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On August 31, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), joined by the attorneys general of 22 states, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington alleging that Amazon.com, Inc. overcharged its approximately 1.2 million advertising customers by manipulating the auctions it uses to set ad prices on its platform. The complaint alleges that, for more than seven years, Amazon covertly inflated advertising prices and that the alleged practice likely extracted more than $20 billion from its advertising customers. Amazon has not responded to the complaint yet, and the allegations have not been proven in court.
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
On September 1, the New Jersey AG and Division of Consumer Affairs announced that Match Group, Inc. (MGI), the Texas-based operator of several major online dating platforms, will pay $650,000 and implement changes to its business practices to settle allegations that it violated New Jersey’s consumer protection and internet dating safety laws.
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