‘Apple will prevail’: US faces uphill slog in new antitrust battle

Attorney General Merrick Garland made a bold statement last week when he announced a new antitrust lawsuit against Apple (AAPL): “The United States normally wins the cases that it brings.” But not all legal experts agree federal prosecutors hold the upper hand in a legal battle that aims to dismantle the architecture of Apple's marquee product, the iPhone. “My guess is [Apple] will win,” University of Chicago law professor Randy Picker told Yahoo Finance Live. Even if Apple does not prevail in New Jersey federal court where the case was filed, Picker expects the tech giant to succeed on appeals,…