United States antitrust law Archives

Epic Games v. Apple

Digital markets regulation, United States antitrust law / Antitrust, antitrust litigation, App distribution, App Store, Apple, Apple Inc., Digital Markets Act (DMA), DOJ, Epic Games, Fortnite, injunction, iOS developer, platform economics, Sherman Act, two-sided market, U.S. litigation, Unfair Competition Law

Epic Games vs Apple: The App Store Antitrust Battle 🎮🍏 Executive Summary: Epic Games sued Apple in 2020 over the iOS App Store rules, igniting a high-stakes antitrust battle. Epic’s Fortnite had challenged Apple’s 30% in-app fee and anti-steering policies by adding its own payment system on August 13, 2020【33†L153-L161】. Apple promptly removed Fortnite, and […]

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The Bell System Divestiture (1982)

The Bell System Divestiture refers to the court-ordered breakup of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) monopoly in the United States, finalized in 1982 and implemented on January 1, 1984. The action resulted from an antitrust lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice against AT&T, which had long controlled the vast majority of