Apple Seeks Rehearing In 9th Circuit IPhone App Store Antitrust Class Action

Mealey's (January 30, 2017, 1:42 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In a Jan. 26 brief, Apple Inc. asks the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to rehear, or rehear en banc, a putative class action alleging price fixing and monopolization related to the selling of iPhone apps in its App Store, arguing that a panel decision did not properly apply controlling case law and unnecessarily created a circuit split (In re Apple iPhone Antitrust Litigation, No. 14-15000, 9th Cir.)....