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Retail & E-Commerce

  • July 23, 2025

    Apple Tells 9th Circ. Birthright Ruling Scraps Epic's Injunction

    Apple Inc. told the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in litigation challenging President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order means that a nationwide injunction and civil contempt order in Epic Games Inc.'s antitrust case over Apple's App Store policies cannot stand.

  • July 22, 2025

    Clorox's $380M Suit Says Cognizant Gave Hackers Passwords

    Bleach maker Clorox hit Cognizant with a $380 million lawsuit in California state court Tuesday, alleging the cybersecurity company enabled a "catastrophic" 2023 cyberattack by handing over highly sensitive Clorox employee passwords after hackers simply asked for them.

  • July 22, 2025

    After 8th Circ. Ruling, Hemp Co. Drops Suit Against SD Ban

    A South Dakota hemp retailer has moved to voluntarily dismiss its federal lawsuit challenging the state's ban on the processing of hemp derivatives into intoxicating products, days after the Eighth Circuit upheld a similar Arkansas law.

  • July 22, 2025

    Wash. Appeals Court Affirms Biz Tax Rule For Drop Shippers

    The Washington Court of Appeals upheld the state's rule on Tuesday that out-of-state wholesalers in drop shipment transactions are subject to a business tax when the customer that ultimately receives the product is within the Evergreen State's borders, rejecting a challenge from California IT distributor Synnex.

  • July 22, 2025

    DC Circ. Won't Revive Cocoa Farm Child Slave Labor Suit

    The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday declined to revive a proposed class suit by former child laborers against Hershey, Nestlé and five other companies alleging they were forced into child labor to pick cocoa later used by the companies, saying the plaintiffs failed to link the companies to the specific farms they worked on.

  • July 22, 2025

    Bitcoin ATM Co. Enables Crypto Scams, Class Action Says

    A retiree who lost $7,000 to scammers filed a proposed class action against bitcoin ATM operator Bitcoin Depot Inc., claiming the company facilitates schemes that target the elderly by failing to intervene in suspicious transactions, misrepresenting its services' security and continuing to take a cut of "red flag" transactions.

  • July 22, 2025

    Pot Co. Claims Landlord Stole Trade Secrets, Started Rival Co.

    A Los Angeles dispensary and cannabis grower has claimed that its landlord, the Art Rubinstein Family Trust, lured it into a business partnership so the landlord could steal trade secrets and later coerce the tenant into extending its lease, according to a lawsuit filed in California state court.

  • July 22, 2025

    Mo. High Court Says Counties Can't Tax Pot In Certain Areas

    Counties can't add their own taxes on sales of adult-use cannabis in incorporated areas such as cities that impose their own tax, Missouri's highest court said Tuesday, reversing a lower court decision that upheld the county taxes.

  • July 22, 2025

    Brandy Melville Hits Temu For 'Bait-And-Switch' Copycat Garb

    Bargain-shopping app Temu's entrance into the "ultra fast fashion" market might have been "meteoric," but that's because it rips off other brands' intellectual property to sell cheap copycat products, Brandy Melville alleges in a federal lawsuit, claiming Temu even uses the clothing brand's photographs to pull a "bait-and-switch" on shoppers.

  • July 22, 2025

    Amazon Pushes Back On FTC's Trial Time Extension Bid

    Amazon has urged a Washington federal court to reject the Federal Trade Commission's bid to extend the agency's trial time in a lawsuit over automatically recurring Prime subscriptions, calling the proposal both unfair and baseless.

  • July 21, 2025

    Skechers Investor Loses Initial Bid To Block Take-Private Deal

    A California federal judge has refused to preliminarily block private equity firm 3G Capital from taking footwear giant Skechers private for $9.4 billion, finding that a pension plan that owns Skechers shares failed to show it would be irreparably harmed without the injunction.

  • July 21, 2025

    The Biggest Telecom Developments Of 2025: Midyear Report

    It's been a headline-grabbing year in communications law so far, with the U.S. Supreme Court handing down a major win for federal programs that help pay for broadband deployment and a new Republican chief at the nation's telecom agency ushering in a rule-slashing agenda.

  • July 21, 2025

    Copyright And TM Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2025

    The U.S. Supreme Court will evaluate contributory liability in a $1 billion copyright case involving internet service providers, and the Federal Circuit will assess the latest attempted trademark registration testing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's comfort with profanity. Here are the copyright and trademark cases to watch for the rest of the year.

  • July 21, 2025

    Avon, Insurers Spar At Ch. 11 Plan Hearing Over Talc Trust

    Avon made its case Monday to a Delaware bankruptcy judge for its Chapter 11 liquidation plan, while insurers that issued policies to the cosmetics company alleged its proposal to pay talc injury claims through a trust funded by insurance coverage was unfair to them.

  • July 21, 2025

    Huawei Chips Block Some TVs' NextGen Signals, FCC Told

    Pearl TV is calling on SiliconDust to remove Huawei-made components from its products, which rebroadcast TV signals from viewer antennas over home networks, saying the chips in its HDHomeRun Flex devices are unable to broadcast certain Next Generation TV programming.

  • July 21, 2025

    Walgreens Accused Of Failing To Provide Meal, Rest Breaks

    Walgreens flouted Washington state law and Seattle's wage theft ordinance by failing to provide employees with meal and rest breaks and then automatically deducting time for breaks that workers never took, a former pharmacy employee said in a proposed class action in federal court.

  • July 21, 2025

    Concertgoers Narrow Live Nation Antitrust Claims

    Consumers accusing Live Nation of monopolizing the live entertainment industry are dropping their allegations about high prices in the resale ticketing market to focus on prices for the initial sale of tickets in the primary market.

  • July 21, 2025

    Ky. AG Sues Temu For 'Stealing' User Data

    Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has brought a lawsuit in state court against Chinese bargain-shopping app Temu, accusing it of illegally "stealing" customer data without their knowledge and allowing the Chinese Communist Party to access the information.

  • July 21, 2025

    Danish Furniture-Maker Looks To Arbitrate $25M Fraud Suit

    Luxury furniture-maker BoConcept has urged a federal court to order two businessmen who purchased franchise rights for three of its Southern California stores to arbitrate their $25 million fraud claim in Denmark.

  • July 21, 2025

    Amazon, Amplio Can Arbitrate Drivers' OT Suit, Judge Says

    Amazon and Amplio can arbitrate a proposed wage-and-hour class action filed by two former delivery drivers, a California federal judge said Friday, finding the state law barring employers from requiring workers to waive rights for labor code violations as a job condition doesn't preclude the companies from enforcing arbitration agreements. 

  • July 21, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Last week at the Delaware Court of Chancery, a major settlement between Meta Platforms Inc. and its investors reached on the proverbial courthouse steps during day two of a trial ended an $8 billion-plus suit accusing the company's directors and officers of breaching privacy regulations and corporate fiduciary duties tied to allegations dating to the Cambridge Analytica scandal more than a decade ago.

  • July 21, 2025

    Amazon's Aldi Subpoena Curbed In COVID Price-Gouging Suit

    A Washington federal judge has ordered Aldi to hand over certain pricing information tied to Amazon's defense in a proposed class action over alleged pandemic-era price-gouging, while ruling that the budget grocery chain and other Amazon competitors won't have to disclose "highly confidential data regarding costs and margins."

  • July 21, 2025

    Ruger Says Colo. Shooting Suits Can't Lean On Conn. Ruling 

    Sturm Ruger & Co. on Monday asked a Connecticut state judge to strike lawsuits by the families of the victims of a Colorado mass shooting, saying litigation from the Sandy Hook massacre does not open the Constitution State's unfair trade practices statute to all advertising-based claims against gunmakers.

  • July 21, 2025

    Conn's Ch. 11 Plan Approved With Opt-Outs

    A Texas bankruptcy judge on Monday confirmed the Chapter 11 plan of department store Conn's, overruling objections from the U.S. Trustee's Office that it contained improper release and exculpation provisions.

  • July 18, 2025

    Law360 Names 2025's Top Attorneys Under 40

    Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2025, our list of more than 150 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

Expert Analysis

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    Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    While my football career ended over 15 years ago, the lessons the sport taught me about grit, accountability and resilience have stayed with me and will continue to help me succeed as an attorney, says Bert McBride at Trenam.

  • 10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks

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    The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.

  • Electronic Shelf Labels Pose Myriad Risks For Retailers

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    While electronic shelf labels offer retailers a new way to convey pricing and other product information to consumers, the technology has attracted the attention of U.S. policymakers and consumer advocates, so businesses must assess antitrust, data privacy and discrimination risks before implementation, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

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    Power To The Paralegals: The Value Of Unified State Licensing

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    Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys and allied legal professionals would benefit even more if similar programs across the country become more uniform, says Michael Houlberg at the University of Denver.

  • What Greenwashing Looks Like, And How To Navigate Claims

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    Recent cases show that consumers seeking to challenge sustainability claims as greenwashing face significant legal hurdles, and that companies can avoid liability by emphasizing context, says Felicia Boyd at Norton Rose.

  • GC Nominee Likely Has Employer-Friendly NLRB Priorities

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    President Donald Trump’s nomination of Crystal Carey as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board indicates the administration's intent to revive precedents favorable to employers, including expansion of permissible employer speech and reinstatement of procedural steps needed for employees to achieve unionization, say attorneys at Vorys.

  • 10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master

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    As businesses face shifting regulatory and technological uncertainty, general counsel will need to strengthen certain soft skills to succeed, from admitting when they make a mistake to maintaining a healthy dose of dispassion, says Douglas Brown at Manatt.

  • An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future

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    Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.

  • Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance

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    Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.

  • Lessons From Pa. Wiretapping Class Action Dismissal

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    A recent wiretapping class action in Pennsylvania federal court resulting in the dispositive dismissal of the action provides key insights on how online notice and consent can be leveraged to directly address and mitigate legal risks and class action liability exposure, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.

  • Opinion

    In Vape Case, Justices Must Focus On Agencies' Results

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    With the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments having put off the question of whether agency decisions arrived at erroneously are always invalid, the court should give the results of agency actions more weight than the reasoning behind them when it revisits this case, says Jonathan Sheffield at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

  • Series

    Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.

  • Influencer Campaign Lawsuits Signal New Endorsement Risks

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    Recent class actions allege that companies' influencer campaigns violate the Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides and various state laws, but it's not clear whether the failure to comply can sustain these lawsuits, or whether the plaintiffs' creative theory of damages will hold up to scrutiny, says Gonzalo Mon at Kelley Drye.

  • 5 Ways Banking Has Changed In 5 Years Since COVID

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    Since the start of the pandemic five years ago, technology, convenience and shifting expectations have transformed compliance for the financial services industry in several key ways, from the shrinking role of the traditional bank branch to the rise of fintech and mobile payments, says Christopher Pippett at Fox Rothschild.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols

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    Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.

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