… If the United States is suing Apple on antitrust grounds, then how the agencies view Apple within the US government has some relevance. They choose iPhones for government use for a reason, and Apple believes, rightly, that those reasons would contradict the grounds of the antitrust case. …
… The problem is that Samsung is one of the main alleged victims of Apple& 039;s antitrust actions, so it is crucial in the case. …
… If the ruling isn& 039;t reversed, Epic claims, "this decision would upend established principles of antitrust law and, as the district court itself recognized, undermine sound antitrust policy." DOJ, 34 U.S. states side with Epic A joint letter from attorneys general for 34 states and the District… …
… Even though Epic filed the case and it wasn& 039;t a class action, the injunction was applied to all developers based in the United States. …
… For example, while Trump campaigned on trying to make Apple produce the iPhone in the United States, Apple wasn& 039;t penalized for its seeming inaction on the subject. …