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FTC settles with Amazon for a whopping $2.5 billion over alleged deceptive practices: 'A record-breaking, monumental win for the millions of Americans who are tired of deceptive subscriptions that feel impossible to cancel'

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PC Gamer

Refunds Going Out in $2.5 Billion Amazon Prime Settlement: Are You Getting a Check?

Amazon agreed to a historic $2.5 billion settlement over its Amazon Prime memberships. Find out if you're eligible for a refund and how to claim it.

Kiplinger

Amazon Hit With Largest-Ever FTC Civil Penalty in Prime Case

Amazon agrees to a record $2.5 billion FTC settlement over deceptive Prime sign-ups and cancellations.

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Amazon pays settlement over allegations it duped customers into Prime

Amazon said it was confident it would the win case but that it chose to resolve it quickly instead of going through potentially years of trial and appeals.

Euronews

FTC Amazon Prime Lawsuit Settlement: Amount, the Reason for Lawsuit, and How It Will Affect Amazon Customers

FTC secures $2.5B Amazon Prime settlement over deceptive practices, with refunds and new rules for millions of U.S. customers.

International Business Times UK

How to get a refund from the Amazon Prime FTC settlement

Amazon.com will pay $2.5 billion in penalties and refunds to settle its suit with the FTC.

Axios

Why Amazon’s $2.5 billion Prime settlement with the FTC is actually a giant win for the company

The surprise settlement between the online retail giant and the Trump administration happened just a few days into the trial over one of Amazon’s most important businesses. Amazon is paying a steep price—and taking a big win.

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Amazon To Pay $2.5 Bn To Settle Prime Enrollment Case

Amazon agreed Thursday to pay $2.5 billion to settle allegations from a US regulator that it used deceptive practices to enroll consumers in Amazon Prime and made it difficult to cancel subscriptions.

International Business Times

Amazon Will Pay $2.5 Billion In FTC Lawsuit —One Of The Largest Settlements In History

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has agreed to a $2.5 billion settlement over accusations that it misled millions into joining its Prime subscription and then made canceling difficult.

Benzinga

Amazon settles Prime lawsuit with FTC for $2.5 billion — here's how much subscribers will get

Amazon will settle a lawsuit with the FTC with a payment of $2.5 billion over "deceptive" Prime practices.

Tom’s Guide

Amazon to pay $2.5 billion, one of the largest FTC settlements in history, to mitigate claims it tricked millions of people into signing up for Prime

The FTC said Amazon used “dark patterns” to trick consumers into auto-renewals, then created a complex cancellation process internally dubbed “Iliad” after the Trojan War.

Fortune

Get up to $51 from Amazon by joining the $2.5 billion settlement. Here’s how

FTC called settlement affecting Prime users ‘historic’

The Independent UK

Amazon to pay $2.5bn to settle FTC lawsuit over Prime ‘subscription traps’

US regulator said company enrolled millions of customers into service without consent and made it difficult to cancel

The Guardian - US

Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations it duped customers into enrolling in Prime

Amazon reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission which said the online giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships, and made it difficult to cancel after they did so

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Kiplinger

How to Cancel Amazon Prime (Even If It Looks Like You Can't)

Tired of Amazon Prime? Canceling it might not be as straightforward as you think. Here's what you need to know.

Reason

SCOTUS Is Now Poised To Overrule Humphrey's Executor, a 1935 Precedent Limiting Presidential Power

The Supreme Court will soon review the president’s authority to fire “independent” agency heads.

Tom’s Guide

FTC is suing Amazon for making Prime Subscriptions tough to cancel — here's that could mean for you

A lawsuit against Amazon by the FTC moves forward with claims that Amazon tricks people into Prime subscriptions.

Barchart

This Stock Made Taylor Swift Fans Its Enemies. Now the FTC Is Taking Aim.

From Swiftie outrage to a regulatory crackdown, Live Nation now finds itself center stage for all the wrong reasons.

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Benzinga

Amazon's FTC Trial Over Alleged 'Dark Patterns' Of Prime Subscription Cancellation Practices Kicks Off

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated its legal battle against Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) over the company’s Prime subscription cancellation practices.

The Independent UK

A jury will look at whether Amazon tricked customers into joining Prime -- and made it hard to leave

A federal trial beginning in Amazon’s hometown this week is set to examine whether the online retailing giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime service and made it difficult to cancel after they did so

Fortune

Amazon's famed 'Customer Obsession' credo is on trial in a federal courtroom this week

On Monday, a federal judge will begin hearing the FTC's case alleging Amazon tricked people into signing up for Prime and made it too hard to cancel.

International Business Times

Amazon Faces US Trial Over Alleged Prime Subscription Tricks

Amazon goes to trial on Monday in a US government lawsuit that accuses the e-commerce giant of using tricks to enroll millions of customers in its Prime subscription service and then making it nearly impossible to cancel.

MusicRadar

“Live entertainment should be accessible to all of us. It should not cost an arm and a leg to attend your favourite musician’s show”: US trade body sues Ticketmaster, alleging underhand tactics to inflate secondary market prices

US consumers could have been swindled out of billions

Benzinga

Fans Paid Billions More — Now Ticketmaster Faces A Monumental FTC Lawsuit

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), joined by seven states, on Thursday filed suit against Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:LYV) and its subsidiary Ticketmaster, accusing the companies of facilitating illegal ticket brokering and deceiving consumers with hidden fees and resale practices.

The Independent UK

FTC sues Ticketmaster, saying it forces fans to pay more for concerts and events

The Federal Trade Commission and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general sued Ticketmaster and its parent company Thursday, saying they are forcing consumers to pay more to see live events through a variety of illegal tactics

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