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Brazil official calls Apple settlement global first; remedies go beyond past measures

By Maria Júlia Baumert ( December 22, 2025, 22:29 GMT | Insight) -- CADE Councilor Victor Oliveira Fernandes cast his vote for approving Apple’s proposed settlement with the Brazilian competition authority Tribunal Friday night, calling attention to the institutional singularity of the case. In his opinion, Brazil will become “the only jurisdiction in which Apple will be urged to open its mobile ecosystem based exclusively on the application of antitrust law” — a global first, given that similar interventions in the EU, Japan and South Korea relied on sector-specific laws.Victor Oliveira Fernandes, a councilor on the Administrative Council for Economic Defense, or CADE, cast his vote for approving Apple’s proposed settlement to the Brazilian competition authority's Tribunal on Friday night, calling attention to the institutional singularity of the case....

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