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Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Amazon.com

United States District Court, Western District of Washington
Apr 26, 2024
2:23-cv-01495-JHC (W.D. Wash. Apr. 26, 2024)

Opinion

2:23-cv-01495-JHC

04-26-2024

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AMAZON.COM, INC., a corporation, Defendant.

SUSAN A. MUSSER (DC Bar # 1531486) EDWARD H. TAKASHIMA (DC Bar # 1001641) EMILY K. BOLLES (NY Reg. # 5408703) Federal Trade Commission Attorneys for Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission Michael Jo (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Bureau New York State Office of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of New York Rahul A. Darwar (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of Connecticut Counsel for Plaintiff State of Connecticut Alexandra C. Sosnowski (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau New Hampshire Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Hampshire s/ Caleb J. Smith Caleb J. Smith (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Consumer Protection Unit Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Oklahoma Timothy D. Smith, WSBA No. 44583 Senior Assistant Attorney General Antitrust and False Claims Unit Oregon Department of Justice Counsel for Plaintiff State of Oregon Jennifer A. Thomson (admitted pro hac vice) Senior Deputy Attorney General Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Michael A. Undorf (admitted pro hac vice) Deputy Attorney General Delaware Department of Justice Counsel for Plaintiff State of Delaware Christina M. Moylan (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Chief, Consumer Protection Division Office of the Maine Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Maine Gary Honick (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Deputy Chief, Antitrust Division Office of the Maryland Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Maryland Michael Mackenzie (admitted pro hac vice) Deputy Chief, Antitrust Division Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Massachusetts Scott A. Mertens (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Michigan Department of Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Michigan Zach Biesanz (admitted pro hac vice) Senior Enforcement Counsel Office of the Minnesota Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Minnesota Lucas J. Tucker (admitted pro hac vice) Senior Deputy Attorney General Office of the Nevada Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Nevada Ana Atta-Alla (admitted pro hac vice) Deputy Attorney General New Jersey Office of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Jersey Jeffrey Herrera (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General New Mexico Office of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Mexico Zulma Carrasquillo (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Antitrust Division Puerto Rico Department of Justice Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Stephen N. Provazza (admitted pro hac vice) Special Assistant Attorney General Chief, Consumer and Economic Justice Unit Department of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Rhode Island Sarah L. J. Aceves (admittedpro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Vermont Gwendolyn J. Cooley (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice Counsel for Plaintiff State of Wisconsin MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP Patty A. Eakes, WSBA #18888 Molly A. Terwilliger, WSBA #28449, WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP Heidi K. Hubbard (pro hac vice) John E. Schmidtlein (pro hac vice) Kevin M. Hodges (pro hac vice) Jonathan B. Pitt (pro hac vice) Carl R. Metz (pro hac vice) Carol J. Pruski (pro hac vice) Constance T. Forkner (pro hac vice), COVINGTON & BURLING LLP Thomas O. Barnett (pro hac vice) Attorneys for Defendant Amazon.com, Inc.


NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: April 26, 2024

SUSAN A. MUSSER (DC Bar # 1531486) EDWARD H. TAKASHIMA (DC Bar # 1001641) EMILY K. BOLLES (NY Reg. # 5408703) Federal Trade Commission Attorneys for Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission

Michael Jo (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Bureau New York State Office of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of New York

Rahul A. Darwar (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of Connecticut Counsel for Plaintiff State of Connecticut

Alexandra C. Sosnowski (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau New Hampshire Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Hampshire s/ Caleb J. Smith

Caleb J. Smith (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Consumer Protection Unit Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Oklahoma

Timothy D. Smith, WSBA No. 44583 Senior Assistant Attorney General Antitrust and False Claims Unit Oregon Department of Justice Counsel for Plaintiff State of Oregon

Jennifer A. Thomson (admitted pro hac vice) Senior Deputy Attorney General Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Michael A. Undorf (admitted pro hac vice) Deputy Attorney General Delaware Department of Justice Counsel for Plaintiff State of Delaware

Christina M. Moylan (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Chief, Consumer Protection Division Office of the Maine Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Maine

Gary Honick (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Deputy Chief, Antitrust Division Office of the Maryland Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Maryland

Michael Mackenzie (admitted pro hac vice) Deputy Chief, Antitrust Division Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Scott A. Mertens (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Michigan Department of Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Michigan

Zach Biesanz (admitted pro hac vice) Senior Enforcement Counsel Office of the Minnesota Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Minnesota

Lucas J. Tucker (admitted pro hac vice) Senior Deputy Attorney General Office of the Nevada Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Nevada

Ana Atta-Alla (admitted pro hac vice) Deputy Attorney General New Jersey Office of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Jersey

Jeffrey Herrera (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General New Mexico Office of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Mexico

Zulma Carrasquillo (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Antitrust Division Puerto Rico Department of Justice Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Stephen N. Provazza (admitted pro hac vice) Special Assistant Attorney General Chief, Consumer and Economic Justice Unit Department of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Rhode Island

Sarah L. J. Aceves (admittedpro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Vermont

Gwendolyn J. Cooley (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice Counsel for Plaintiff State of Wisconsin

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP Patty A. Eakes, WSBA #18888 Molly A. Terwilliger, WSBA #28449, WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP Heidi K. Hubbard (pro hac vice) John E. Schmidtlein (pro hac vice) Kevin M. Hodges (pro hac vice) Jonathan B. Pitt (pro hac vice) Carl R. Metz (pro hac vice) Carol J. Pruski (pro hac vice) Constance T. Forkner (pro hac vice), COVINGTON & BURLING LLP Thomas O. Barnett (pro hac vice) Attorneys for Defendant Amazon.com, Inc.

STIPULATED MOTION AND SCHEDULING ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS RELATED TO SPOLIATION AND PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO SEAL

JOHN H. CHUN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

The parties, by and through their attorneys of record, respectfully request that the Court enter the proposed scheduling order set forth below regarding the briefing schedule for Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Production of Documents Related to Spoliation (“Motion to Compel”) (Dkt. #198) and Plaintiffs' related Motion to Seal (Dkt. #199).

1. The parties stipulate as follows, subject to Court approval, and jointly request that the Court enter the following Order approving this Stipulation:

a. Amazon shall file any opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel no later than May 13, 2024.
b. Amazon shall file any response to Plaintiffs' Motion to Seal (including any submission required by Local Civil Rule 5(g)(3)(B)) no later than May 13, 2024.
c. Plaintiffs shall file any reply in support of their Motion to Compel no later than May 23, 2024.
d. Plaintiffs shall file any reply regarding their Motion to Seal no later than May 23, 2024.
e. The noting date for Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel and Plaintiffs' Motion to Seal is May 23, 2204.

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. The Court DIRECTS the Clerk to re-note Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel (Dkt. # 198) and Plaintiffs' Motion to Seal (Dkt. # 199) for May 23, 2024.


Summaries of

Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Amazon.com

United States District Court, Western District of Washington
Apr 26, 2024
2:23-cv-01495-JHC (W.D. Wash. Apr. 26, 2024)
Case details for

Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Amazon.com

Case Details

Full title:FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AMAZON.COM, INC., a…

Court:United States District Court, Western District of Washington

Date published: Apr 26, 2024

Citations

2:23-cv-01495-JHC (W.D. Wash. Apr. 26, 2024)