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Apple, Amazon beat US antitrust case after counsel misleads court

By Alex Wilts ( September 29, 2025, 22:37 GMT | Insight) -- Apple and Amazon secured the dismissal of a putative antitrust class action after a Washington federal judge said plaintiffs’ counsel misrepresented the status of former lead plaintiff Steven Floyd. The case alleged Amazon and Apple violated the Sherman Act by agreeing to restrict the number of third-party sellers permitted to offer iPhones and iPads on Amazon’s marketplace. Apple and Amazon secured the dismissal of a putative antitrust class action after a Washington federal judge said plaintiffs’ counsel misrepresented the status of former lead plaintiff Steven Floyd. The case alleged Amazon and Apple violated the Sherman Act by agreeing to restrict the number of third-party sellers permitted to offer iPhones and iPads on Amazon’s marketplace....

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