From a Wall Street Journal story by Jan Wolfe headlined “Amazon to Meet With FTC Officials Ahead of Expected Antitrust Complaint”:

Representatives of Amazon.com are set to meet next week with Federal Trade Commission officials in the latest sign that the agency is close to bringing an antitrust complaint against the online retail giant.

The Amazon representatives will meet individually with each of the FTC commissioners during the week of Aug. 14.

A person referred to the plans as a last-rites meeting, often one of the final steps before either a lawsuit or a settlement is filed.