California unsealed evidence on April 20, 2026 showing Amazon pressured vendors like Levi's and Hanes to raise prices on competing platforms like Walmart to protect Amazon's profit margins—a strategy California's AG alleges amounts to illegal price-fixing. The Attorney General called this price fixing "explicitly and egregiously in writing," describing it as evidence of how concentrated corporate power inflates consumer costs. The case goes to trial in January 2027, and while Amazon disputes the allegations, the unsealed emails show specific vendor coordination that regulatory authorities say harms price competition across online retail.