Overview

• The Department of Justice and several states asked Magistrate Judge Leda Wettre to compel broader Apple disclosures in the ongoing 2024 antitrust suit.
• Prosecutors report producing more than 115,000 documents while Apple has provided about 10,000, which they say largely consist of public or unrelated materials.
• The government seeks six HR spreadsheets to identify relevant custodians and presses for more than 60 custodians after Apple increased its list from 22 to 34, citing Google’s production of over 100 in a comparable context.
• Requests also include board-level and regulatory materials plus worldwide records, with prosecutors objecting to Apple limiting production to U.S. documents.
• The DOJ says Apple is supplying only what it deems “sufficient to show,” creating ambiguity that could slow discovery, while Apple maintains its design choices protect privacy and benefit consumers.