On 23 December 2025, Apple reached an agreement with the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), which brought about the end of an investigation in Brazil for alleged anticompetitive practices regarding the iOS digital ecosystem. A CRA team, including Marcio de Oliveira Junior, Benno Buehler, Dominik Fischer, Kilian Mueller, Samuel Zimmermann, Hazal Sezer, Iana Gerina, William Reeve, Inkeri Lipasti and Kimberly Tanos, provided economic analysis and support to Apple during the investigation.
An economic interpretation of Rule 23(b)(3) for antitrust classes
In this article, CRA’s Sean Durkin explains the economic incentives behind class definitions in antitrust cases and why those incentives can lead to classes...