Legal Notes: Tennessee joins states in filings over immigration, smartphones

Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced last week Tennessee would join two filings with multiple other states.

The first was a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple filed by the Department of Justices and 15 other state and district attorneys general. The suit seeks “to restore competition” for smartphones and alleges Apple illegally maintains a monopoly.

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