Lawsuitsby Glyph
Amazon lawsuits and enforcement actions
20 cases · 7 active
EU Commission: AWS and Azure DMA cloud investigationThe Commission told Amazon and Microsoft it preliminarily considers AWS and Azure should be designated as gatekeeper cloud services despite not meeting the DMA's quantitative thresholds.European CommissionBundeskartellamt: Amazon price control prohibitionThe authority found Amazon used mechanisms to influence prices charged by third-party sellers on amazon.de, and ordered a first partial disgorgement of economic benefits.EUR 59 millionBundeskartellamtAmazon sued v. FTC: Amazon Prime sign-up and cancellationThe FTC said Amazon enrolled people in Prime without consent and made cancelling hard. Settled during trial.$2.5 billionUS Federal Trade CommissionCMA: cloud services market investigationThe market investigation looked at egress fees, interoperability and Microsoft's software licensing practices in cloud computing.UK CMACMA: Amazon/Anthropic partnershipThe CMA reviewed Amazon's investment in and partnership with Anthropic and decided it did not create a relevant merger situation.UK CMAEU Commission: Amazon/iRobot abandonedAmazon dropped its planned purchase of Roomba maker iRobot after the Commission objected that Amazon could shut rival robot vacuum sellers out of its marketplace.European CommissionFTC sued v. Amazon (antitrust)The FTC and states claim Amazon keeps an online marketplace monopoly through seller fees and anti-discounting rules.W.D. Wash.Amazon (Alexa, COPPA)The FTC and DOJ alleged Amazon kept children's Alexa voice recordings and geolocation data indefinitely and undermined parents' deletion requests, violating COPPA.$25 millionW.D. Wash.EU Commission: Amazon marketplace commitmentsAmazon committed to stop using non-public data of marketplace sellers for its retail business and to give sellers equal access to the Buy Box and Prime.European CommissionBundeskartellamt: Amazon 19a designationThe designation brings Amazon under Germany's extended abuse control for large digital companies.BundeskartellamtAGCM: Amazon logistics fineThe AGCM found Amazon gave sellers who used its logistics service exclusive benefits like the Prime badge, harming rival logistics operators.EUR 1.128 billionAutorita Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)De Coster sued v. AmazonAmazon shoppers allege Amazon's anti-discounting policies and fees caused them to pay supracompetitive prices on its marketplace.W.D. Wash.District of Columbia sued v. AmazonThe D.C. attorney general alleges Amazon's price parity policies stopped sellers from offering lower prices on other sites.D.D.C.FTC: Amazon Flex driver tipsThe FTC alleged Amazon withheld part of customers' tips from Amazon Flex delivery drivers for about two and a half years.$61.7 millionUS Federal Trade CommissionCNIL fine: Amazon Europe Core, cookiesThe CNIL found amazon.fr placed advertising cookies automatically without prior consent or adequate information.EUR 35 millionCNIL (Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertes)Frame-Wilson sued v. AmazonConsumers who bought from other retailers allege Amazon's price parity policies inflated retail prices across the internet.W.D. Wash.Amazon Web ServicesKove alleged Amazon S3 and DynamoDB infringe its distributed data location patents.$525 millionN.D. Ill.