Apple & DOJ antitrust suit reaches impasse over document collection

The DOJ's antitrust case has run long, and now the DOJ fears some new evidence may have emerged in the previous year that will prove once and for all Apple is in the wrong. But document collection has ended.


Apple is being sued by the United States Department of Justice on antitrust grounds, though every charge has been rendered moot in the two years since the case began. In a last-ditch effort, the DOJ is seeking more documents from Apple in spite of a previously agreed-upon schedule.

The DOJ and Apple couldn't arrive at a solution on their own, so they have told the court that they have officially reached an impasse. Apple argues that it will provide specific documents on request, but resetting the timeline on document procurement would only make the case take longer and waste time.


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