Apple and Amazon get $600 million UK price fixing lawsuit dismissed
A lawsuit claiming that Apple and Amazon colluded to fix the price of Apple products and reduce competition, has been rejected by a UK tribunal.
In one of three similar cases accusing Apple and Amazon of price fixing, the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled that the case cannot continue to trial. The decision to dismiss the case is reportedly an unusual one as the tribunal more often allows claimants to pursue cases further.
In this situation, the mass lawsuit — Britain’s equivalent of a class-action one — was brought by consumer law academic and professor of law, Christine Riefa. She brought the suit on behalf of potentially 36 million British consumers who bought Apple or Beats products.
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