Federal Trade Commission v. Amazon.com Inc

7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, et al., Case No. 2:23-cv-01495-JHC Plaintiffs, STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO SEAL PORTIONS OF v. THE PARTIES’ LCR 37 JOINT SUBMISSION AND CERTAIN AMAZON.COM, INC., a corporation, 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 1 on February 20, 2025, ECF No. 419. The October 28, 2024 Order provides a 2 mechanism by which the parties may provisionally submit documents under seal 3 followed by a later omnibus motion to seal.

4 2. On February 20, 2025, Amazon provisionally filed under seal portions of the LCR 37 5 Joint Submission, ECF No. 419 (redacted submission), and five company business 6 documents, ECF No. 422 (sealed Exhibits 3-7).

7 3. Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 5(g)(3)(A), undersigned counsel certify that they met and 8 conferred to reach the agreement described in this Stipulated Motion. The following 9 attorneys, among others, conferred by phone and email on February 27, 2025, March 3, 10 2025, and March 4, 2025: Michael Baker and Shira Steinberg for the FTC; and Kristen 11 DeWilde and Katherine Trefz for Amazon.

12 4. Amazon is filing a public version of the LCR 37 Joint Submission redacting only 13 identifying names and titles of Amazon employees. This information reflects sensitive, 14 identifying information in a non-dispositive motion. See Benshoof v. Ferguson, 2024 15 WL 5074945, at *1 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 10, 2024) (Chun, J.) (granting motion to seal 16 personal address which was unrelated to the merits of the case); Gnassi v. del Toro, 17 2022 WL 3867376, at *3 (W.D. Wash. Aug. 30, 2022) (Chun, J.) (granting motion to 18 seal third-party names to protect their privacy interests).

19 5. The five sealed exhibits accompanying the LCR 37 Joint Submission, ECF No. 422, 20 consist of Amazon business documents produced in this litigation and designated under 21 the February 13, 2024 Protective Order in this case, ECF No. 160, and contain 22 confidential business information and sensitive, identifying information unnecessary to 23 the Court’s determination of the parties’ LCR 37 Joint Submission.

1 6. The parties stipulate as follows, subject to Court approval, and jointly request that the 2 Court enter the following Order approving this Stipulation: 3 a. only the highlighted portions in the redacted LCR 37 Joint Submission 4 reflecting identifying names and titles will remain sealed; and 5 b. the five Amazon company business documents attached as exhibits to the 6 LCR 37 Joint Submission, ECF No. 422, will remain sealed.

1 Stipulated to and respectfully submitted this 6th day of March, 2025.

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP By: s/ Molly A. Terwilliger 4 Patty A. Eakes, WSBA #18888 Molly A. Terwilliger, WSBA #28449 5 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 3000 Seattle, WA 98101 6 Phone: (206) 274-6400 Email: [email protected] 7 [email protected] 8 WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP 9 Heidi K. Hubbard (pro hac vice) John E. Schmidtlein (pro hac vice) 10 Kevin M. Hodges (pro hac vice) Jonathan B. Pitt (pro hac vice) 11 Carl R. Metz (pro hac vice) Carol J. Pruski (pro hac vice) 12 Katherine Trefz (pro hac vice) Maine Avenue SW 13 Washington, DC 20024 Phone: (202) 434-5000 14 Email: [email protected] [email protected] 15 [email protected] [email protected] 16 [email protected] [email protected] COVINGTON & BURLING LLP Thomas O. Barnett (pro hac vice) 19 Katherine Mitchell-Tombras (pro hac vice) One CityCenter 20 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001-4956 21 Phone: (202) 662-5407 Email: [email protected] 22 [email protected] 23 Attorneys for Defendant Amazon.com, Inc. s/ Edward H. Takashima 2 SUSAN A. MUSSER (DC Bar # 1531486) EDWARD H. TAKASHIMA (DC Bar # 1001641) 3 MICHAEL BAKER (DC Bar # 1044327) Federal Trade Commission 4 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 5 Tel.: (202) 326-2122 (Musser) (202) 326-2464 (Takashima) 6 Email: [email protected] [email protected] 7 [email protected] 8 Attorneys for Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission s/ Michael Jo s/ Timothy D. Smith Michael Jo (admitted pro hac vice) Timothy D. Smith, WSBA No. 44583 Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Bureau Attorney-in-Charge New York State Office of the Attorney Antitrust, False Claims, & Privacy Section General Oregon Department of Justice Liberty Street 100 SW Market St New York, NY 10005 Portland, OR 97201 Telephone: (212) 416-6537 Telephone: (503) 934-4400 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for Plaintiff State of New York Counsel for Plaintiff State of Oregon s/ Victoria Field s/ Jennifer A. Thomson Victoria Field (admitted pro hac vice) Jennifer A. Thomson (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Senior Deputy Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Connecticut Strawberry Square, 14th Floor 165 Capitol Avenue Harrisburg, PA 17120 Hartford, CT 06016 Telephone: (717) 787-4530 Telephone: (860) 808-5030 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Counsel for Plaintiff State of Connecticut Pennsylvania s/ Alexandra C. Sosnowski s/ Michael A. Undorf Alexandra C. Sosnowski (admitted pro hac Michael A. Undorf (admitted pro hac vice) vice) Deputy Attorney General Assistant Attorney General Delaware Department of Justice Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau 820 N. French St., 5th Floor New Hampshire Department of Justice Wilmington, DE 19801 Office of the Attorney General Telephone: (302) 683-8816 One Granite Place South Email: [email protected] Concord, NH 03301 Counsel for Plaintiff State of Delaware Telephone: (603) 271-2678 Email: [email protected] s/ Christina M. Moylan Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Hampshire Christina M. Moylan (admitted pro hac vice) 18 Assistant Attorney General s/ Robert J. Carlson Chief, Consumer Protection Division Robert J. Carlson (admitted pro hac vice) Office of the Maine Attorney General Assistant Attorney General 6 State House Station Consumer Protection Unit Augusta, ME 04333-0006 Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General Telephone: (207) 626-8800 15 West 6th Street, Suite 1000 Email: [email protected] Tulsa, OK 74119 Counsel for Plaintiff State of Maine Telephone: (918) 581-2885 Email: [email protected] Counsel for Plaintiff State of Oklahoma s/ Schonette Walker s/ Lucas J. Tucker Schonette Walker (admitted pro hac vice) Lucas J. Tucker (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Senior Deputy Attorney General Chief, Antitrust Division Office of the Nevada Attorney General Office of the Maryland Attorney General 100 N. Carson St. St. Paul Place Carson City, NV 89701 Baltimore, MD 21202 Telephone: (775) 684-1100 Telephone: (410) 576-6473 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for Plaintiff State of Nevada Counsel for Plaintiff State of Maryland 6 s/ Andrew Esoldi s/ Katherine W. Krems Andrew Esoldi (admitted pro hac vice) Katherine W. Krems (admitted pro hac vice) Deputy Attorney General Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust New Jersey Office of the Attorney General Division 124 Halsey Street, 5th Floor Office of the Massachusetts Attorney Newark, NJ 07101 General Telephone: (973) 648-7819 One Ashburton Place, 18th Floor Email: [email protected] Boston, MA 02108 Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Jersey Telephone: (617) 963-2189 Email: [email protected] s/ Jeffrey Herrera Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Jeffrey Herrera (admitted pro hac vice) Massachusetts Assistant Attorney General New Mexico Office of the Attorney General s/ Scott A. Mertens 408 Galisteo St. Scott A. Mertens (admitted pro hac vice) Santa Fe, NM 87501 Assistant Attorney General Telephone: (505) 490-4878 Michigan Department of Attorney General Email: [email protected] 525 West Ottawa Street Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Mexico Lansing, MI 48933 Telephone: (517) 335-7622 s/ Zulma Carrasquillo Almena Email: [email protected] Zulma Carrasquillo Almena (admitted pro Counsel for Plaintiff State of Michigan hac vice) Puerto Rico Department of Justice s/ Zach Biesanz P.O. Box 9020192 Zach Biesanz (admitted pro hac vice) San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902-0192 Senior Enforcement Counsel Telephone: (787) 721-2900, Ext. 1211 Office of the Minnesota Attorney General Email: [email protected] 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400 Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Saint Paul, MN 55101 Puerto Rico 21 Telephone: (651) 757-1257 Email: [email protected] Counsel for Plaintiff State of Minnesota

s/ Stephen N. Provazza Stephen N. Provazza (admitted pro hac vice) Special Assistant Attorney General Chief, Consumer and Economic Justice Unit Department of the Attorney General 150 South Main Street Providence, RI 02903 Telephone: (401) 274-4400 Email: [email protected] Counsel for Plaintiff State of Rhode Island s/ Sarah L.J. Aceves Sarah L.J. Aceves (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Public Protection Division Vermont Attorney General’s Office State Street Montpelier, VT 05609 Telephone: (802) 828-3170 Email: [email protected] Counsel for Plaintiff State of Vermont s/ Caitlin M. Madden Caitlin M. Madden (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice Post Office Box 7857 Madison, WI 53707-7857 Telephone: (608) 267-1311 Email: [email protected] Counsel for Plaintiff State of Wisconsin ORDER 3 IT IS SO ORDERED.

4 DATED this 6th day of March, 2025.

Cfok 4. Chua JOHN H. CHUN 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 1] STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO SEAL PORTIONS OF THE PARTIES’ LCR 37 JOINT