August 27, 2024
An appeals court in Washington, D.C. revived the district’s lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc on Thursday, saying it plausibly claimed the online retailer’s pricing policies illegally stifle competition. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals reversed a ruling that had dismissed …
July 31, 2024
Amazon.com is responsible for hazardous products sold by third-party sellers on its platform under the federal safety law and bears legal responsibility for their recall, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday. The CPSC said it has issued …
July 16, 2024
If Alphabet’s Google is successful in its effort to buy cloud security company Wiz, it would bolster its cloud security offerings for large organizations, a hotspot for hackers, and help it take on cloud rivals Amazon.com and Microsoft, experts said. …
February 12, 2024
Amazon.com Inc. allegedly retaliated against three female employees — including firing one and placing another on a performance plan — after they sued the company for discrimination, the plaintiffs said in new court papers. In an amended complaint filed Friday, …
February 9, 2024
Amazon.com AMZN.O was sued in a proposed U.S. class action accusing the online retailer of violating a consumer protection law by steering hundreds of millions of shoppers to higher-priced items in order to earn extra fees. According to a complaint …
January 19, 2023
NEW YORK –– A U.S. government agency on Wednesday issued citations against Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O for failing to keep warehouse workers safe, by exposing them to ergonomic hazards that resulted in serious injuries. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and …
October 18, 2022
Amazon.com Inc. must face a claim that it failed to protect New York City warehouse workers and their families from COVID-19, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday while dismissing the bulk of the workers’ 2020 lawsuit. The 2nd U.S. …
July 12, 2022
NEW YORK — Amazon worker Gerald Bryson had hand-counted thousands of items in his warehouse’s inventory over three days when his manager showed him a “Supportive Feedback Document.” Bryson had made 22 errors, the 2018 write-up said, including tallying 19 …
June 17, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court has left intact a ruling that allows customers to sue Amazon.com for failing to warn buyers that some products it sells may contain hazardous substances such as mercury. The court in its …
May 18, 2022
NEW YORK –– The New York State Division of Human Rights has filed a complaint against Amazon.com Inc. accusing the online retailer of discriminating against pregnant and disabled workers at its worksites, Governor Kathy Hochul said on Wednesday. Amazon was …