Retail & E-Commerce

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Latest News in Retail & E-Commerce

  • November 14, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Clears Fees For Grocer After It Beat Camera IP Suit

    The Federal Circuit on Friday affirmed an order granting attorney fees to a grocery store operator that defeated a camera maker's patent infringement claims, saying the Tennessee federal judge who issued the order had not clearly erred in finding the camera maker had a pattern of frivolous lawsuits.

  • November 14, 2025

    Target Faces 2nd Copyright Suit Over Infant Sleepwear Design

    A Colorado-based baby clothing company told a federal court Friday that Target infringed its registered copyright on several infant sleepwear products, which the company says comes after the retail giant had already been told to pay it $1.2 million in another copyright lawsuit.

  • November 14, 2025

    The Legal Issues With AI Agents In Consumer Transactions

    Enabling artificial intelligence agents to handle not just research and recommendations, but the execution of purchases themselves, fundamentally alters commercial relationships and introduces new practical and legal questions for card issuers, merchants, acquirers and consumers, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

  • November 14, 2025

    ByHeart Sued Over Baby Food Botulism Contamination

    A proposed class of consumers is suing ByHeart Inc., alleging that the company failed to warn buyers that its baby formula is contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, which can cause rare but potentially fatal infant botulism.

  • November 14, 2025

    PetSmart Settles Deceptive Training Contracts Suit For $225K

    PetSmart agreed to pay the state of Colorado $225,000 to end a suit accusing it of tricking dog groomers into contracts with training repayment agreement provisions that forced them to pay up to $5,500 if they left the company before working there for two years, the state's attorney general said.

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  • 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

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