US judge dismisses a DC AG lawsuit against Amazon, which claimed that the company maintained a monopoly by locking wholesalers into anti-competitive agreements
The attorney general for the District of Columbia said Amazon made merchants on its site sell at the lowest price they charged on the web …
DC AG Karl Racine files an amended antitrust complaint against Amazon, arguing it maintains a monopoly by locking wholesalers into anti-competitive agreements
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As part of a previously undisclosed probe, DC AG subpoenas Facebook for docs on its handling of COVID misinfo, including an internal study on vaccine hesitancy
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Amazon says it will acquire MGM Studios for $8.45B, its second-largest acquisition since it paid $13.7B for Whole Foods in 2017
they are laser-focused on expanding and entrenching their monopoly power. That's bad for workers, consumers, and small businesses. Josh Hawley / @hawleymo : This sale should not go through. @amazon is...
DC attorney general sues Amazon on antitrust grounds, claiming the company's practices have unfairly raised prices for consumers and suppressed innovation
starting around 11 min in — from our Land of the Giants podcast about Amazon in 2019. In it, Amazon seller @Molson_Hart lays out the “price-parity” issue 2 years ahead of time: https://podcasts.google...
DC AG says DoorDash settled over claims it misled users over allocating driver tips, will pay $2.5M, and ensure earned tips don't reduce base pay
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Court filing by DC AG: Facebook knew about Cambridge Analytica data misuse months before it was first reported; Facebook says it did not mislead about timeline
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Court filing by DC AG: Facebook knew about Cambridge Analytica data misuse months before it was first reported; Facebook says it did not mislead about timeline
Company confirms suspicions of separate incident following Washington DC attorney general court filing