US judge sets October 2026 trial for FTC antitrust suit against Amazon
economictimes.indiatimes.comAmazon.com.
The consumer protection agency filed the long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon on September 26, accusing the online retailer of operating an illegal monopoly, in part by fighting efforts by sellers on its online marketplace to offer products more cheaply on other platforms.
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Professional Certificate in Product ManagementVisitMITMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationVisitIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data Science For ManagersVisit The lawsuit, joined by 17 state attorneys general, was filed in federal court in Seattle and follows a four-year investigation.
Amazon and the FTC did not comment.
The agency asked US district judge John Chun to issue a permanent injunction ordering Amazon to stop what it called unlawful conduct. In antitrust cases the range of solutions may include forcing a company to sell a part of its business.
Amazon in December asked the court to dismiss the suit, saying the FTC confused «common retail practices» with anticompetitive conduct and failed to identify harm to consumers.
Last week, the FTC asked Chun to reject Amazon's request, arguing the government laid out «how Amazon is a monopolist and explains how Amazon unlawfully maintains its monopoly power, enriching itself while harming its customers.»
The FTC said Amazon used a series of illegal strategies to boost profits, including an algorithm that pushed up prices US households paid by more than $1
