Mega-billionaire Jeff Bezos owns so much stuff that his investments are effectively going to war with one another.
Amazon claims that it is not trying to censor the reporting of the newspaper owned by its founder.
Amazon does not seek to prevent disclosure of all of the requested records, the suit says.
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Rather, Amazon seeks to protect a subset of records that contain trade secrets, as defined by law.
That information can subsequently be blocked from disclosure through a court process.
Gizmodo reached out to Amazon and the Washington state government for comment.
Amazon has frequently run afoul of labor regulationsboth regionally and nationally.
The company has suffered througha number of tussleswith Washington state regulators over labor violations in the past.
On the federal level, meanwhile, it has perpetuallyfound itself at oddswith the nations labor agencies.
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