could be in some major legal trouble as the Department of Justice (DOJ) is readying an antitrust lawsuit against the
iPhone maker, according to a report from Wednesday. The legal action could be filed as soon as Thursday. The lawsuit reportedly focuses on Apple’s violation of antitrust laws by blocking access to iPhone hardware and software features.
Apple and the DOJ didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Apple routinely finds itself in legal trouble over its business practices, but the company finds ways to keep winning. Last year, the legal battle between Epic and Apple over the App Store payment options went all the way to the
Supreme Court, but . On the hardware side, Apple has been so that it can . However, the company does seem like it’s changing its mind on some recent . But that’s in the U.S. Over in the
European Union (EU), Apple has been getting spanked by regulations. Not only did regulators make Apple go for the last year, but the EU also made Apple open up its software to allow . The Biden administration has picked multiple fights with some big companies over antitrust violations. Last year, the while the DOJ filed a suit against
Google for the same reason.
Microsoft was also the focus of antitrust legal action when it acquired video game publisher Activision. That , but the in December seeking to reverse it.