June 12 (Reuters) - A judge has set a June 2025 trial in

the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's case accusing Amazon.com ( AMZN ) of

deceptively enrolling millions of online shoppers into the

e-commerce giant's Prime service without their consent and

making it hard for them to leave.

In a brief order, U.S. District Judge John Chun in Seattle

on Tuesday said he would hear the FTC's case against Amazon ( AMZN ) in a

non-jury trial next year. Amazon ( AMZN ) had pushed for an earlier trial

date.

The FTC last year accused Amazon ( AMZN ) of using "manipulative,

coercive or deceptive user-interface designs known as 'dark

patterns' to trick consumers into enrolling in automatically

renewing Prime subscriptions."

Amazon ( AMZN ) declined to comment, and the FTC did not immediately

respond to a request for comment.

Amazon ( AMZN ) has denied any wrongdoing in the lawsuit, which also

names three of its senior executives as defendants.

"The three individual defendants, whose lives have been

upended by the FTC's baseless and unjust allegations, are

particularly eager to see those allegations fail, and any delay

further prejudices them," Amazon ( AMZN ) said in a filing last month

opposing the FTC's request to push the trial back to July 2025.

The FTC had asked Chun for a July 2025 trial, giving the

agency more time to acquire and review consumer data for

millions of Prime members. Amazon ( AMZN ) called the data demand

"overbroad."

Chun last month denied Amazon's ( AMZN ) effort to dismiss the FTC's

lawsuit.

The lawsuit is among several federal and state government

actions challenging Amazon's ( AMZN ) business practices. The FTC last

year accused Amazon ( AMZN ) in an antitrust lawsuit of abusing its

market power, in part by curbing the ability of its sellers to

offer better prices on other platforms.

Amazon ( AMZN ) has denied the claims, which are also pending before

Chun. The judge has set an October 2026 trial in that case.

The case is Federal Trade Commission v. Amazon.com ( AMZN ), U.S.

District Court, Western District of Washington, No.

2:23-cv-00932-JHC.

For FTC: Evan Mendelson, Jonathan Cohen, Olivia Jerjian and

Thomas Nardini of FTC

For Amazon ( AMZN ): Kenneth Payson of Davis Wright Tremaine; John

Hueston of Hueston Hennigan; and Stephen Anthony of Covington &

Burling