Amazon Antitrust Lawsuit in D.C. Dismissed by Judge
Packages move down a conveyor belt at an Amazon.com fulfillment center.
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A Superior Court judge dismissed Washington, D.C.’s lawsuit accusing Amazon.com Inc. of anticompetitive behavior, saying there wasn’t evidence supporting the claim that the e-commerce giant inflated prices for consumers.
Attorney General Karl Racine sued Amazon last year, alleging it encourages higher-than-necessary consumer prices through policies that guarantee the tech giant a minimum profit on each item sold, while discouraging the site’s merchants from offering their products at lower prices elsewhere.