FTC asks to delay Amazon Prime deceptive practices trial

is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. Attorneys at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asked a federal judge Wednesday to delay its consumer protection trial against Amazon by two months, saying that staffing losses and a possible office move could hinder its ability to prepare. “We have lost employees in the agency, in our division and on our case team,” FTC attorney Jonathan Cohen said at a status hearing in Washington, according to CNBC. Cohen also warned that a potential sudden office move for the agency could disrupt its preparation, CNBC reports. The FTC recently terminated around a dozen probationary staffers, The Verge first reported. It’s so far been spared from some of the wider cuts fueled by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which have occurred at agencies including the Cons ... Read full article.