French Apple ruling highlights debate over abuse of economic dependency rule
By Jean Comte ( May 20, 2026, 14:45 GMT | Comment) -- A decision by France's top court against Apple has highlighted a rarely used antitrust rule on the abuse of economic dependence that some European regulators have asked the European Commission not to scrap. The court upheld a decision that Apple had abused resellers that depended on it for stock, bringing to an end the iPhone maker's six-year legal battle against a French competition watchdog decision.A recent ruling by France's highest court that found Apple guilty of "abuse of economic dependency" has put a spotlight on a rarely used concept in competition law that the European Commission was recently considering scrapping....
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