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Amazon's 'massive price surveillance system,' anti-discounting conduct requires high deposition cap in monopoly suit, US FTC says

( February 16, 2024, 22:44 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The need to depose Amazon teams associated with its "massive price surveillance system," fulfillment services and alleged anti-discounting conduct at the center of antitrust litigation from the US Federal Trade Commission will require up to 135 fact depositions per side, or alternatively, 630 deposition hours per side, the FTC said in a brief filed in Washington federal court. The FTC also intends to depose Amazon employees associated with multiple algorithmic pricing systems, including Project Nessie, its "first-party anti-discounting algorithm" and a Buy Box eligibility algorithm known as "SC-FOD," the agency said. The FTC also said that it has reason to believe that Amazon will continue to make changes to its conduct throughout discovery in this case, all in the service of its exclusionary course of conduct.See document below....

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