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Apple can face app-store consumer claims in Dutch courts, legal opinion says (*updates)

By Lewis Crofts ( March 27, 2025, 09:54 GMT | Insight) -- Apple can be sued by group litigants seeking damages over AppStore rules in the Netherlands, an opinion for the EU's highest court said. Advocate General Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona said that consumers can file claims in the country where they bought the apps. But a group action before the Amsterdam court can only represent consumers from that region, he said. The opinion was issued in a dispute that pits two foundations against the iPhone maker over damage allegedly suffered due to restrictive rules in the AppStore.Apple can be sued by group litigants seeking damages over AppStore rules in the Netherlands, an opinion for the EU's highest court said....

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