Amazon previews FTC defence at meeting

In the limelight: A man walks past an Amazon Fresh store in Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia. A top US antitrust regulator is suing Amazon, accusing the online retail behemoth of running an illegal monopoly by stifling potential rivals. - AFP

NEW YORK: Amazon.com’s top lawyer on Tuesday previewed the broad outlines of the company’s possible defence against the US Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust lawsuit against the retailer, at a private company-wide meeting.

During the two-hour meeting, covering a range of topics, attorney David Zapolsky expressed confidence in Amazon’s ability to fend off the blockbuster lawsuit, calling the company’s tactics “absolutely defensible behavior,” according to a transcript of the meeting seen by Reuters.