Federal Trade Commission et al v. Amazon.com Inc

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ORDER granting Parties' 430 Stipulated MOTION to Seal Portions of the Parties' LCR 37 Joint Submission and Certain Exhibits. Signed by Judge John H. Chun. (MJV)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
AMAZON.COM, INC., a corporation,

Case No. 2:23-cv-01495-JHC
STIPULATED MOTION AND
ORDER TO SEAL PORTIONS OF
THE PARTIES’ LCR 37 JOINT
SUBMISSION AND CERTAIN
EXHIBITS

Defendant.

The parties, by and through their attorneys of record, respectfully request that the Court
enter the proposed order set forth below, permanently sealing portions of the parties’ LCR 37 Joint
Submission, ECF Nos. 419 (redacted submission), 421 (sealed submission), and accompanying
exhibits, ECF No. 422 (sealed exhibits).
In support of this request, the parties represent the following to the Court:
1. On February 20, 2025, this Court entered an Order Regarding Sealing Issues,
ECF No. 418, permitting the parties to utilize a sealing procedure set forth in the
Court’s October 28, 2024 Order, ECF No. 320, for their LCR 37 Joint Submission filed

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on February 20, 2025, ECF No. 419.

The October 28, 2024 Order provides a

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mechanism by which the parties may provisionally submit documents under seal

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followed by a later omnibus motion to seal.

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2. On February 20, 2025, Amazon provisionally filed under seal portions of the LCR 37

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Joint Submission, ECF No. 419 (redacted submission), and five company business

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documents, ECF No. 422 (sealed Exhibits 3-7).

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3. Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 5(g)(3)(A), undersigned counsel certify that they met and

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conferred to reach the agreement described in this Stipulated Motion. The following

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attorneys, among others, conferred by phone and email on February 27, 2025, March 3,

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2025, and March 4, 2025: Michael Baker and Shira Steinberg for the FTC; and Kristen

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DeWilde and Katherine Trefz for Amazon.

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4. Amazon is filing a public version of the LCR 37 Joint Submission redacting only

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identifying names and titles of Amazon employees. This information reflects sensitive,

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identifying information in a non-dispositive motion. See Benshoof v. Ferguson, 2024

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WL 5074945, at *1 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 10, 2024) (Chun, J.) (granting motion to seal

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personal address which was unrelated to the merits of the case); Gnassi v. del Toro,

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2022 WL 3867376, at *3 (W.D. Wash. Aug. 30, 2022) (Chun, J.) (granting motion to

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seal third-party names to protect their privacy interests).

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5. The five sealed exhibits accompanying the LCR 37 Joint Submission, ECF No. 422,

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consist of Amazon business documents produced in this litigation and designated under

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the February 13, 2024 Protective Order in this case, ECF No. 160, and contain

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confidential business information and sensitive, identifying information unnecessary to

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the Court’s determination of the parties’ LCR 37 Joint Submission.

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6. The parties stipulate as follows, subject to Court approval, and jointly request that the
Court enter the following Order approving this Stipulation:
a. only the highlighted portions in the redacted LCR 37 Joint Submission
reflecting identifying names and titles will remain sealed; and
b. the five Amazon company business documents attached as exhibits to the
LCR 37 Joint Submission, ECF No. 422, will remain sealed.

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Stipulated to and respectfully submitted this 6th day of March, 2025.
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

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By: s/ Molly A. Terwilliger
Patty A. Eakes, WSBA #18888
Molly A. Terwilliger, WSBA #28449
1301 Second Avenue, Suite 3000
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]

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WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP

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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)
Katherine Trefz (pro hac vice)
680 Maine Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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COVINGTON & BURLING LLP

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Thomas O. Barnett (pro hac vice)
Katherine Mitchell-Tombras (pro hac vice)
One CityCenter
850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-4956
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendant Amazon.com, Inc.

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s/ Edward H. Takashima
SUSAN A. MUSSER (DC Bar # 1531486)
EDWARD H. TAKASHIMA (DC Bar # 1001641)
MICHAEL BAKER (DC Bar # 1044327)
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20580
Tel.: [phone] (Musser)
[phone] (Takashima)
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission

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1 s/ Michael Jo
Michael Jo (admitted pro hac vice)
2 Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Bureau
New York State Office of the Attorney
3 General
28 Liberty Street
4 New York, NY 10005
Telephone: [phone]
5 Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Plaintiff State of New York
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s/ Victoria Field
7 Victoria Field (admitted pro hac vice)
Assistant Attorney General
8 Office of the Attorney General of
Connecticut
9 165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06016
10 Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
11 Counsel for Plaintiff State of Connecticut

s/ Timothy D. Smith
Timothy D. Smith, WSBA No. 44583
Attorney-in-Charge
Antitrust, False Claims, & Privacy Section
Oregon Department of Justice
100 SW Market St
Portland, OR 97201
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Plaintiff State of Oregon

12 s/ Alexandra C. Sosnowski
Alexandra C. Sosnowski (admitted pro hac
13 vice)
Assistant Attorney General
14 Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau
New Hampshire Department of Justice
15 Office of the Attorney General
One Granite Place South
16 Concord, NH 03301
Telephone: [phone]
17 Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Hampshire
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s/ Robert J. Carlson
19 Robert J. Carlson (admitted pro hac vice)
Assistant Attorney General
20 Consumer Protection Unit
Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General
21 15 West 6th Street, Suite 1000
Tulsa, OK 74119
22 Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
23 Counsel for Plaintiff State of Oklahoma

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: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Plaintiff State of Delaware

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: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania

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: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Plaintiff State of Maine

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1 s/ Schonette Walker
Schonette Walker (admitted pro hac vice)
2 Assistant Attorney General
Chief, Antitrust Division
3 Office of the Maryland Attorney General
200 St. Paul Place
4 Baltimore, MD 21202
Telephone: [phone]
5 Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Plaintiff State of Maryland
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s/ Katherine W. Krems
7 Katherine W. Krems (admitted pro hac vice)
Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust
8 Division
Office of the Massachusetts Attorney
9 General
One Ashburton Place, 18th Floor
10 Boston, MA 02108
Telephone: [phone]
11 Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of
12 Massachusetts
13 s/ Scott A. Mertens
Scott A. Mertens (admitted pro hac vice)
14 Assistant Attorney General
Michigan Department of Attorney General
15 525 West Ottawa Street
Lansing, MI 48933
16 Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
17 Counsel for Plaintiff State of Michigan
18 s/ Zach Biesanz
Zach Biesanz (admitted pro hac vice)
19 Senior Enforcement Counsel
Office of the Minnesota Attorney General
20 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400
Saint Paul, MN 55101
21 Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
22 Counsel for Plaintiff State of Minnesota

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s/ Lucas J. Tucker
Lucas J. Tucker (admitted pro hac vice)
Senior Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Nevada Attorney General
100 N. Carson St.
Carson City, NV 89701
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Plaintiff State of Nevada
s/ Andrew Esoldi
Andrew Esoldi (admitted pro hac vice)
Deputy Attorney General
New Jersey Office of the Attorney General
124 Halsey Street, 5th Floor
Newark, NJ 07101
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
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: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Mexico
s/ Zulma Carrasquillo Almena
Zulma Carrasquillo Almena (admitted pro
hac vice)
Puerto Rico Department of Justice
P.O. Box 9020192
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902-0192
Telephone: [phone], Ext. 1211
Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico

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s/ Stephen N. Provazza
2 Stephen N. Provazza (admitted pro hac vice)
Special Assistant Attorney General
3 Chief, Consumer and Economic Justice Unit
Department of the Attorney General
4 150 South Main Street
Providence, RI 02903
5 Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
6 Counsel for Plaintiff State of Rhode Island
7 s/ Sarah L.J. Aceves
Sarah L.J. Aceves (admitted pro hac vice)
8 Assistant Attorney General
Public Protection Division
9 Vermont Attorney General’s Office
109 State Street
10 Montpelier, VT 05609
Telephone: [phone]
11 Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Plaintiff State of Vermont
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s/ Caitlin M. Madden
13 Caitlin M. Madden (admitted pro hac vice)
Assistant Attorney General
14 Wisconsin Department of Justice
Post Office Box 7857
15 Madison, WI 53707-7857
Telephone: [phone]
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Counsel for Plaintiff State of Wisconsin
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ORDER
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED this 6th day of March, 2025.

JOHN H. CHUN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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