Frame-Wilson et al v. Amazon.com Inc

  1. November 19, 2024

    Court Won't Toss Consumer Antitrust Case Against Amazon

    A Washington federal court issued a sealed order Tuesday denying Amazon's bid to toss updated claims from consumers seeking billions of dollars over allegations that they pay higher prices thanks to the e-commerce giant's treatment of sellers on its platform.

  2. October 04, 2024

    Amazon Consumers Want In On FTC Antitrust Econ Primer

    Consumers bringing proposed class claims against Amazon over its seller contracts have asked a Washington federal judge to let them join an upcoming "economics day hearing" in the Federal Trade Commission's case accusing the e-commerce giant of similar antitrust violations, saying experts will be addressing overlapping competition issues.

  3. April 01, 2024

    One Set Of Amazon Buyers Can't Cancel Later Antitrust Case

    Antitrust lawsuits against Amazon.com in New York and Washington federal court will remain separate after a New York federal judge refused Friday to let online shoppers in the earlier-filed Washington case intervene in — and junk — the other proposed class action filed two years later.

  4. 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.

  5. June 28, 2023

    Amazon Must Turn Over European Sales Data In Antitrust Suit

    A Washington federal judge on Tuesday ordered Amazon to produce sales data from the U.K. and Germany that consumers claim is vital to showing how the online retail giant's price parity policy is used to quell competition.

  6. April 07, 2023

    Amazon Sitting On Sales Data In Antitrust Suit, Customers Say

    Consumers in an antitrust suit against Amazon say the company has refused to hand over sales information from two overseas markets that the plaintiffs claim would yield vital insight into the effects of the price parity policy targeted in the suit.

  7. March 24, 2023

    Amazon Antitrust Suit Mostly Survives Another Dismissal Bid

    A Washington federal judge on Friday cut some claims from a consumer lawsuit alleging that Amazon imposed anti-competitive restrictions on third-party sellers, but again refused to throw out the bulk of the antitrust suit, ruling that the consumers' allegations as to the overall effects of Amazon's alleged conduct "are sustainable."

  8. January 10, 2023

    Hagens, Keller Postman Ask To Lead Amazon Antitrust Suit

    Attorneys for consumers who sued Amazon in a multibillion-dollar proposed class action accusing the e-commerce giant of imposing anti-competitive restrictions on third-party sellers asked a Washington federal judge Monday to appoint Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and Keller Postman LLC to lead the charge. 

  9. January 02, 2023

    Antitrust Conduct Issues And Cases To Watch In 2023

    The Federal Trade Commission prepares to test the limits of its authority to combat unfair methods of competition in the coming year, as the U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers continue pushing aggressive antitrust agendas alongside new proposed class actions from private parties.

  10. May 17, 2022

    Amazon Tries Again To Nix Antitrust Suit Seeking Billions

    Amazon on Monday took another stab at convincing a Washington federal judge to throw out a multibillion-dollar proposed class action accusing the e-commerce giant of imposing anti-competitive restrictions on third-party sellers, arguing that antitrust laws actually encourage policies like Amazon's rather than condemn them.