Amazon Seeks to Revive Claims Over Real-Estate Kickback Scheme

Amazon.com Inc. has appealed a ruling rejecting most of its claims against two former employees and others over an alleged kickback scheme involving hundreds of millions of dollars worth of real estate in Northern Virginia.

Amazon’s opening brief, filed in the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday, says the district court misapplied the law when it granted summary judgment in April in favor of the defendants on six of eight counts.

The tech giant says that it has “overwhelming evidence” that two former real estate managers, defendants Carleton Nelson and Casey Kirschner, received millions of dollars ...