Amazon Jury Trial Over FTC’s Prime Cancellation Claims Opens
FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson Photographer: Allison Robbert/Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc. squared off in court against the Federal Trade Commission over allegations that the company duped customers into signing up for the Prime subscription service and then made it too hard to cancel. At a four-week trial that kicked off this week in Seattle federal court, a nine-person jury will decide whether Amazon broke consumer protection laws — potentially exposing the company to billions of dollars in penalties and refund ...