On 18 May 2018, Ireland's Department of Finance announced that Apple has made its first payment for the recovery of illegal State aid, which the European Commission determined was provided to Apple by Ireland. The first payment amounts to approximately EUR 1.5 billion, with the total amount of recoverable State aid of approximately EUR 13 billion to be paid by the end of Q3 2018. Although collection has begun, an appeal of the European Commission's decision is still pending. In relation to the pending appeal, an order of the Court of Justice of the European Union was issued on 17...