FTC attorneys asked a Seattle judge to delay the start of a trial over its Amazon Prime "dark patterns" case. The agency cited staffing and budget constraints as factors for why the trial should be ...

A lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission says the agency needs to seek a trial delay in a case against Amazon due to staffing and budgetary challenges.

The US Federal Trade Commission quickly walked back comments that resource constraints at the agency will hamper its ability to start a trial in September challenging Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime ...

The FTC accused Amazon in 2023 of using “deceptive user-interface designs known as ‘dark patterns’ to trick consumers into enrolling in automatically renewing Prime subscriptions.” ...

A lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission has walked back his comments about a lack of resources and staff turnover interfering with the agency’s preparations for a trial involving Amazon’s Prime ...

Former Federal Trade Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya didn't outright say his critical comments about working conditions at the ...

The agency blamed recent staffing and budget constraints. The agency blamed recent staffing and budget constraints. Lauren Feiner is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the ...

The Federal Trade Commission doesn’t have any staffing issues that will impact its ability to face Amazon in trial after all, an attorney for the government said in a filing to a federal court ...

What this means for the FTC’s ability to carry out enforcement of consumer protection laws is also left questionable. What we see out of the case against Amazon Prime could be a benchmark for ...

Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more. The U.S. District Courthouse in downtown Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo) Amazon and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission will get a chance to educate ...

The Federal Trade Commission asked a judge in Seattle to delay the start of its trial accusing Amazon of duping consumers into signing up for its Prime program, citing resource constraints.

The Federal Trade Commission has walked back comments that a lack of resources is interfering with the agency’s ability to be ready for a September trial over Amazon’s Prime program.