DOJ’s Apple Suit Filed in New Jersey for Friendly Third Circuit

The US Justice Department’s choice of New Jersey to file its landmark antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc. was likely motivated by driving any future appeals to a circuit court relatively open to cracking down on monopoly power.

Regulators are gearing up for a lengthy battle against the tech behemoth with their complaint last week in US District Court for the District of New Jersey, which targets a range of allegedly illegal practices the iPhone maker has employed to maintain a smartphone monopoly. The lawsuit against Apple is part of the Biden administration’s broader push to use antitrust law to rein ...