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High-stakes Amazon trial against US FTC could set precedent for subscriptions

By Mike Swift ( September 18, 2025, 23:58 GMT | Comment) -- With a four-week trial over Amazon’s subscription practices over Prime due to begin with jury selection Monday in Seattle, the e-commerce giant will begin the trial on its back foot after a federal judge late Wednesday granted summary judgement to the US FTC on one of its three ROSCA claims, and found that two of the three accused senior Amazon executives are personally liable for ROSCA violations. Amazon is expected to counter during that trial that neither it nor its executives did anything wrong, that the company offers “multiple simple methods” to stop recurring Prime charges, and that the FTC is improperly trying to twist ROSCA to apply to alleged "dark patterns" web designs.With a four-week trial over the US Federal Trade Commission’s claims against Amazon’s subscription practices over Prime due to begin Monday in Seattle, Amazon will begin the trial on its back foot after a federal judge handed the FTC a win on summary judgment late Wednesday....

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