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Ninth Circuit Upholds Denial of American Booksellers Association’s Motion to Intervene in FTC v. Amazon.com

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On December 4, 2024, the Ninth Circuit upheld the District Court’s denial of the American Booksellers Association’s motion to intervene in an antitrust suit brought against Amazon.com by the FTC and 19 states. The Ninth...more

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Google is an Illegal Monopoly, Federal Court Rules

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Following a nine-week bench trial starting in September 2023 and closing arguments in May 2024, District of Columbia district court judge Amit Mehta ruled on August 5, 2024, that Google illegally maintained its monopoly in...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power

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On September 26, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 17 state attorneys general filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against Amazon.com, Inc. under Section 5 of the FTC...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

FTC “Prime” Time: Federal Trade Commission and Seventeen State Attorneys General File Antitrust Suit against Amazon for its...

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On September 26, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and a coalition of seventeen State Attorneys General filed a long-expected suit accusing Amazon of violating federal and state antitrust law. The 172-page complaint...more

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FTC Takes Aggressive Approach Toward Amazon, Alleging Consumer Protection-Type Violations: Are the Lines Between FTC and CFPB...

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On June 21, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a civil lawsuit against Amazon, alleging the use of "dark patterns" to deceive consumers into enrolling in automatically renewing Prime subscriptions. What is...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: What the Supreme Court Ruling in Alston v. NCAA Means for the Future of College Sports

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“The NCAA is not above the law.” Those seven words capped Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s searing concurring opinion issued in connection with Monday’s (June 21) unanimous (9-0) U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Alston v. National...more

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