Black Friday is prime time for low prices, and Amazon usually takes a starring role.
At the heart of the arguments is Amazon’s dominance of your online shopping.
Beyond these costs, sellers must share a cut of their sales with Amazon when customers buy the products.
But sellers won’t risk Amazon’s penalty.
Bonta said that practice violates California’s antitrust laws.
Karl Racine, the District of Columbia’s AG, also sued Amazon with a similar argument.
A judge dismissed that case, and Racine’s officeappealed the dismissalin August.
The California suit is just getting underway in state court.
Amazon can kick sellers off its marketplace for a variety of reasons, many of them legitimate.
For example, it removes sellers Amazon findsviolating its policiesor when it uncovers listings for counterfeit products.
This is something Amazon could potentially claim it was doing with Apple in this case.
Apple and attorneys at Hagens Berman didn’t respond to a request for comment.
“Apple has fairly tight control over how and where its products are distributed,” Saunders said.
“It doesn’t sell to any random person who wants to sell them on Amazon.”
The case is in its early days and it will likely be months before a judge weighs in.
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