Amazon Claims FTC Can’t Bring Suit Without Administrative Action

Amazon.com Inc. is claiming the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against it directly violates the agency’s legal authority, as the e-commerce giant makes its latest effort to kill the commission’s landmark case.

In a motion filed late Dec. 6, Amazon argued the FTC doesn’t have the authority to seek injunctive relief in federal court without a corresponding case in administrative court, as it did with its action filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington.

The company is asking the court to enter judgment for Amazon on all of the FTC’s claims. It also indicated it ...