Apple Faces Class Action Lawsuit
A Judge in California has ruled that a lawsuit brought against Apple Inc. and AT&T can be given class action status. The class action will combine a number of individual lawsuits which allege that Apple’s exclusive agreement with AT&T forced consumers to commit themselves to a five-year service contract, rather than for the two-years they thought they were signing up for when they first bought their phones. Claims of anti competitive practice, first surfaced in 2007, given that iPhone users were forced to subscribe to AT&T’s network. This ruling will allow the named plaintiffs who represent the class of consumers to sue both Apple and AT&T for anti-trust law violations.
