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Retail & E-Commerce - October, 2014

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• Home Depot Wants Banks', Customers' Breach Suits Joined
• 3 Top Competition Players To Know In the New EC
• Brand Battles: Levi Strauss, Birthright Israel, Nike
• States, Profs Tell High Court 'Amazon Law' Is A Local Matter
• Retailers Brace For Votes On Minimum Wage Increases
• 4 Cos. Raise $1.2B As US IPO Market Warms Back Up
• Propane Cos. Settle Wal-Mart Collusion Charges With FTC
• Paul Hastings Nabs Ex-White & Case Privacy, Tech Pro
• 8 Ballot Measures Attorneys Will Be Watching
• Walgreen Says Gov't Deal Dooms Gift Card FCA Suit
• RE Rumor Mill: Equity Residential, Bowery, Stoltz RE Co.
• Dollar General Again Extends $9B Family Dollar Offer
• Congress Must Pass Cyber Legislation Before Next Attack
• Glaser Weil Can't Duck Malpractice Suit Under Anti-SLAPP
• FTC Keeps Retailers In Dark With Price-Bias Guidance
• CurrentC Says Hackers Poached Users' Email Addresses
• Fry's Tells Calif. Panel Concepcion Requires OT Arbitration
• Family Dollar Pays $2.3M To Settle Manager OT Class Action
• CPSC Fines Williams-Sonoma Again Over Defect Reporting
• Coupons.com Ducks $6.7M Suit Over Anti-Counterfeiting Tech
• Deals Rumor Mill: SoftBank, Arle Capital, Varsity Brands
• Louis Vuitton Wants 9th Circ. Call On 'Always Generic' Rule
• 9th Circ. To Rehear En Banc Artists' Royalty Act Appeal
• 3 Tips For Keeping Noncompetes In Check
• EEOC Invokes Privilege On Docs In Dollar General Bias Suit
• Deutsche Bank Fund Pulls In $168M For Warsaw RE Buy
• Judge Won't Block Sale Of Pa. Nissan Dealership
• Calif. Court Says Email Ads Didn't Violate Anti-Spam Laws
• Lexington Wins 'Named Storm' Ruling In ShopRite's Sandy Suit
• ITC Judge Recommends Import Ban On IP-Infringing Grills
• Western Apparel Co. Boot Barn Raises $80M In IPO
• UK Judge Trims Visa Merchant Fee Claims By $801M
• EC Proposes Options For Reformed VAT Regime
• 7 Ways Retailers Can Dodge An ADA Class Action Bullet
• To Hack Back, Or Not To Hack Back, That Is The Question
• Law360 Names Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms Of 2014
• Best Buy, Yelp Agree To Alert Web Users Of Data Collection
• Apotex Wants Sanctions In Generic-Lipitor Labeling Suit
• More Cybersecurity Regs Would Hurt Business, SEC Told
• Lands' End The Latest Retailer To Face 'Made In USA' Suit
• 2nd Circ. Says $211M In Borders Gift Cards Still Worthless
• RE Rumor Mill: Zeckendorf, Landau, Max Delivery
• Tesco Accounting Woes Trigger UK Criminal Fraud Probe
• Conciliation Not Open To Review, EEOC Tells High Court
• NLRB Doubles Down On D.R. Horton In Murphy Oil Fight
• Market Rumors: Cheil, Floor & Decor, Jasmine Broadband
• RadioShack Enlists Ex-Treasury Adviser For Turnaround Help
• Bed Bath & Beyond Favors Hispanic Male Workers, Suit Says
• When Foreign Toys Are Toxic: How Importers Should Respond
• Senators Optimistic Cybersecurity Bill Will Pass In 2014
• Mass. Town May Become 1st To Ban Tobacco Sales
• Canada Pension Plan Board Puts $400M In Brazil RE
• Market Rumors: Numericable, Cofco, Infibeam
• Virtual Currency Firms Will Be Kept On Short Leash
• Deals Rumor Mill: Apple, Numericable, Lockheed
• Retailers Led Calif. Data Breach Surge In 2013, Report Says
• Clorox's Pricing Favors Larger Retailers, Suit Claims
• 9th Circ. Judge To Target: Do The Right Thing, Supply Defibs
• Hobby Lobby Says Scott Cole Defied Court By Filing Wage Suit
• AutoNation Continues Share-Buying Blitz With Extra $250M
• Target Says Rosa Parks Products 'Clearly' Free Speech
• Nordstrom Can't Duck Suit Over 'Made In USA' Jean Labels
• GGP Snags $175M Stake In Miami Design District
• Goodyear Sues Sears For $19.5M Over Co-Branded Tire Deal
• 14 'Hot Fuel' MDL Deals Get Green Light, While 4 Put On Ice
• Publix Seeks OK On $6.8M Deal Over Background Checks
• MoFo Set For Big Payday In SoftBank's $10B Shopping Spree
• Paid Sick Leave Bill Advances In NJ Assembly
• Universal Unit Sues Retailer Over Celebs' Publicity Rights
• Failed Class In Aaron's Spying Suit Asks 3rd Circ. For Cert.
• 10th Circ.'s Hollister Porch Ruling Shreds ADA, DOJ Says
• Sam's Club Customers Ask Justices To Revive FCRA Case
• High Court Asked To Rein In 9th Circ. In Misclassification Row
• Barnes & Noble Skirts Most Claims In Ex-FIT Student's IP Suit
• NJ Judge Admits Fla. Atty Despite Pro Hac Abuse Claims
• Wal-Mart Sued Over Recalled Bacteria-Tainted Baby Wipes
• Advent Hives Off Douglas Unit In $271M Sale To 3i
• Hobby Lobby, HHS Wrangle Over Future Birth Control Regs
• Use Social Media For Legal Service Only As A Last Resort
• Brand Battles: Michael Jackson, Marine Corps, McDonald's
• ZeekRewards Founder Indicted In $850M Ponzi Scheme
• 1st Circ. Says CVS Properly Removed Wage Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: PetSmart, Societe Generale, Atlanta Hawks
• US Urged To Pursue Contact Lens Antitrust Case
• NJ Lawmakers Advance Bill Expanding Data Breach Mandates
• Tesco Hit With NY Class Action Over $421M Overstatement
• Jury Awards Costco $37M In LCD Price-Fixing Trial
• Commercial Services Co. Goes Private In $840M PE Sale
• Glaser Weil Slams 'Bizarre' $28M Malpractice Bid As 'Vendetta'
• Funds Dissatisfied With Simon Property CEO's Pay Revision
• Gay Worker Fired Over God's Will Keeps Bias Suit In Play
• Google Hit With $2M 'Spy Phone' Trademark Suit
• HP Settles With Visa, Mastercard In Swipe Fee MDL
• JC Penney Ruling Urges Swiftness For FLSA 'Pick-Off' Bids
• Walgreen Workers' Attys Blasted For 'Form Declarations'
• Amazon To Refund 1,000 Prime Memberships In Iowa
• REIT Acadia Pays $56M For Queens Retail Center
• 7th Circ. Won't Resurrect Redbox Video Privacy Class Action
• Wal-Mart Settles With EEOC Over Discriminatory Urine Test
• Alibaba Rival Tencent Leads E-Shop's $350M Funding Round
• Chicago's Flavored Tobacco Law Challenge Faces Steep Odds
• Tesco Chairman To Exit As Accounting Error Jumps To $421M
• RE Rumor Mill: Goldman, Hyundai, Ashkenazy
• TPG Paid Top Dollar In $394M Gelson's Buy, Arden Says
• Swedish E-Retailer To Fund Growth With $89M Rights Issue
• Yahoo Earnings Buoyed By Alibaba's Historic IPO
• SanDisk Fights Cert. Bid In Flash Memory Antitrust Suit
• Hollister Fights Class Cert. In Expired Reward Card Fight
• Conn. AG To Query Staples Over Possible Data Breach
• Judge Approves Bashas' $6.5M Settlement In Bias Suit
• Target Says Banks Can't Go After It For Data Breach Losses
• NLRB Judge Finds Against Ross Stores' Arbitration Pact
• Store Layout Lands Kohl's In Hot Water With ADA Advocates
• Dollar General 'Wasting Time' In Doc Request, EEOC Says
• Amazon, Apple, Dropbox Sued Over Networking Patent
• Obama Order Pressures Retailers To Adopt 'Chip And PIN'
• SoftBank Leads $100M Financing For Indonesian Online Market
• Examining The EEOC's Fiscal Year-End Lawsuit Blitz
• New Calif. Data Breach Rules Bring Obligations And Debate
• OIG Remains Focused On Pharmaceutical Copayment Coupons
• New Jurisdictional Issues When Moving To Quash A Subpoena
• Walgreen Can't Nix OTC Drug Privacy Claims In Meth Row
• Firm Fights Sanctions In Hobby Lobby 'Forum Shopping' Row
• Michigan Latest State To Block Tesla's Direct Sale Model
• Robotics Co. Plans Ch. 11 Debt-Equity Swap With Giant Eagle
• Urban Outfitters Asks DC Circ. To Toss ZIP Code Suit
• Special Master To Helm Walgreen Fee Fight In Pfizer MDL
• Staples Probes Potential Credit Card Data Breach
• Company Reputation Won't Stop FTC Ad Investigations
• CFPB Clears Way For Banks To Post Privacy Notices Online
• CVS Developing Tobacco-Free Pharmacy Benefit Network
• NLRB Judges Knock 2 Employers' Arbitration Pacts
• Attys Seek OK For Fee Deal In Apple E-Books Antitrust Case
• Amgen, CVS Units Hit With Suit Over Arthritis Drug Shipping
• Deals Rumor Mill: Adidas, Allergan, Sigma-Tau
• Auto Parts Co. Says Competitor Stole Clients, Wiped Info
• Half US Retail Terminals To Take Chip Cards By 2016: Report
• RE Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Forest City, Canyon-Johnson
• Western Apparel Retailer Boot Barn Struts Toward $75M IPO
• High Court Won't Hear Ex-Duane Reade Execs' Fraud Appeal
• Sears Plans $625M Rights Offering As CEO Injects More Cash
• 5 Takeaways From The New Cybersecurity Executive Order
• Activist Investor Nominates 7 To Family Dollar Board
• Senate Urged To Pass Cybersecurity Bill Amid Breaches
• Paint Retailer Spills $2.2M To End Meal Break Suit
• Canadian High Court Clears Way For Wiretap Disclosures
• 5 IPOs Aim To Draw $450M In Coming Week
• Abercrombie Hit With Overtime Class Action In Calif.
• Modell's Gets Initial Nod On Overtime Settlement
• Ill. Towns Want Expedia To Divulge Details In Hotel Tax Row
• Wal-Mart Workers Make Push For $15 Minimum Wage
• Jimmy Choo Steps Into London Markets With $227.1M IPO
• Obama Embraces 'Chip And Pin' Cards In Cybersecurity Push
• Cartier Wins Ruling To Block Counterfeit Goods Websites
• Walgreen Sued By Ex-CFO Over Resignation Reports
• Dick's Sporting Goods Atty Hit Again With $1.3M Restitution
• Promotional Allowances In A New Retail Environment
• What Litigators Can Learn From Novelists
• In Converse Fight, IP's Limits For Fashion Are On Display
• CVS Pays $2.8M To Cap Pharmacists' OT Claims
• Dairy Cos. Urge High Court To Take Antitrust Case
• Fed. Circ. Won't Nix Victoria's Secret 'Bra Top' Tariff
• Market Rumors: Jimmy Choo, AngloGold, EE
• Gap Authorizes $500M Buyback Plan Amid Stock Slump
• Dollar General Coughs Up $4M To End Background Check Suit
• Dollar Tree Hit With OSHA Fines For Continued Safety Issues
• Freshfields, Baker & McKenzie Guide Dutch Co.'s $1B Mall Buy
• JC Penney Attacks $3.1M Atty Fees In Texas Derivative Suit
• Michigan Anti-Tesla Direct Sale Bill Rolls To Gov.'s Desk
• Universal Beats IP Liability Theory In Rapper Fashion Row
• NJ Developer Takes ShopRite Monopoly Claims To 3rd Circ.
• E-Books Monitor Says Apple Still Resisting Oversight
• Vermont Seeks Public Input On Rules Enforcing GMO Labels
• Jones Day, CVS Web Conferences Mistakenly Open To Public
• J. Crew Accused Of Shortchanging Workers In New Suit
• JPML Asked To Keep SuperValu Data Breach Suits Separate
• Ann Inc. Exploring Options As Investors Push For $3B Sale
• Travel Websites Can't Escape Puerto Rico Tax Suit
• Work Plan Signals Expanded Calif. Green Chemistry Program
• Inside Delaware's New Laws On Destroying Consumer Info
• Safety Violations Found In 1K Bangladesh Garment Factories
• Perdue, Kroger Agree To Settle Chicken Labeling Suits
• Mall Can't Halt 'Hate' Group's Rallies, Pa. Court Says
• Hobby Lobby Wants Labor Firm's 'Gamesmanship' Sanctioned
• Nissan Nixed Dealership Sale To Drive Up Prices, Suit Says
• Converse Sues Dozens Over Chuck Taylor Sneaker TMs
• Kohl's Says Customers Must Arbitrate TCPA Claims
• Home Depot Blasts Data Breach Class Action As Speculative
• Ind. Right-To-Work Law Preempted, 7th Circ. Hears
• Abercrombie Claims 'American Fighter' Logo Copies 'AF' Mark
• Information Governance: A Missed Opportunity For Lawyers
• Kmart Says Payment System Breached In Malware Attack
• Brand Battles: Alibaba, T-Mobile, Red Cross, Keurig
• Family Dollar Gets FTC Request Over $9B Dollar General Deal
• CVS Pushes Holistic Approach In Calif. Seating Case
• RE Rumor Mill: 590 Madison, Co-Op Record, Greek Portfolio
• Amazon Seeks Lawyer For 'Prime Air' Drone Project
• 6th Circ. Revives Kohl's Shopper's Suit Over Strip Search
• Diplomat Pharmacy Raises $173M In IPO, Below Expectations
• Eagles' Don Henley Sues Over Retailer's 'Don A Henley' Pun
• CAFA Removal Procedure At Center Stage In Dart Cherokee
• JC Penney Botches FLSA Pick-Off Move, Judge Rules
• Judge Urges DOJ, AmEx To Pursue Antitrust Settlement
• Mexico's Junk Food, Soda Tax Slowing Pepsi's Sales
• Groups Clash On Sick Leave Bill Before NJ Assembly Panel
• Sears Turns To Blogosphere To Defend Financial Health
• Lord & Taylor Manager Crashed Gay Worker's Wedding: Suit
• Market Rumors: Lloyds, Scout24, Fiat
• Workplace Tasks On Trial In Integrity Staffing Arguments
• Judge Won't Sign Off On Target Junk Fax Settlement
• EEOC To Continue Severance Pact Scrutiny Despite CVS Case
• High Court Hears Amazon Warehouse Workers Pay Spat
• SF Takes Aim At Retailers' Reliance On Part-Time Labor
• RE Rumor Mill: Helmsley Building, ESRT, Flight 23
• Ohio Supreme Court Revives Kohl's $1.6M Property Tax Suit
• Retailers Settle Trademark Suit Over 'G-Defy' Shoes
• Judge Rips EEOC Presuit Efforts In CVS Severance Pact Case
• Battles Over Hospitality Wages May Turn On Technicalities
• Advocates Can't Join Suit Over Vermont GMO Label Law
• Target Loses Bid To Sanction Rosa Parks Group In IP Row
• Ex-Duane Reade CEO Case A Model For VWPA Restitution
• Don't Disregard Calif.'s Non-Disparagement Clause Ban
• A Primer On 'Bad Faith' In Federal Removal Jurisdiction
• Nixon Peabody Nabs Fox Rothschild's Fashion Law Head
• Aaron's To Pay Calif. Customers $25M In AG Spyware Suit
• Food Lion Fights Dairy Cos.' 'Desperate' Cert. Petition
• JPMorgan Hack Could Force Stricter Breach-Notification Laws
• Investors Try Again To Fight Kenneth Cole's Go-Private Deal
• Justices Question Their Powers In Class Action Removal Row
• Bed Bath & Beyond Accused Of Forcing Off-The-Clock Work
• Kohl's Stores Aren't Handicap Accessible, Suit Says
• Retail Groups Shift Blame For Data Breaches To Bank Cards
• Wal-Mart To Drop Part-Time Worker Coverage As ACA Looms
• EU Probes Amazon, Luxembourg Tax Deal
• Soda Industry Pours Millions Into Calif. Soda Tax Fight
• King & Spalding Hires FTC Official For Antitrust Group In DC
• Zumba Hits Steven Madden With Trademark Suit
• SuperValu Sale Doesn't Spare Albertson's In Pregnancy Suit
• CIT Remands Commerce Mixed-Media Rules In Target Nail Row
• Fees Row In NJ Winery Laws Case Rejected By Supreme Court
• Market Rumors: Talos Energy, Jimmy Choo, Bangkok Airways
• High Court Denies Furniture Cos.' Bid For Dumping Payouts
• Amazon Suggests FTC's App Store Lawsuit Overreaches
• Supreme Court Won't Review Ex-CVS Pharmacist's ADA Suit
• High Court Wants SG's Input In Dollar General Assault Case
• In-House Insights From KBR General Counsel Andrew Farley
• 'Standing' In The New Data Breach Landscape
• NLRB's Approval Of Micro-Units Is A Big Deal
• Future JPMorgan Breach Suits May Pack More Bark Than Bite
• Costco Water Sales Reps Hit Agency With OT Suit
• Sears, 3 Others Accused Of Selling Knockoff Apparel
• Grocery Chain Wins Dismissal of Developer's Monopoly Suit
• New Calif. Data Breach Law May Fall Short
• RadioShack Taking $585M Refi, Giving Hedge Fund Control
• Alibaba Revs Up Plans For $5B Follow-On Offering
• EBay, Landmark Bury Hatchet Over Patent Re-Exam Suit
• RadioShack Case Risks Fluctuating Workweek, 2nd Circ. Told
• Brand Battles: Abercrombie, Dish, Absolut, NCAA Football
• Justices Likely To Side With EEOC In Abercrombie Hijab Case
• Ikea Recalls Elk Pasta Over Undeclared Soy Content
• Retail Concentration Not Stifling Consumer Food Choice: EU
• Judge Slams Sprint's 'Outrageous' Fraud Claim In Labor Suit
• Online Retailer Wayfair Raises $319M In IPO As Shares Soar
• Target Fights Data Breach Litigation As Banks Defend It
• Fairway Board, PE Backers Look To Ax Derivative Suit
• The Dramatic Transformation Of Miami's Lincoln Road
• High Court To Hear EEOC Challenge In Abercrombie Hijab Row
• Struggling Sears Finds Buyer For Canada Unit — Its Investors
• Dealmakers Q&A: Stikeman Elliott's Paul Collins
• RE Rumor Mill: US Sugar, Ashkenazy, Cornerstone
• NYC Living Wage Order Looms Over Restaurant, Retail Deals
• Rocket Internet Seeks To Raise $2B At Top Of IPO Range
• Apple Seeks Quick Exit In Suit Over IPad Cover Sales
• Exec Gets 15 Months In EBay Insider Trading Case
• Circuit City Wins Reconsideration Of LCD Damages
• Shopping App Can't DQ Plaintiff Attys Or Escape TCPA Suit
• E-Commerce Pushes Up Industrial Demand, Spec Development
• German Online Retailer Zalando Sputters In Public Debut
• EBay Says Data Breach Lawsuit Too Speculative
• 1 Mammoth Deal Helps 2 Firms Dominate September M&A
• Dealmakers Q&A: Pillsbury's Laura Hannusch