the modifications were to improve security and prevent hacks.


The two-week trial - and nearly decade-long case - hinges on one threshold question: was a 2007 system upgrade a &q...

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