Amazon Offered to Settle California Antitrust Suit in 2022
- Company proposed resolution before state filed suit last year
- California AG said Amazon hasn’t sought to settle the case
Amazon.com Inc. offered to settle an antitrust investigation by the California attorney general’s office days before the state filed suit accusing the e-commerce giant over policies that allegedly lead to “artificially high prices” for consumers.
In a Sept. 13, 2022, letter to the office of California’s attorney general viewed by Bloomberg, Bryson Bachman, Amazon’s lead competition lawyer, wrote that the company was willing to change its seller notices and pricing policies to make clear that it doesn’t require price parity with other websites. The state didn’t respond to the offer made in a separate letter on Sept. 8, 2022, Bachman said.