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Win against Apple, Google to have wide-reaching implications, class-action law firms say

( August 13, 2025, 05:06 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Law firms that brought a class actions against Apple and Google welcomed the judgment and said the ruling could transform how digital platforms operate in Australia. In a statement published by Australian law firm Phi Finney McDonald, which partnered with Maurice Blackburn lawyers in the class actions for the app developers, described the Federal Court of Australia’s ruling against Apple and Google as a “turning point.” The law firms said that the judgment sends a “clear message that even the most powerful corporations must play by the rules.” In a ruling this week, Judge Jonathan Beach found that between November 2017 and June 2022, Apple and Google engaged in anticompetitive conduct that disadvantaged Australian consumers and app developers by limiting fair access to digital marketplaces and driving up prices by misusing their market power.The full statement by the Australian law firm Phi Finney McDonald follows:...

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