Law firms suing Apple over smartphone dominance fight for lead roles

Two competing groups of law firms are pressing a judge to appoint them as leaders of potentially lucrative consumer class actions accusing Apple of monopolizing the smartphone market.

The opposing coalitions of plaintiffs lawyers on Thursday made their pitches to U.S. District Judge Julien Neals in New Jersey, who is presiding over private antitrust cases that were filed against Apple after the U.S. Justice Department and a coalition of states sued the iPhone maker in March.