Federal Trade Commission et al v. Amazon.com Inc

  1. February 06, 2024

    FTC Presses To Keep Seller Info From Amazon If Suit Survives

    The Federal Trade Commission urged a Washington federal court on Tuesday not to toss its landmark case accusing Amazon of monopolizing online retail sales and also pushed to prevent exposure of sellers' confidential information to the e-commerce giant while the case is underway.

  2. January 01, 2024

    Washington Cases To Watch In 2024

    In the coming year, appellate courts are set to decide challenges involving Washington state's capital gains and business taxes as well as a group of PCB poisoning cases against chemical giant Monsanto that have so far racked up more than $1.7 billion in jury awards. Here are some of the top cases to watch in the Evergreen State in 2024.

  3. January 01, 2024

    Retail Cases To Watch In 2024

    A wide variety of cases are likely to keep retail industry attorneys busy in 2024, including high-profile antitrust actions against Amazon and Google, a growing number of greenwashing disputes, and skirmishes between major retailers and their increasingly unionized workforces.

  4. December 18, 2023

    No Amazon Antitrust Trial Until At Least 2026

    If the Federal Trade Commission's blockbuster antitrust case against Amazon eventually makes it to trial, it won't be until 2026 at the earliest, according to a joint status report filed by the two sides.

  5. December 08, 2023

    Amazon Says FTC Case Attacks 'Essence Of Competition'

    Amazon urged a Seattle federal judge Friday to toss the Federal Trade Commission's sprawling antitrust case against the online retail giant, arguing that its practices of matching rivals' discounts, competitively pricing deals and offering fast Prime delivery "benefit consumers and are the essence of competition."

  6. November 02, 2023

    FTC Says Amazon Used Secret Algorithm To Drive Up Prices

    Amazon utilized a covert algorithm to induce other online retailers to raise their prices and deleted years' worth of internal communications amid a government probe into the company, according to a largely unredacted version of the Federal Trade Commission's complaint filed Thursday against the online retail giant in a Washington federal court.

  7. October 06, 2023

    FTC's Antitrust Case Against Amazon Has Company

    The Federal Trade Commission lodged a landmark antitrust case against Amazon late last month, accusing the e-commerce giant of driving up prices across the internet through its treatment of sellers on its platform, but several pending suits were already targeting some of the allegations.

  8. September 27, 2023

    Judge Recuses Himself From FTC's Showdown With Amazon

    U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour, the Washington federal judge assigned to oversee the Federal Trade Commission's long-awaited antitrust challenge to Amazon's seller policies, has recused himself, according to an order Wednesday.

  9. September 26, 2023

    FTC Finally Brings Down Antitrust Hammer On Amazon

    The Federal Trade Commission lodged a long-expected case Tuesday accusing Amazon of violating antitrust law, marking another aggressive step in the administration's efforts to increase competition across the economy, especially through moves to rein in large digital platforms.