The Department of Justice is claiming that Apple is a monopoly, and it’s turning to a century-old law called the Sherman Antitrust Act to sue the company. The DOJ compared the case to its efforts to stop Microsoft from monopolizing the market two decades ago.

WSJ breaks down the DOJ’s legal argument in proving Apple is illegally monopolizing the market, and how the tech company might fight back.

Chapters:
0:00 Is Apple a monopoly?
1:03 Breakdown of the Sherman Act
4:02 Challenges
5:46 What this means for Apple

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