Judge Rejects Amazon's Effort to Dismiss FTC's Antitrust Suit

A federal judge has ruled that the Federal Trade Commission can proceed with its case that Amazon operates as an illegal monopoly, handing agency chair Lina Khan a preliminary win in her legal campaign to rein in the power of Big Tech companies. In a sealed order, U.S. District Judge John Chun delivered a blow to Amazon’s months-long efforts to have the agency’s landmark case dismissed, according to two people familiar with the ruling, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the nonpublic document.