Amazon Invokes Apex Doctrine To Avoid Deposition Of VP In Alexa Privacy Suit

(September 13, 2023, 10:08 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — In a reply brief supporting its motion for a protective order, Amazon.com Inc. tells a Washington federal court that one of its senior vice presidents, who has been targeted for deposition by the plaintiffs in a putative privacy class action over alleged eavesdropping by the Alexa digital assistant, qualifies as an apex executive in the company and, as such, is exempted from being deposed under the apex doctrine....