Amazon to Arbitrate Price Gouging Class Action, Leaving Open Questions of Platform Liability | Proskauer - Minding Your Business
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Class actions plaintiffs and state enforcers have tried to use state price gouging laws to hold online retailers accountable for prices set by third parties. It remains unclear, however, whether platforms will—or can, under the current legal frameworks—be held liable for price increases made by third party vendors. One of the key cases that could shed some light on this issue, discussedlast summer, has been put on hold, pending the completion of arbitration. A class action was filed in the Northern District of California aga...