{"id":56642,"date":"2024-06-11T13:10:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T20:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56642"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:10:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T20:10:59","slug":"four-more-states-join-lawsuit-accusing-apple-of-monopolizing-smartphone-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56642","title":{"rendered":"Four More States Join Lawsuit Accusing Apple of Monopolizing Smartphone Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Federal prosecutors stated that the attorneys general of Indiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Washington joined the civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The lawsuit, which the Justice Department, 15 states, and the District of Columbia initially filed in March, accuses Apple of abusing Section 2 of the Sherman Act by monopolizing numerous smartphone markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">With the addition of these new states, the department and its now 20 co-plaintiffs filed an amended complaint in the District of New Jersey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cWe welcome the States of Indiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Washington, who join our existing coalition to restore competition in the smartphone markets that Apple has monopolized,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Justice Department\u2019s Antitrust Division. \u201cWe look forward to litigating this important case alongside our state partners to deliver the benefits of competition to consumers, app developers, accessory makers and the American public.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/media\/1355456\/dl?inline\">View the amended complaint here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal prosecutors stated that the attorneys general of Indiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Washington joined the civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Tuesday. 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