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

  • February 11, 2026

    Ex-Home Depot Exec Gets 3 Years For $2M Embezzlement

    The former head of Home Depot's real estate tax division was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in prison on federal mail fraud and money laundering charges after he pled guilty last year to embezzling just shy of $2 million from the home improvement giant.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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