Amazon Loses Bid to Toss Consumer Antitrust Lawsuit

Amazon Loses Bid to Toss Consumer Antitrust Lawsuit
The logo of Amazon at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, on Jan. 5, 2023. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters
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Amazon.com Inc. must face consumer claims that its pricing practices artificially drove up the cost of goods sold by other retailers in violation of U.S. antitrust law, a federal judge has ruled.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Richard Jones in Seattle on Friday came in a prospective antitrust class action that has estimated damages of between $55 billion to $172 billion.