Apple Blocks Class-Action Status in User App Store Fee Suit
- Judge gives consumers a second shot at class certification
- Plaintiffs’ lawyer expects to win on revised class status bid
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Apple Inc. blocked an antitrust lawsuit over App Store fees filed by a handful of iPhone users from being expanded to include millions of customers across the U.S.
A federal judge in Oakland, California, on Tuesday refused to let the case proceed on behalf of users who hold almost 400 million U.S. Apple accounts and have purchased apps and virtual goods from the App Store.