Antitrust & Trade Reg.
May 17, 2021
Antitrust trial judge asks if Apple should be regulated as a utility
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers hinted that a possible outcome of the case is to treat Apple’s mobile operating system as an essential service because the App Store is a foundation of the digital transactions market.
The federal judge presiding over an antitrust battle waged by Fortnite creator Epic Games against Apple considered Friday whether Apple should be regulated as a public utility.
Touching on the broad movement to rein in big tech companies in courts and Congress, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers hinted that a possible outcome of the case is to treat Apple's m...
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