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Judge in Apple App Store US consumer suit questions expert report calculating $7-10 billion in damages

By Michael Acton ( November 17, 2021, 01:44 GMT | Insight) -- Apple attorneys urged US Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers not to certify a proposed class of consumers suing the company for monopolizing the sale of iOS apps, and to strike testimony from an expert for the plaintiffs that the tech giant should be liable for between $7 billion and $10 billion in damages. Gonzalez Rogers said she has “real problems” with some elements of the method used by University of California Professor Daniel L. McFadden in working out the impact of Apple’s exclusive control of app distribution and its 30 percent commission fee, but that the plaintiffs seem to meet “most of the elements” to clear class certification. Apple attorneys today urged US Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers not to certify a proposed class of consumers suing the company for monopolizing the sale of iOS apps, and to strike testimony from an expert for the plaintiffs that the tech giant is liable for between $7 billion and $10 billion in damages....

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