https://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/The FTC and a group of states sued Amazon in September 2023, alleging that it illegally maintained monopoly power over online shoppers and sellers. That case survived a motion to dismiss and is set for a bench trial in March 2027. In a separate case filed in June 2023, the FTC alleged that Amazon enrolled people in Prime without consent, and Amazon settled it in September 2025 for 2.5 billion dollars without admitting wrongdoing.enhttps://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/#e15ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case-6b6bd8831aThu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Judge Chun rejected Amazon's request to postpone the trial to June 2027 and kept the 29 March 2027 date, MLex reported on 9 October 2026.https://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/#e16ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case-d6bdf373a6Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Amazon moved for judgment, arguing that the plaintiffs could not bring claims over its fulfilment conduct or Project Nessie and lacked evidence that reserving the Prime badge for Fulfillment by Amazon sellers had market wide anticompetitive effects, MLex reported on 16 October 2026.https://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/#e14ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case-5d776550adTue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000By September 2026 Amazon had issued more than 845 million dollars in refunds, and automatic refunds were to continue through April 2027, according to the FTC.https://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/#e13ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case-410ed7032eMon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000Consumers who did not receive an automatic payment and met the eligibility criteria could file a claim for up to 51 dollars, with a deadline of 27 July 2026, WTKR reported, citing the settlement website and noting that each claimant's notice states their own deadline. The FTC's refund page says most eligible customers receive payments automatically.https://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/#e12ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case-367fd9b7e1Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000Judge Chun ruled partly for each side on the sanctions motion in a sealed order, MLex reported on 29 April 2026. In the version later unsealed he found it likely that Amazon spoliated at least some evidence but did not impose the sanctions the FTC sought at that stage, MLex reported on 19 May 2026.https://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/#e11ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case-3ba3ca7295Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000The FTC and the states asked Judge Chun to impose spoliation sanctions, alleging that Amazon deliberately deleted raw notes of business meetings even after its duty to preserve documents began, MLex reported on 31 January 2026.https://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/#e10ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case-9717df0124Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000The FTC and Amazon jointly proposed moving the start of the bench trial from 9 February 2027 to 29 March 2027, MLex reported on 10 December 2025.https://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/#e9ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case-da6a77e398Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000Amazon began sending automatic payments of up to 51 dollars to eligible Prime customers in November 2025, with further payments of up to 149 dollars possible, the FTC said.https://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/#e8ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case-c2e8e064b1Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000Amazon agreed to a 1 billion dollar civil penalty and 1.5 billion dollars in refunds for an estimated 35 million consumers, and to change how it enrols and cancels Prime members. Amazon admitted no wrongdoing, the Associated Press reported. Executives Neil Lindsay and Jamil Ghani are named in the stipulated order, which the Commission approved 3 to 0.https://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/#e6ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case-6ade0bed4bWed, 17 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000In the Prime case, Judge Chun partly granted the FTC's motion for summary judgment, finding that Amazon violated the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act by showing Prime terms only after collecting payment information. He ruled that two executives could be held personally liable for violations proved at trial and left the cancellation claims for trial, Courthouse News and Bloomberg Law reported.https://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/#e7ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case-0bd0257845Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000The trial on the remaining Prime claims began in the week of the settlement and was expected to last about three weeks, according to the Associated Press and Courthouse News.https://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/#e5ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case-36cf1f7c99Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000Judge Chun granted the FTC's proposal to move the monopolisation trial to February 2027, MLex reported on the day of the order, 4 June 2025.https://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/#e4ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case-171c861c20Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000The public version, unsealed one week after the sealed order, showed that all of the FTC's claims would proceed, including those about Fulfillment by Amazon, the Buy Box and the Project Nessie pricing algorithm, while parts of some state claims were dismissed, GeekWire reported. Amazon said the court had to assume the complaint's facts were true at this stage and that its practices benefit competition.https://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/#e3ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case-2367c579edMon, 30 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000Judge Chun issued a sealed ruling granting Amazon's motion to dismiss only in part, Reuters and the Washington Post reported, both describing the ruling as issued on Monday in reports dated 1 and 2 October 2024. He also ordered that the case be tried in two parts, rejecting Amazon's request to hear liability and remedies evidence together, Reuters reported.https://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/#e2ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case-342eba794cThu, 01 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0000After a scheduling conference on 8 February 2024, Judge John Chun issued an order setting trial for 13 October 2026, The Register reported. Amazon's motion to dismiss, filed in December 2023, was still pending.https://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/#e1ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case-245b319436Tue, 26 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0000The FTC and 17 state attorneys general sued Amazon, alleging that it unlawfully maintained monopolies in an online superstore market and an online marketplace services market. They alleged that Amazon penalised sellers who offered lower prices elsewhere and tied Prime eligibility to use of its fulfilment service. The Commission vote was 3 to 0.https://howitunfolded.com/court-cases/ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case/#e0ftc-v-amazon-antitrust-case-4a3e747061Wed, 21 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000The FTC sued Amazon in the Western District of Washington under the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act. It alleged that Amazon used design tactics known as dark patterns to enrol consumers in Prime without consent and made cancelling difficult, the Associated Press reported.