In re Apple iPhone Antitrust Litigation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE APPLE IPHONE ANTITRUST

LITIGATION CASE NO. 11-cv-6714-YGR

ORDER DENYING CONSUMER PLAINTIFFS’

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE FOURTH

AMENDED COMPLAINT;

GRANTING CONSUMER PLAINTIFFS’

MOTION TO STRIKE APPLE’S MOTION TO

COMPEL TRIAL PLAN; AND

DENYING MOTION TO COMPEL TRIAL

PLAN AS MOOT

Re: Dkt. Nos. 471, 487, and 544

Plaintiffs Stephen H. Schwartz, Edward W. Hayter, Robert Pepper, and Edward Lawrence’s (“Consumer Plaintiffs”) bring this putative class action against Apple, Inc. for Apple’s alleged anticompetitive conduct and alleged violation of the Sherman Act. (Dkt. No. 228, Ex. A (“TAC”) at 1.) Now before the Court are the following motions: (1) Consumer Plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file a fourth amended complaint, specifically to include one additional affirmative claim for a violation of…