FTC asks to delay Amazon Prime case due after – Business News
The Federal Trade Commission requested a federal court docket in Seattle to delay a September trial in its case alleging Amazon misled customers over its Prime subscription service, citing “severe resource shortfalls in terms of both money and personnel,” on Wednesday.
Jonathan Cohen, an legal professional for the FTC, instructed US District Judge John Chun during a listening to that the company is going through a “dire resource situation” amid price chopping measures enacted beneath President Donald Trump’s administration.
“We have lost employees in the agency, in our division and on our case team,” Cohen stated.
The FTC lawsuit alleged Amazon misled customers over its Prime subscription service. Sundry Photography – stock.adobe.com
Some staff on the case took a resignation offer despatched out in January, and others resigned for different causes, or are scheduled to be on depart during the trial, and their positions can’t be stuffed due to a hiring freeze, Cohen stated.
Cohen additionally cited new spending restrictions limiting FTC attorneys to buying transcripts of court docket proceedings and depositions on the slowest supply schedule, which carries the most affordable fee however can take weeks to arrive.
The decide requested the FTC to put in writing its request to delay the trial to later within the fall.
