The District of Columbia sued Amazon on Tuesday, accusing the tech giant of behaving anti-competitively with sellers on its platform and thereby raising prices for consumers and stifling innovation.
Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine filed an antitrust suit against Amazon Tuesday, claiming that its terms and conditions prohibit third-party sellers from offering their products on other platforms for lower prices, which keeps prices inflated across the online marketplace.
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