Motions to Dismiss FTC’s Amended Amazon Prime Lawsuit Are Due Oct. 18, Says Order

The four defendants in the FTC’s lawsuit against fraud in the Amazon Prime subscription program plan to file two motions to dismiss under Federal Rules for Civil Procedure 12(b), said a stipulation and order, signed Friday (docket 2:23-cv-00932) by U.S. District Judge John Chun for Western Washington in Seattle, setting the briefing schedule on the motions to dismiss. One of the motions to dismiss will be filed on behalf of Amazon, the other on behalf of the three executives newly named in the commission’s Sept. 20 amended complaint (see [Ref:2309200069[), said Chun’s order. It adopts the briefing schedule proposed by the parties in their stipulation. The defendants will have until Oct. 18 to answer or otherwise respond to the amended complaint, with the FTC’s opposition to any motions to dismiss due by Nov. 17, said the order. The defendants’ replies in support of any motions to dismiss will be due Dec. 8, it said.