Did Amazon trick people into paying for Prime? Federal case goes to trial
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Amazon and the U.S. government are facing off in a Seattle courtroom over Prime, the company's lucrative subscription service. Amazon is fighting the government's allegations that the company "tricked" people into paying for Prime memberships that were purposefully hard to cancel.
The lawsuit marks one of the biggest federal cases pursuing one of the world's largest companies. Somewhat unusually for a dense antitrust case, a jury will determine whether Amazon broke the law. Oral arguments are expected to begin on Tuesday in the trial that's slated to last for nearly a month.
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