Apple's legal battle against accusations that it intentionally slows down older iPhones to incentivize customers to upgrade to newer models will likely take place in one courtroom near the company's headquarters in California.The U.S. Judicial Panel
on Multidistrict Litigation has disclosed that it will consider consolidating dozens of iPhone performance - related complaints filed against Apple during a hearing
scheduled for Thursday, March 29 in Atlanta, Georgia, as is routine for
similar cases filed across
multiple states.Apple currently faces 59 putative class actions across 16 district courts in the United States.