Tag: Amazon
Amazon Donates To Conservative Nonprofit To Opposed Antitrust Bills
Amazon quietly donated $400,000 to a conservative nonprofit last year as the group pushed back on antitrust bills being considered in Congress, according to documents...
Amazon Faces UK Antitrust Class Action For Algorithm Abuse
Amazon is facing a $1 billion class action lawsuit in the UK, where the company has been accused of using a “secretive” algorithm to abuse...
EU’s Vestager Looks To Redesign Amazon Website, Again
The EU’s competition chief Margrethe Vestager is taking a second shot at forcing Amazon, the world’s biggest retailer, to redesign its website in a...
Canadian Federal Court Rules Amazon Price-Fixing Case Will Go to Arbitration
Canada's Federal Court has ruled to allow a proposed class action lawsuit against Amazon to go to arbitration after finding the e-commerce giant entered...
Italian Court Overturns Apple & Amazon’s Antitrust Fine
An administrative court in Italy today scrapped a €173.3 million ($170.4 million) fine leveled at Apple and Amazon last year for alleged anti-competitive cooperation...
UK Watchdog Eyes Google, Amazon, Microsoft In Antitrust Probe
Media regulators are looking into whether large US tech companies including Amazon and Google have formed a monopoly over cloud computing in Britain, officials said...
Amazon’s Bezos Must Testify In Agency Probe Says FTC
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and CEO Andy Jassy must testify in a Federal Trade Commission probe into whether the company misled people into subscribing...
FTC Seeks More Info On Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot Deal
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked Amazon.com Inc and iRobot Corp for more information on the e-commerce giant’s $1.7-billion buyout of the...
EU’s Vestager Says Amazon May Have To Edit Its Proposals
According to statements from EU Antitrust Chief Vestager, Amazon may have to change its proposals to end two investigations into its business practices. This...
California’s AG Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Amazon
California’s attorney general filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon on Wednesday, claiming the retailer stifles competition and increases the prices consumers pay across the...
