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Britain's competition tribunal has approved a £3 billion ($4 billion) lawsuit against Apple over its iCloud storage service, ‌consumer group Which? The Competition Appeal Tribunal granted earlier ​in June a collective proceedings order allowing Which?

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Apple Distribution International Ltd and Apple Italia Srl are facing an investigation by Italy’s Competition Authority over the interoperability of the company’s iOS and iPadOS operating systems with third-party consumer cloud services.

Italy's competition regulator said on Tuesday it had ‌opened an investigation into Apple over ‌compliance with interoperability obligations, under the European Digital ​Markets Act. Under the rules, Apple must ensure that third-party providers of consumer cloud services can inter-operate effectively and free of ‌charge with hardware ⁠and software components controlled through the group's iOS and iPadOS ⁠operating systems, and have equal access as Apple's iCloud service.

Apple has agreed to submit local financial statements to India's competition authority as part of an ongoing antitrust probe into alleged abuse of dominance. The case comes at a time when Apple's iPhone business and production footprint in India are expanding and the company is rolling out new integration features such as native bill splitting. This development arrives ahead of an expected AI focused Siri update at WWDC, raising questions about potential regulatory penalties in a key...

Apple has agreed to submit the financials of its India business to the country's antitrust body as part of an investigation that found the U.S. firm ‌abused its market position, taking the long-delayed case a step closer to a potential penalty decision, an ‌agency order shows. The case is Apple's most high-profile regulatory headache in India, a key growth market where it has rapidly expanded iPhone production as ​it diversifies beyond China. A confidential Competition Commission of India (CCI) order, reviewed by Reuters, showed Apple last month agreed to supply its India financials - typically needed by the watchdog for penalty calculations.

Apple asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to review a lower court ruling that held ‌the iPhone maker in civil contempt over fees it was charging on ‌some outside purchases made by customers of its App Store. The petition to the Supreme Court escalates ​a years-long legal battle with “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games, which sued Apple in 2020 seeking to loosen its control over transactions in applications that use the company's iOS operating system and its restrictions on how apps are distributed to ‌consumers. A judge mostly dismissed Epic's ⁠lawsuit but issued an injunction in 2021 requiring Apple to let developers include links in their apps directing users to non-Apple ⁠payment methods.

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NEW DELHI, May 18 (Reuters) - An Indian court has told Apple to "fully cooperate" with investigators in an antitrust case related to the iPhone ​apps market, not agreeing with the U.S. company's

May 15 (Reuters) - Arm Holdings is facing an antitrust probe by the U.S.

Apple (AAPL) has backed Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) concerns on risks to privacy, security and safety d

Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit for overpromising the arrival of Siri's AI features.

Justice ‌Elena Kagan, on behalf of the court, declined to pause a ruling by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ​that deemed Apple in contempt in the Epic lawsuit contesting App Store fees. Apple had sought the delay to give it time to file a full Supreme Court appeal of the 9th Circuit decision.

Settlement tied to AI feature rollout concerns

U.S. buyers of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 could receive up to $95 per device if a judge approves the deal

Apple agreed to a $250 million settlement