The US Department of Justice is drafting an antitrust complaint against Apple

The US Department of Justice is in the preliminary stages of drafting an antitrust complaint against Apple. The Justice Department has not decided whether to sue the American tech giant. The case is expected to be filed by the end of this year. In 2019, the Justice Department opened a wide-ranging investigation of major digital technology companies into whether they engaged in anticompetitive practices, and Google was later sued in October 2020.

According to recent information Report According to Politico, the US Department of Justice is in the early stages of drafting a potential antitrust complaint against the American tech giant, Apple. The department’s antitrust division hopes to file a lawsuit by the end of the year, the report said, citing a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

The US Department of Justice has not yet decided whether to sue Apple.

In July 2019, the US Department of Justice said it was launching a wide-ranging investigation into whether major digital technology companies engaged in anti-competitive practices.

Subsequently, the Department of Justice sued Google in October 2020. The $1 trillion (roughly Rs. 79,95,900 crore) American tech giant was accused of illegally using its market muscle to corner rivals.