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Latest News in Retail & E-Commerce
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December 01, 2025
Silver Fern Chemical Tells Jury 3 Workers Stole Trade Secrets
Counsel for chemical distributor Silver Fern Chemical told a Seattle federal jury Monday that three of its salespeople cheated the company out of more than $7 million in revenue by taking confidential customer information to a rival business, kicking off what's expected to be a 12-day trial.
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December 01, 2025
State AGs Demand Info From 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Lenders
A multistate coalition of seven attorneys general has launched a probe into the terms and fees set by "buy now, pay later" lenders that are popular with shoppers, saying they're concerned that the companies' products could be breaking consumer protection laws.
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December 01, 2025
Home Depot Ex-Worker's Appeal In 401(k) Suit Dismissed
The Eleventh Circuit on Monday tossed an appeal by a former Home Depot worker in a proposed class action alleging the company misspent forfeited employer contributions in its employee 401(k) plan, several months after a Georgia lower court concluded that the lawsuit failed to state a claim.
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December 01, 2025
Chancery OKs $9.4M Deal To End Sears Take-Private Suit
Terming it a settlement that is "easy to approve," a Delaware vice chancellor on Monday OK'd a $9.37 million deal to end a suit contesting investor payouts after a take-private deal for Sears Hometown and Outlet stores in 2019.
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December 01, 2025
Apple IPhone Buyers Push To Appeal Class Decertification
Consumers told the Ninth Circuit they need to appeal a district court ruling that decertified a class of iPhone buyers expected to reach 200 million members in an antitrust case over Apple's App Store policies because the ruling was a "death knell" for the case.
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