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Retail & E-Commerce
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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October 19, 2018
DLA Piper Adds Employment Partner In San Juan
DLA Piper has bolstered its ranks in Puerto Rico by luring a seasoned employment lawyer from a boutique, adding a partner in San Juan whose experience runs the gamut of labor, employment, benefits and immigration issues.
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October 19, 2018
Foot Locker Board Accused Of Hiding Sales Struggles
A Foot Locker Inc. stockholder has sued the company’s board of directors, saying the group hid knowledge that the retailer’s brick-and-mortar stores were suffering because of online competition, which led inflated stock prices to plummet when the truth came out.
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October 19, 2018
Pharma Co. Wants Sex Drug Marketing Case Axed
Innovus Pharmaceuticals Inc. urged an Illinois federal judge Thursday to toss a $5 million false advertising lawsuit brought by the developer of a sexual dysfunction drug who claims advertisements using his likeness harmed his reputation, arguing the accusations have no merit.
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October 19, 2018
Walmart Not Negligent In Aerosol Death, 5th Circ. Says
The Fifth Circuit won’t revive a mother’s suit accusing Walmart of negligence in her daughter’s inhalant death, finding that the retail giant’s employees had no obligation to stop the increasingly inebriated woman from buying 60 cans of aerosol dust remover in a 27-hour period.
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October 19, 2018
JC Penney Stockholder Targets Pricing Moves In Chancery
A J.C. Penney Co. Inc. stockholder opened a derivative, class suit against the retailer’s directors and top officers in Delaware’s Chancery Court late Friday, alleging fiduciary duty breaches in connection with its retail pricing practices.
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