EU court clears Dutch lawsuit seeking €637 million in App Store antitrust damages against Apple

Apple just got hit with a major legal blow in Europe. On Tuesday, the EU’s top court said the company can be sued in the Netherlands for antitrust damages tied to its App Store practices. That decision opens the door for a massive €637 million claim filed by two Dutch consumer groups: Right to Consumer Justice and App Stores Claims. The groups argue that Apple’s app commission fees were abusive and unfairly hiked costs for millions of users. The lawsuit, which focuses on Apple’s 30% cut on in-app purchases, targets the company’s alleged dominance and how it charges developers using its system. According to lawyer Rogier Meijer from the law firm Hausfeld, who’s repping App Stores Claims, the estimated damage covers seven million iPhone users and seven million iPad users. That’s 14 million Dutch users in total. “On the basis of the available information, in the writ of summons the...

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