Federal Trade Commission et al v. Amazon.com Inc, No. 2:2023cv01495 - Document 175 (W.D. Wash. 2024)
Court Description: ORDER granting Parties' 174 Stipulated MOTION for Scheduling Order on Amazon's Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint. Amazon's motion to dismiss the Complaint, Dkt. # 127 , is hereby deemed to be Amazon's motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint. Plaintiffs' opposition to Amazon's motion to dismiss the Complaint, Dkt. # 149 , is hereby deemed to be Plaintiffs' opposition to Amazon's motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint. Amazon's reply in support of its motion to dismiss the Complaint, to be filed no later than 3/22/2024, shall be deemed to be Amazon's reply in support of its motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint. Signed by Judge John H. Chun. (SB)
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Federal Trade Commission et al v. Amazon.com Inc Doc. 175 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 6 7 8 CASE NO.: 2:23-cv-01495-JHC 9 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, et al., 10 Plaintiffs, 11 12 v. STIPULATED MOTION AND SCHEDULING ORDER ON AMAZON’S MOTION TO DISMISS THE AMENDED COMPLAINT AMAZON.COM, INC., a corporation, 13 Defendant. NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: Monday, March 18, 2024 14 15 16 The parties, by and through their attorneys of record, respectfully request that the Court 17 enter the proposed order set forth below regarding the briefing schedule for Amazon’s motion to 18 dismiss Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint. 19 In support of this request, the parties represent the following to the Court: 20 1. On October 23, 2023, the Court issued an Order setting the following deadlines 21 for Amazon’s response to the Complaint and related briefing: 22 a. 23 24 Defendant’s answer or motion to dismiss (noted for March 22, 2024): December 8, 2023. STIPULATED MOTION AND SCHEDULING ORDER ON AMAZON’S MOTION TO DISMISS THE AMENDED COMPLAINT - 1 CASE NO. 2:23-cv-01495-JHC FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 (202) 326-2222 Dockets.Justia.com 1 b. Plaintiffs’ response to any motion to dismiss: February 6, 2024. 2 c. Defendant’s reply: March 22, 2024. Dkt. #78. 3 2. #127. 4 5 3. 4. On February 13, 2024, the Court issued a Case Scheduling Order setting March 14, 2024 as the deadline to join additional parties. Dkt. #159. 8 9 On February 6, 2024, Plaintiffs filed an opposition to Amazon’s motion to dismiss the Complaint. Dkt. #149. 6 7 On December 8, 2023, Amazon filed a motion to dismiss the Complaint. Dkt. 5. Pursuant to the Case Scheduling Order, Plaintiffs filed an Amended Complaint on 10 March 14, 2024, that joined as plaintiffs the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and 11 the State of Vermont. Dkt. #170. The only changes in the Amended Complaint 12 relate to this joinder. 13 6. Puerto Rico and Vermont are asserting the same claims against Amazon under 14 Section 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2, that were previously pleaded in 15 Plaintiffs’ initial Complaint by other Plaintiff States. Id., Counts V and VI. 16 Puerto Rico and Vermont are not asserting any new claims. 17 7. The parties stipulate as follows, subject to Court approval, and jointly request that 18 the Court enter the following Order approving this Stipulation: 19 a. be Amazon’s motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint. 20 21 Amazon’s motion to dismiss the Complaint, Dkt. #127, shall be deemed to b. Plaintiffs’ opposition to Amazon’s motion to dismiss the Complaint, Dkt. 22 #149, shall be deemed to be Plaintiffs’ opposition to Amazon’s motion to 23 dismiss the Amended Complaint. 24 STIPULATED MOTION AND SCHEDULING ORDER ON AMAZON’S MOTION TO DISMISS THE AMENDED COMPLAINT - 2 CASE NO. 2:23-cv-01495-JHC FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 (202) 326-2222 1 c. Amazon’s reply in support of its motion to dismiss the Complaint, to be 2 filed no later than March 22, 2024, shall be deemed to be Amazon’s reply 3 in support of its motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint. 4 d. The inclusion of two additional parties changes the paragraph numbering 5 from the original Complaint to the Amended Complaint. For ease of 6 reference, all citations to paragraphs of the Complaint in the memoranda 7 identified in paragraphs 7a to 7c, will be written as citations to the 8 applicable paragraphs in the original Complaint. 9 Stipulated to and respectfully submitted this 18th day of March, 2024, by s/ Edward H. Takashima SUSAN A. MUSSER (DC Bar # 1531486) EDWARD H. TAKASHIMA (DC Bar # 1001641) DANIELLE C. QUINN (NY Reg. # 5408943) KARA KING (DC BAR # 90004509) Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 Tel.: (202) 326-2122 (Musser) (202) 326-2464 (Takashima) Email: smusser@ftc.gov etakashima@ftc.gov dquinn@ftc.gov kking@ftc.gov 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Attorneys for Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STIPULATED MOTION AND SCHEDULING ORDER ON AMAZON’S MOTION TO DISMISS THE AMENDED COMPLAINT - 3 CASE NO. 2:23-cv-01495-JHC FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 (202) 326-2222 1 2 3 4 5 s/ Michael Jo Michael Jo (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Bureau New York State Office of the Attorney General 28 Liberty Street New York, NY 10005 Telephone: (212) 416-6537 Email: Michael.Jo@ag.ny.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of New York s/ Jennifer A. Thomson Jennifer A. Thomson (admitted pro hac vice) Senior Deputy Attorney General Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Strawberry Square, 14th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17120 Telephone: (717) 787-4530 Email: jthomson@attorneygeneral.gov Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Pennsylvania s/ Rahul A. Darwar Rahul A. Darwar (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of Connecticut 165 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06016 Telephone: (860) 808-5030 Email: Rahul.Darwar@ct.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of Connecticut s/ Michael A. Undorf Michael A. Undorf (admitted pro hac vice) Deputy Attorney General Delaware Department of Justice 820 N. French St., 5th Floor Wilmington, DE 19801 Telephone: (302) 683-8816 Email: michael.undorf@delaware.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of Delaware s/ Alexandra C. Sosnowski Alexandra C. Sosnowski (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau New Hampshire Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General One Granite Place South Concord, NH 03301 Telephone: (603) 271-2678 Email: Alexandra.c.sosnowski@doj.nh.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Hampshire s/ Christina M. Moylan Christina M. Moylan (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Chief, Consumer Protection Division Office of the Maine Attorney General 6 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0006 Telephone: (207) 626-8800 Email: christina.moylan@maine.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of Maine 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 s/ Caleb J. Smith Caleb J. Smith (admitted pro hac vice) 19 Assistant Attorney General Consumer Protection Unit 20 Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General 15 West 6th Street, Suite 1000 21 Tulsa, OK 74119 Telephone: (918) 581-2230 22 Email: caleb.smith@oag.ok.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of Oklahoma 23 24 STIPULATED MOTION AND SCHEDULING ORDER ON AMAZON’S MOTION TO DISMISS THE AMENDED COMPLAINT - 4 CASE NO. 2:23-cv-01495-JHC s/ Gary Honick Gary Honick (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Deputy Chief, Antitrust Division Office of the Maryland Attorney General 200 St. Paul Place Baltimore, MD 21202 Telephone: (410) 576-6474 Email: Ghonick@oag.state.md.us Counsel for Plaintiff State of Maryland FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 (202) 326-2222 1 2 3 4 5 s/ Michael Mackenzie Michael Mackenzie (admitted pro hac vice) Deputy Chief, Antitrust Division Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General One Ashburton Place, 18th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Telephone: (617) 963-2369 Email: michael.mackenzie@mass.gov Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Massachusetts 6 7 8 9 10 s/ Scott A. Mertens Scott A. Mertens (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Michigan Department of Attorney General 525 West Ottawa Street Lansing, MI 48933 Telephone: (517) 335-7622 Email: MertensS@michigan.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of Michigan 11 s/ Zach Biesanz Zach Biesanz (admitted pro hac vice) Senior Enforcement Counsel 13 Office of the Minnesota Attorney General 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400 14 Saint Paul, MN 55101 Telephone: (651) 757-1257 15 Email: zach.biesanz@ag.state.mn.us Counsel for Plaintiff State of Minnesota 16 s/ Lucas J. Tucker 17 Lucas J. Tucker (admitted pro hac vice) Senior Deputy Attorney General 18 Office of the Nevada Attorney General 100 N. Carson St. 19 Carson City, NV 89701 Telephone: (775) 684-1100 20 Email: LTucker@ag.nv.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of Nevada 21 12 22 s/ Ana Atta-Alla Ana Atta-Alla (admitted pro hac vice) Deputy Attorney General New Jersey Office of the Attorney General 124 Halsey Street, 5th Floor Newark, NJ 07101 Telephone: (973) 648-3070 Email: Ana.Atta-Alla@law.njoag.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Jersey s/ Jeffrey Herrera Jeffrey Herrera (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General New Mexico Office of the Attorney General 408 Galisteo St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 Telephone: (505) 490-4878 Email: jherrera@nmag.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Mexico s/ Timothy D. Smith Timothy D. Smith, WSBA No. 44583 Senior Assistant Attorney General Antitrust and False Claims Unit Oregon Department of Justice 100 SW Market St Portland, OR 97201 Telephone: (503) 934-4400 Email: tim.smith@doj.state.or.us Counsel for Plaintiff State of Oregon s/ Zulma Carrasquillo-Almena Zulma Carrasquillo (pro hac vice forthcoming) Assistant Attorney General Antitrust Division Puerto Rico Department of Justice P.O. Box 9020192 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901-0192 Telephone: (787) 721-2900 Email: zcarrasquillo@justicia.pr.gov Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 23 24 STIPULATED MOTION AND SCHEDULING ORDER ON AMAZON’S MOTION TO DISMISS THE AMENDED COMPLAINT - 5 CASE NO. 2:23-cv-01495-JHC FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 (202) 326-2222 1 2 3 4 5 s/ Stephen N. Provazza Stephen N. Provazza (admitted pro hac vice) Special Assistant Attorney General Chief, Consumer and Economic Justice Unit Department of the Attorney General 150 South Main Street Providence, RI 02903 Telephone: (401) 274-4400 Email: sprovazza@riag.ri.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of Rhode Island 6 7 8 9 10 s/ Sarah L. J. Aceves Sarah L. J. Aceves (pro hac vice forthcoming) Assistant Attorney General Vermont Attorney General’s Office 109 State Street Montpelier, VT 05609 Telephone: (802) 828-3170 Email: sarah.aceves@vermont.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of Vermont 11 12 13 14 15 s/ Gwendolyn J. Cooley Gwendolyn J. Cooley (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice Post Office Box 7857 Madison, WI 53707-7857 Telephone: (608) 261-5810 Email: cooleygj@doj.state.wi.us Counsel for Plaintiff State of Wisconsin 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STIPULATED MOTION AND SCHEDULING ORDER ON AMAZON’S MOTION TO DISMISS THE AMENDED COMPLAINT - 6 CASE NO. 2:23-cv-01495-JHC FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 (202) 326-2222 1 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 2 By: s/ Patty A. Eakes Patty A. Eakes, WSBA #18888 Molly A. Terwilliger, WSBA #28449 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2800 Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: (206) 274-6400 Email: patti.eakes@morganlewis.com molly.terwilliger@morganlewis.com 3 4 5 6 7 WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP 8 Heidi K. Hubbard (pro hac vice) John E. Schmidtlein (pro hac vice) Kevin M. Hodges (pro hac vice) Jonathan B. Pitt (pro hac vice) Carl R. Metz (pro hac vice) Carol J. Pruski (pro hac vice) Constance T. Forkner (pro hac vice) 680 Maine Avenue SW Washington, DC 20024 Phone: (202) 434-5000 Email: hhubbard@wc.com khodges@wc.com jpitt@wc.com cmetz@wc.com cpruski@wc.com cforkner@wc.com 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 18 Thomas O. Barnett (pro hac vice) One CityCenter 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001-4956 Phone: (202) 662-5407 Email: tbarnett@cov.com 19 20 21 Attorneys for Defendant Amazon.com, Inc. 22 23 24 STIPULATED MOTION AND SCHEDULING ORDER ON AMAZON’S MOTION TO DISMISS THE AMENDED COMPLAINT - 7 CASE NO. 2:23-cv-01495-JHC FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 (202) 326-2222 1 ORDER 2 IT IS SO ORDERED. 3 DATED this 18th day of March, 2024. 4 5 JOHN H. CHUN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STIPULATED MOTION AND SCHEDULING ORDER ON AMAZON’S MOTION TO DISMISS THE AMENDED COMPLAINT - 8 CASE NO. 2:23-cv-01495-JHC FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 (202) 326-2222
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