Amazon sues state agency to block release of company records to Bezos-owned Washington Post

Amazon is suing an agency in Washington state to prevent the release of some company materials to The Washington Post. That's the newspaper owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Amazon asked a King County Superior Court judge this week to block the release of documents that include “trade secrets” about a company initiative to provide internet through satellites in space. The lawsuit says the records were collected by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries during four investigations of a company facility near Seattle. The lawsuit says The Post requested copies of the agency’s documents through a public records request, but does not say what state investigators found. A Post spokesperson declined to comment.