Apple Judgment: A Game-changer For Class Actions?

The CJEU recently issued its decision in the Dutch class action against Apple. Whereas the Advocate General noted that the Amsterdam Court could not claim jurisdiction over the entire group of individual users represented by an interest organisation, the CJEU now decided differently. In this blog, we discuss the CJEU judgment and its potential consequences.

Class action proceedings against Apple in the Netherlands

Two Dutch foundations – the Foundation Right to Consumer Justice and the Foundation App Stores Claims – filed a class action under the WAMCA against Apple before the Amsterdam District Court (the Court). They allege that Apple abused its dominant position by charging excessive App Store commissions, violating EU competition law (Articles 101 and 102 TFEU).