Amazon.com Antitrust Suit Revival Sought by DC AG Karl Racine (1)

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine filed a notice of appeal in his antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc., five months after a judge dismissed the case.

Racine initially filed the suit in 2021 in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, accusing the e-commerce giant of using its dominance in online retail to craft stringent contracts and maintain artificially high prices for consumers and sellers.

“We’re filing an appeal in our antitrust lawsuit against Amazon because consumers deserve a fair online marketplace that promotes competition, innovation, & choice-- not one that’s rigged to line a single company’s pockets,” ...