Apple and the U.S. Department of Justice are at odds over how much newer evidence Apple must produce in their antitrust case, according to a court filing this week.
The parties had previously agreed to a records cutoff of June 20, 2025. With the evidence-gathering phase now set to end in late May 2027, DOJ lawyers want Apple to provide documents created up to 30 days before that deadline, arguing that newer records could show whether the alleged anticompetitive practices are continuing.
Apple contests request for updated records
Apple says expanding the search window would delay the case by several months. The company also states it has already reviewed more than 11 million documents and produced more than two million, covering an 18-year period.
The dispute is part of a March 2024 lawsuit that accuses Apple of illegally protecting a smartphone monopoly by restricting competing apps, services and devices. Apple denies the allegations.
The latest filing asks the court to formally acknowledge that the parties cannot resolve the document dispute themselves. The court will now consider how to proceed and whether Apple must produce more recent documents.
