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Amazon improperly asserted privilege claims in US antitrust suit, judge says

( March 25, 2025, 16:10 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex summary: Amazon improperly designated operational, business and strategic documents as attorney-client communications or attorney-work product, according to a Washington federal judge overseeing class-action antitrust litigation. “For many of these communications, in-house attorneys are simply copied on emails,” US District Judge John Chun said in an order filed in the Western District of Washington requiring Amazon to hand over to the plaintiffs 54 out of 85 documents reviewed in camera. “Even where an in-house attorney actively takes part in a conversation, most of the communications involve public relations matters, technical/operational issues, strategic goals for the company, customer expectations, or regulatory demands, not requests for or the provision of legal advice.”See attached document....

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