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Retail & E-Commerce

  • September 22, 2025

    Amazon Suit Claims Prime Day Deals Based On Phony Prices

    Amazon's deep Prime Day sales deals mislead consumers by calculating the advertised savings based on bogus list prices that customers don't actually pay, according to a proposed class action filed Monday in Washington federal court.

  • September 22, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Last week, Match.com secured approval for a $30M settlement over its 2019 reverse spinoff from IAC, and Vice Chancellor Morgan T. Zurn urged decorum among Delaware lawyers, comparing recent legal turmoil to dark times in British monarchy history. Here's the latest from the Chancery Court.

  • September 22, 2025

    Amex Can't Push 'Illusory' Arbitration Over 'Anti-Steering' Rule

    A putative class of businesses does not have to arbitrate claims that American Express violated antitrust laws by effectively preventing merchants that accept credit cards from incentivizing customers to use lower-fee cards, after a Massachusetts federal court ruled it will not "close its eyes" to the "illusory" arbitration agreement.

  • September 22, 2025

    Toy Company Eyes UBS Records Amid FINRA Arbitration

    A toy company whose brands include Bratz dolls and Little Tikes has urged an Iowa federal judge to unseal records that it says will bolster its arbitration against UBS over claims that the global wealth manager wrongly advised the company to short-sell Tesla stock.

  • September 22, 2025

    Hasbro Faces Copyright Suit Over Star Wars Helmet Inserts

    Hasbro Inc. was sued in Georgia federal court by a hobbyist who alleges a line of inserts and liners the company makes for its Star Wars-themed helmets infringe his copyright for inserts and liners he creates for fan-made helmets.

  • September 22, 2025

    McDonald's, UK Insurer Entity To End $5.5M Coverage Fight

    McDonald's and a London-based insurer entity formally asked an Illinois federal court to terminate their dispute over the fast-food chain's claim for more than $5.5 million in outstanding coverage for property damage stemming from a high-speed vehicle crash.

  • September 22, 2025

    Atlas Holdings Buying Office Depot Owner In $1B Deal

    The ODP Corp. said Monday that it has agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of Atlas Holdings for $28 per share in cash, valuing the company at about $1 billion.

  • September 22, 2025

    Kirkland, DLA Piper Steer Thoma Bravo's $1.4B PROS Buy

    Artificial intelligence-powered service pricing and selling solutions company PROS Holdings Inc., advised by DLA Piper LLP, on Monday announced plans to go private after being bought by Kirkland & Ellis LLP-led private equity giant Thoma Bravo in an all-cash deal that values the software company at $1.4 billion.

  • September 22, 2025

    Dorel Sued Over Fall From Recalled Kitchen Step Stool

    A New York woman is suing Dorel Home Furnishings Inc. in a proposed class action in Missouri federal court, alleging she fell because of a defect in the company's step stool that caused its safety handle to break off while she was on it.

  • September 19, 2025

    Feds Urge Justices To Back Trump's Emergency Tariffs

    The federal government told the U.S. Supreme Court Friday that lower courts incorrectly determined President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs unlawful under a statute that gives the executive broad authority to regulate the economy in matters of national emergency,.

  • September 19, 2025

    Goodwin, Latham Steer E-Commerce Co. Pattern's $300M IPO

    Top Amazon.com reseller Pattern Group Inc. kicked off its public-market trading debut on the Nasdaq on Friday with a $300 million initial public offering guided by Goodwin Procter LLP, and Latham & Watkins LLP represented the underwriters, which include Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan.

  • September 19, 2025

    Agri Stats Looks To Nix DOJ Antitrust Case Ahead Of Trial

    Agri Stats is asking a Minnesota federal court to toss the government's antitrust case ahead of trial, arguing that enforcers still lack evidence to support their information-sharing claims despite scrutinizing the agricultural data firm's industry reports for more than a decade.

  • September 19, 2025

    Estée Lauder Faces Derivative Suit In Del. After Stock Drops

    An Estée Lauder Inc. stockholder filed a derivative lawsuit late Friday against the cosmetics giant's officers and directors in Delaware's Court of Chancery, seeking recoveries over a $41 billion market capitalization plunge after a long-undisclosed reliance on "gray market" sales in China came to light.

  • September 19, 2025

    Shopify Looks To Toss Sezzle's 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Claims

    E-commerce company Shopify Inc. seeks to sink payment platform Sezzle Inc.'s lawsuit accusing it of monopolizing the "buy now, pay later" market, arguing that the fact its platform shows "no fewer than 16 payment options" on checkout pages undermines any anticompetitive practices allegations.

  • September 19, 2025

    Google Search Judge Values Storytelling, Not 'Denigrating'

    The federal judge who found Google liable for monopolizing search and ordered it to prop up rivals had advice in New York City remarks Friday for attorneys trying to sway courts: Write "plain," tell a story without "denigrating" the opposition, and back up economic analysis with business reality.

  • September 19, 2025

    Wash. Biz Owner Sexually Harassed Bikini Baristas, AG Says

    The owner of several Seattle-area "bikini barista" espresso stands has been hit with a sweeping employment discrimination suit claiming he made women strip naked in front of him during job interviews, provide sexual favors to keep their hours and get paid, and perform similar nude "shows" for customers.   

  • September 19, 2025

    Fla. Entrepreneur Urges 1st Circ. To Remand RI Pot Regs Suit

    A Florida entrepreneur on Friday urged the First Circuit to remand to Rhode Island federal court his constitutional challenge to Rhode Island's cannabis retail licensure scheme, now that the cannabis regulations at issue have been made public and the license application process is open.

  • September 19, 2025

    Fireball, Parrot Bay Buyers Win Cert. Over Malt Liquor False Ad

    A New York federal judge has certified classes of Fireball and Parrot Bay customers who have alleged beverage company Sazerac misleadingly labeled malt beverage versions of those products that led them to think they contained distilled spirits, ruling that whether the labels are materially misleading can be determined on a classwide basis.

  • September 19, 2025

    Hagens Berman Seeks To Limit Sanctions For AI Mistakes

    A Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP partner should face only limited sanctions and the firm shouldn't be sanctioned at all over a contract attorney's use of artificial intelligence to generate legal briefs in a proposed class action against online platform OnlyFans since its attorneys did not act in bad faith, the firm told a California federal judge.

  • September 19, 2025

    Rite Aid Gets OK To Seek Votes On Dual-Track Ch. 11 Plan

    A New Jersey bankruptcy judge on Friday approved drugstore chain Rite Aid's bid to take votes on a Chapter 11 plan as the debtor weighs whether to complete a deal with McKesson Corp. or formally seek to dismiss its bankruptcy case.

  • September 19, 2025

    Google Must Face Suit Over Mideast Protest Firings

    Google managed to narrow, but couldn't knock out, a proposed class action challenging the firings of employees who protested the company's connections to the Israeli military, as a California federal court said it's too soon to decide if the in-office dissent lost the protection of federal anti-retaliation law.

  • September 18, 2025

    MrBeast Ads, Kids' Privacy Practices Draw Watchdog Scrutiny

    An industry self-regulatory body has urged the media company created by YouTube personality MrBeast to revamp the way it advertises to and collects personal information from children, after identifying several issues with how the company presented ads on YouTube videos and promoted its Feastables chocolate brand.

  • September 18, 2025

    Starbucks Accused Of Not Paying For 'Restrictive' Dress Code

    Starbucks employees from Colorado, Illinois and California on Wednesday launched legal actions against the coffeehouse giant for allegedly refusing to reimburse them for clothing and shoes despite requiring a new dress code.

  • September 18, 2025

    Judge Won't Block NYC Shops From Selling Flavored Vapes

    A Manhattan federal judge denied New York City's request to temporarily block four vape wholesalers and distributors from selling flavored e-cigarettes in the five boroughs, saying the city's "years-long delay" suggested there was no emergency that required such an injunction.

  • September 18, 2025

    Kong Toy Owners Blame Each Other For Deal Breach

    After more than three weeks, the co-owners of dog toy maker Kong Co. LLC ended their bench trial over violated company agreements with closing arguments Thursday, with one side claiming they were being forced out while the other arguing they were being ripped off.

Expert Analysis

  • Lessons Learned 3 Years After First CCPA Enforcement Action

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    Three years after the first public enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act, Attorney General Rob Bonta has pursued a steady stream of enforcement actions across industries, providing a clearer picture of how the law is being interpreted and enforced, says Tatum Andres at Kilpatrick.

  • A Look At Robinson-Patman Enforcement In The MLM Industry

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    The Federal Trade Commission's recent focus on price discrimination in high-profile speeches and litigation suggests a renewed interest around Robinson-Patman Act enforcement, particularly in multilevel marketing, making it an apt time for direct sellers to audit their pricing, say Katrina Eash at Winston & Strawn and Juliet Belling Warren and Branko Jovanovic at Edgeworth Economics.

  • How Proposed FAA Rule May Streamline Drone Operations

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    The Federal Aviation Administration's recent proposed rule on autonomous drone delivery operations offers a more streamlined approach, by shifting away from the current pilot-centered framework and placing safety and operational responsibility at the level of the operator's organization, say Amanda Losacco and Jessica Monahan at Cozen O'Connor.

  • What 2 Profs Noticed As Transactional Law Students Used AI

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    After a semester using generative artificial intelligence tools with students in an entrepreneurship law clinic, we came away with numerous observations about the opportunities and challenges such tools present to new transactional lawyers, say professors at Cornell Law School.

  • What Patent Claim 'Invalidity' Means In Different Forums

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    A recent Federal Circuit order allowing a patent suit to proceed despite similar claims being invalidated in an inter partes review underscores how fractured the patent litigation landscape has become, leading to critical nuances in how district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission and Patent Trial and Appeal Board treat invalidity, says Jason Hoffman at BakerHostetler.

  • Rebuttal

    BigLaw Settlements Should Not Spur Ethics Deregulation

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    A recent Law360 op-ed argued that loosening law firm funding restrictions would make BigLaw firms less inclined to settle with the Trump administration, but deregulating legal financing ethics may well prove to be not merely ineffective, but counterproductive, says Laurel Kilgour at the American Economic Liberties Project.

  • 9th Circ. Leaves Scope Of CIPA Applicability Unclear

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    Three recent Ninth Circuit decisions declined to directly address whether all of the California Invasion of Privacy Act's provisions actually apply to internet activity, and given this uncertainty, companies should heed five recommendations when seeking to minimize CIPA litigation risk, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • 5 Ways Lawyers Can Earn Back The Public's Trust

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    Amid salacious headlines about lawyers behaving badly and recent polls showing the public’s increasingly unfavorable view of attorneys, we must make meaningful changes to our culture to rebuild trust in the legal system, says Carl Taylor at Carl Taylor Law.

  • USPTO's AI Tool Redefines Design Patent Landscape

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    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's newly introduced DesignVision tool for artificial intelligence-powered image searching represents a dramatic shift in how design patent applications are examined, necessitating new strategies for patent practitioners, says Matthew Epstein at Dinsmore.

  • Legal Jeopardy Looms Over Trump's Trade Negotiation Plans

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    Even as the Trump administration announces one trade deal after another, the legal authority of the executive branch to impose tariffs under consensual arrangements with leading trading partners is just as debatable as the unilateral imposition of U.S. tariffs under the president's executive orders, says Jeffrey Bialos at Eversheds Sutherland.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: August Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses key takeaways from federal appellate decisions involving topics including antitrust, immigration, consumer fraud, birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment, and product defects.

  • Series

    Hiking Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    On the trail, I have thought often about the parallels between hiking and high-stakes patent litigation, and why strategizing, preparation, perseverance and joy are important skills for success in both endeavors, says Barbara Fiacco at Foley Hoag.

  • Regulating Online Activity After Porn Site Age Check Ruling

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    A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding an age verification requirement for accessing online adult sexual content applied a lenient rational basis standard, raising questions for how state and federal courts will determine what kinds of laws regulating online activity will satisfy this standard going forward, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Negotiation Skills

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    I took one negotiation course in law school, but most of the techniques I rely on today I learned in practice, where I've discovered that the process is less about tricks or tactics, and more about clarity, preparation and communication, says Grant Schrantz at Haug Barron.

  • Taxpayers Face Tough Choices Under NJ's New Nexus Rules

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    Though New Jersey’s new rules expanding the commercial nexus that triggers state taxation are likely to be challenged, businesses still need to carefully consider whether it’s best to minimize potential tax by reducing online customer support services or maintain their current instate services and begin paying tax, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

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