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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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April 13, 2026
Oracle Wins TRO Against Ex-Worker Threatening Secrets Sale
A North Carolina federal judge Monday issued a temporary restraining order barring a recently laid-off Oracle sales employee from disclosing trade secrets that the software firm alleges he has threatened to sell to the "highest bidder" unless he receives an "unreasonable" fee.
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April 13, 2026
Wash. Antispam Law Violates Due Process Clause, Co. Claims
Clothing retailer Destination XL Group Inc. urged a Seattle federal judge to strike down a putative class action accusing it of barraging shoppers with false and misleading spam emails, arguing that a Washington state law's $500-per-email penalty is unconstitutionally excessive.
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April 13, 2026
Insurer Says Coverage Barred For Alleged Nitrous Oxide Sales
Admiral Insurance Co. has no duty to defend or indemnify a group of smoke shops from claims they illegally sold nitrous oxide canisters to individuals, allegedly resulting in several fatal car accidents, the insurer told a Michigan federal court.
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April 13, 2026
FTC Ends Teen Height Growth Supplement Claims
A supplement maker and its owners agreed to pay $750,000 to end claims they misled customers into thinking their products could make their children taller, the Federal Trade Commission announced on Monday.
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April 13, 2026
DC Circ. Digs Into FTC Rationale For Media Matters Probe
A D.C. Circuit panel tore into a Federal Trade Commission lawyer on Monday as the agency fought to convince the three judges that a lower court had no right to block it from investigating a left-leaning media watchdog, a probe the group claims is retaliation for publishing anti-Nazi content.
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