Manatt Antitrust and Competition Partner David Reichenberg was quoted in The National Law Journal on Apple’s recent motion to dismiss its antitrust lawsuit with the Department of Justice (DOJ).
The article explains how the DOJ alleged that Apple violated antitrust law by refusing to give third parties access to the company’s platform and blocking competitors from accessing its iPhone features to maintain monopoly power. Apple argued that antitrust law does not require the company to open its platforms to third parties, a point which Apple may lose on, according to Reichenberg. “The problem in their argument is that the allegations are not just a refusal to deal,” he said. “They involve many acts that Apple has taken, designed to keep people locked into the Apple ecosystem, and that makes it harder for competitors to sway others to move them to their competitive alternatives.”
Read the full article here.