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Retail & E-Commerce Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on the retail and e-commerce industries. Coverage includes litigation, policy developments, and corporate deals involving traditional stores, online shopping companies, and retail developers.
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Latest News in Retail & E-Commerce
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February 10, 2026
Ill. Tax, Tip Swipe Fee Ban Survives Banks' Challenge
An Illinois federal judge Tuesday cleared most of a landmark Illinois law banning swipe fees on tax and tip payments to take effect this summer, dealing a major blow to banking industry groups that sought to block the law altogether.
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February 10, 2026
Swipe-Fee Class Wants Personal Injury Firm Sanctioned
A class of merchants in a lengthy antitrust litigation against Visa and Mastercard is seeking sanctions against a personal injury firm and one of its referral partners, arguing the third-party entities have repeatedly misled would-be class members about the case's settlement and how much recovery they might receive.
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February 10, 2026
Top PTAB Judges Save 2 Claims In Signify Lighting Patent
Three top Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges have reversed the board's invalidation of a pair of claims in a Signify Holdings BV lighting patent, saying the challengers to the patent improperly made new obviousness arguments in a reply brief.
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February 10, 2026
Feds Say 50 Cent's Liquor Boss Violated Fraud Plea Deal
Federal prosecutors said a former executive at rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's liquor brand violated a fraud plea agreement by requesting a sentence of one year in home confinement, arguing he had already agreed to spend more than two years behind bars.
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February 10, 2026
Biz Says Bank Unit Wrongfully Put It On High-Risk List
A family-owned cutlery seller told a Georgia federal court Tuesday that a U.S. Bank payment processing subsidiary wrongfully placed it on a list that flags businesses for suspicion of high-risk behavior and terminated its payment processing services without justification.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- U.S. Department of Labor
- National Labor Relations Board
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Federal Trade Commission
- State and international retail regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Antitrust and consumer protection controls
- Credit card transaction rules
- Franchise regulation
- Minimum wage and tip requirements
- Sales tax issues
- Retail and e-commerce lobbying
- International retail legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Import bans and trade restrictions that affect retailers
- Counterfeiting and piracy investigations
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Breach of contract suits
- Data breach actions
- Patent and trademark suits
- Labor and employment disputes
- Mass torts
- Product liability and personal injury suits
- Antitrust disputes
- Shareholder suits
- Patent and trademark suits
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- Franchise and management agreements
- Retail project finance and real estate deals, including mall developments
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of retail and e-commerce practices
Readership
- Retail and e-commerce lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the retail and e-commerce industries
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals