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Amazon-Apple iPad Buy Box Pricing Class Action
A new class action lawsuit alleges Amazon and Apple struck a deal to exclude third-party iPad sellers from Amazon's marketplace, inflating prices, adding to antitrust scrutiny of both companies.
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A new class action lawsuit claims Amazon and Apple agreed to push nearly all third-party sellers of Apple products off the Amazon platform, raising iPad prices (Top Class Actions, October 16). The suit alleges this arrangement inflated 'buy box' prices for consumers.
## Why It Matters
This case adds to ongoing antitrust and anticompetitive conduct scrutiny of both Amazon and Apple, two of the largest technology companies. It is relevant to broader litigation trends involving platform exclusivity deals and their effects on consumer pricing, and is likely to be watched as a bellwether for similar claims against other tech platform arrangements.