Amazon Investigated For E-Book Antitrust Violations

Oh how the tables have turned for retail giant Amazon.com. Three years ago, Amazon pushed for an antitrust investigation of Apple for e-book price fixing. Now, however, regulators in the European Union have opened an e-book anti-trust investigation into Amazon.

On June 11, 2015 the European Commission announced that it was formally investigating Amazon’s business practices related to its e-book business. Of particular focus are Amazon’s contracts with European publishers. Under the terms of those agreements, publishers are required to inform Amazon if the publishers …

July 10, 2012 Fraud

Federal Judge Cuts Down Actress’s Claims in Suit Against Amazon, IMDb for Posting Her Age Online

U.S. District Judge Marsha J. Pechman released an order on July 2, 2012 granting a joint motion by IMDb.com Inc. and parent company Amazon.com Inc. to dismiss actress Junie Hoang’s claims that IMDb’s and Amazon’s privacy notices were fraudulent.

40-year old Hoang brought a breach of contract and privacy suit against IMDb and Amazon in October for finding and publishing her true age online. Hoang claimed that after she signed up for an IMDbPro account, her legal date of birth was added to her public …