A group of consumers alleging that Apple Inc. violated antitrust laws by locking them exclusively into voice and data service from AT&T Inc. can’t sue as a class because they didn’t show how they will prove injury and damages as a group.
Apple unveiled its now-ubiquitous iPhone in 2007 that operated exclusively on AT&T’s wireless network. The exclusivity with AT&T was broken in 2011 when Apple unveiled versions of the iPhone that work on other networks such as Verizon Wireless, Sprint Corp., or T-Mobile US Inc. The plaintiffs in this case sued, saying the requirement to use AT&T caused them ...
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