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Retail & E-Commerce - August, 2019

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• IPhone Security Flaws Affected Thousands, Google Says
• Pet Med Cos. Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Merger Challenge
• Barneys Creditors Say DIP Loan Is Not Enough To Run Sale
• New Era Seeks Win In TM Suit By Boston Apparel Startup
• Ex-Pharmacy Owner Charged In $5M Fraud Scheme
• Dealmakers Hunker Down For A Robust Fall IPO Market
• Paul Hastings Nabs Skadden Capital Markets Pro In LA
• Target Defeats Suit Over 'Worthless' Biotin Supplements
• Rx Info Site Fights To Get Off Pharma Groups' Web Blacklists
• Contacts Users Must Turn Over Glasses Info In Antitrust Suit
• New Best Practices Under E-Discovery Spoliation Rule
• France's Digital Services Tax A Sign Of Things To Come
• Singapore Co. Seeks Discovery In $6.7M Mountain Bike Fight
• 6th Circ. Says Walmart Isn't Liable For Assault In Dairy Section
• Bankruptcy Firm Can't Escape Malpractice Suit
• Texas Crypto Issuers On The Hook For $10.1M In SEC Deal
• Cullen And Dykman Helps With $55M NYC Building Loan
• Retailers Want Giant Eagle To Pay Back Fuel Subsidies
• YES Network Sold To Yankees Parent Co.-Led JV In $3.5B Deal
• New Ruling Doesn't Affect Mich. Tribe's Tax Suit, Court Told
• How Law Firms Can Create Content Decision Makers Will Read
• Spirit Airlines' Purse Charge Policy Irks 2nd Circ. Judge
• Expecting A Pizza Delivered By Drone? It May Take A While
• 4 NY Cases Forge Post-Cyan Securities Litigation Landscape
• Real Estate Rumors: Crescent Heights, Goldman, Peppercorn
• Sortis Invests $60M In Wash. Opportunity Zone Project
• ITC To Probe Amazon, Walmart, Others In LED Patent Case
• After Wayfair, Is Nexus Needed For Remote Tax Obligations?
• Grand Jury Indicts Hacking Suspect In Capital One Breach
• Deals Rumor Mill: Amazon, EQT, Addison Lee
• Supermarket Chain Workers Get 6 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
• Nestle Dropped From Haagen-Dazs TCPA Suit
• 9th Circ. Judge Sees 'Obvious Error' In $45M Battery Deals
• TrueCar Facing Another Derivative Suit, This Time In Chancery
• Willkie, Kirkland Steer Le Tote's $100M Deal For Lord & Taylor
• DOJ Bias Case Shows Risks Of I-9 Noncompliance
• Restaurants Unlimited Gets $37M Ch. 11 Stalking Horse Offer
• Tech Industry Blasts Deal With France Over Digital Tax
• 10th Circ. Revives TM Fight Against Vape Accessories Co.
• Sears Vendors Demand Halt On New Attorney Fees
• Drivers Tell 7th Circ. No Arbitration For GrubHub FLSA Case
• 10th. Circ. Puts Cork In Collectors' Wine Scam Coverage Row
• Sterling Jewelers Inks $1.5M Deal To Settle Wage, OT Suit
• NY Must Deliver Docs In Tobacco Tax Suit, Native Cos. Say
• Wash. Court Boots Alcohol Price Rules In Costco Appeal
• Walmart Settlement's Lessons For Avoiding FCPA Prosecution
• Amazon, Others Pay $20M To End Ill. Warehouse Injury Trial
• States, Int'l Gov'ts Can Lean On Each Other For Digital Taxes
• Deals Rumor Mill: McAfee, Revlon, JPMorgan
• Amazon Challenges Seller Liability Ruling Amid 3rd Circ. Case
• Shearman & Sterling Guides $132M Liberty Tax-Sears Deal
• Hartford's Defense Duty Doesn't Stretch To Spandex IP Fight
• How Surveys Can Affirm Materiality In Consumer Cases
• Capital One Hack Victims Agree On Consolidation, Not Venue
• PE-Backed Shoe Retailer Cole Haan Gears Up For IPO
• Jersey Mike's Settles Wash. Atty General's No-Poach Suit
• Chinese AI Startup Gears Up For $500M Hong Kong IPO
• Real Estate Rumors: Brookfield, RREEF, Ill. Condo Complex
• Verizon Also Wants Info Sealed In Qualcomm Class Fight
• Qualcomm Pushes 9th Circ. To Upend FTC's Antitrust Win
• Loestrin Buyers Say Splitting Trial In 3 Would Cause Chaos
• Deals Rumor Mill: RRJ Capital, JAB, EssilorLuxottica
• WTO Set To Rule On Canadian Wine Sale Rules Next Year
• Dollar Stores Will Pay $1.2M For Selling Expired Products
• Kirkland, Morrison Cohen Steer $100M Boll & Branch Injection
• US, Japan Agree 'In Principle' To Slash Trade Barriers
• Accused Capital One Hacker Must Await Trial In Custody
• Dems Urge Tighter Gov't Scrutiny Of Banks' Cloud Providers
• FTC Enforcement Faces Uncertainty After 7th Circ. Ruling
• Pot Site To Halt Unlicensed Retailers' Ads, Warding Off Suit
• Alarm.com Denied Bid For IP Retrial Against SecureNet
• CVS Says Sentry's Heel-Dragging On Doc Production 'Tactical'
• Judge Links Consumer, Developer Suits Over Apple App Store
• Vera Bradley Undercut NFL Deal, Sportswear Co. Says
• Attys In Fake Kona Coffee Class Suit Get OK To Dump Client
• Walmart Bias Accusers Seek Redo Over Withheld Evidence
• Unilever Cuts Deal With Rose Acre Farms In Egg MDL
• Del. Justices Asked To Revisit Records Confidentiality Ruling
• 7th Circ. Says FTC's $5M Restitution Award Can't Stick
• Judge Won't Nix Shopping Center's $16M Insurance Claim
• Stamps.com Brass Hit With Del. Suit Claiming USPS Abuses
• Brand Battles: Adidas Fights J. Crew Over Striped Trademark
• Perkins, Marie Callender's Snag 3 Ch. 11 Asset Offers
• CBD Cos. Push Back Against Indiana Anti-Hemp Law
• Chinese E-Commerce Co. Tries To Sink Merger Suit, Again
• 3rd Circ. Agrees To En Banc Review In Amazon Liability Suit
• 6 Pitfalls Of California Commercial Cannabis Leases
• Qualcomm Wins Partial Stay In FTC's Chip Licensing Case
• At Trial, BART Blames Developer For Botched Retail Plans
• ViSalus Can't Decertify Class In $925M Robocall Case
• 5 Firms Assemble Hasbro's $4B Buy Of Entertainment One
• 1-800-Flowers Investor To Pay $4.9M Of Short-Swing Profits
• Bias Suits Target Clothing, Payroll Services Cos.
• Walmart Adds Former Capital One Atty To Legal Team
• Class Certification Insights From McCormick Slack-Fill Suit
• Apple IPhone Users' FaceTime Failure Case Headed To Trial
• 2nd Time Will Likely Be The Charm For Florida's Wayfair Bill
• Synchrony Investors Fight Bid To Toss Suit Over Walmart Exit
• Ohio High Court Revives Wrongful Death Suit Against Amazon
• Accused Capital One Hacker Says Men's Jail Risks Her Health
• Ill. Biometric Privacy Law Is Unconstitutional, Grocer Says
• Pharmacy Retailers Fight Glenmark's Bid To Exit Zetia MDL
• 9th Circ. Lets Sprint, Intel Into Qualcomm Class Appeal
• Wireless Store Operators Can't Kick PAGA Suit To Arbitration
• Defunct Website Immune In Fentanyl Death, 9th Circ. Says
• Walmart Pushes To End Workers' Ill. Privacy Law Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, MetLife, John Buck
• 3rd Circ. Says Atty Isn't Liable For Husband's Malpractice
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alibaba, Goldman Sachs, Cigna
• Secondhand Clothing Startup Receives $175M From Investors
• 7th Circ. Revives Suit Over PetSmart's 'Prescription' Cat Food
• Litigation Finance Can And Should Protect Its Reputation
• Apple Unit Illegally Charged Ill. Tax On Biz Software, Suit Says
• Tomato Suit Is Outside Importer's Policy, Insurer Says
• 5th Circ. Liquor Sales Ruling Skirts Commerce Clause Issues
• Walmart Claims Faulty Tesla Solar Panels Are Starting Fires
• Amazon Can't Ditch Claims Over Fire-Prone Hoverboard
• Mass. Amazon Driver Exempt From Arbitration In Wage Suit
• Amazon Win Shuts Down IRS' Broad Definition Of Intangibles
• ViSalus, Consumers Brawl Over Decert. Bid In Robocall Suit
• Fed. Circ. Asked To Rethink Alice Ax Of 3 Targeted Ad Patents
• Qualcomm Can't Put 'Blinders' On 9th Circ., Cell Buyers Say
• Real Estate Rumors: MRK, Taconic, Witkoff
• Avenue Stores Cleared To Use Full $12M Ch. 11 DIP Loan
• 5th Circ. Invokes Chanel In Siding With Pier 1 Over Stock Drop
• PTAB Ends VR Patent Challenges After Forum Clause Ruling
• Under Armour Latest Company Sued Over Milk Crate Logo
• 9th Circ. Backs Conviction In $6M 5-Hour Energy Fraud
• Mushroom Antitrust MDL Deals Totaling $34M Get Initial OK
• Risky Amazon Warehouse Rack Work Hurt 2 On Job, Jury Told
• Under Armour Ditches Stock-Drop Suit
• Sprint Distributor's Fraud, Contract Case Sent To Arbitration
• Facebook, Amazon Blast French Digital Tax In USTR Hearing
• EEOC Nets $600K From Bias Suit Deals With Walmart, Others
• Cox's CDK Auto Data Deal Off-Limits In Antitrust Row
• Mall Used Break-In To Boost $12M Storm Claims, Insurers Say
• Lost Evidence Leaves NY Judge With Doubts Over MMA Suit
• Walgreens Not Liable To Crash Victims After Drug Mix-up
• 3 Firms Guide Catalyst's $140M Deal For Hudson's Bay Stake
• Attys Win $29M Fees In Samsung, Sony Battery Settlement
• 2nd Circ. Shuts Down Ex-AutoZone Worker's Sex Bias Suit
• Class Settlements And The Risks Of Viral Media Attention
• Lumber Liquidators Can't Chop Down OT Collective Action
• Crisis Messaging To Protect Law Firm Brand And Bottom Line
• Walmart Dodges Gender Bias Claims Despite 'Rotten' Culture
• Safeway's $1.45M PAGA Deal Over Pay Stubs Gets Initial OK
• Amazon Beats IRS In 9th Circ. Spat Over Valuing Intangibles
• Toxic Supplement Suit Lacks Proof, Vitamin Shoppe Says
• Florida's Tabled Remote Seller Sales Tax Bill Gets Refiled
• Deals Rumor Mill: JD.com, MPI, Apollo Global
• Avenue Stores Hits Ch. 11 With Plans To Close All Locations
• Glenmark Wants Out Of Pharmacies' Pay-For-Delay Lawsuits
• Walmart Knew Gift Cards Were Tampered With, Buyers Say
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Walgreens Workers Seek OK Of $1.15M Wage Statement Deal
• 5th Circ. Undoes Walmart's Texas Liquor Sales Win
• Avenatti Says Nike Agreed To Pay Zion Williamson $35K
• Actavis Dooms Exforge Buyers' Pay-For-Delay Claims
• IRS Regs Preview Sourcing Challenges In Taxing The Cloud
• CBD Biz Blasts Rival With TM Suit Over Name, Website
• $925M Robocall Class Says Decert. Bid Is 'Manifestly Unfair'
• Assessing The Cost, Legal Fallout Of Capital One Data Breach
• Real Estate Rumors: Apple, Uber, Slate Property
• What You Should Know About Courtroom Closures
• Merchants' Ex-Atty Fights For Piece Of $6B Swipe-Fee Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: ChemChina, SIX Swiss Exchange, Revlon
• Zumba Slams JC Penney's 'From A To Zumba' Ads In TM Suit
• Capital One Hacker Hit Dozens Of Other Entities, Feds Say
• Teva, AbbVie Face Certified Class Over Niaspan Pay-For-Delay
• Costco Slams Tiffany's Knockoff Ring Argument At 2nd Circ.
• 11th Circ. Chides Alabama Firm Over Last-Minute Subpoena
• Fla. AG Asked To Resolve Jacksonville School Tax Ballot Spat
• Online Pharmacy Co. Hits Industry Orgs With Antitrust Suit
• Chancery Won't Halt Barnes & Noble Spinoff's Annual Meeting
• Co. Accused Of Pyramid Scheme Says It Was Framed By SEC
• Tuna Producers Facing 'Death Knell' With Price-Fixing MDL
• Hoops Trial Defendants Put On Full-Court Press In 2nd Circ.
• Chamber Asks Trump Admin. To Hold Off Tariffs On France
• Real Estate Rumors: Bridge Investment Group, Amazon, AIG
• Chancery Decision Demonstrates When To Skip Appraisal
• FLSA Overtime Deal Highlights Worker Classification Priorities
• Calif. Officials Shake Tribal Biz's Tobacco Tax Fight
• DuPont Can't Strip Home Depot's Paint Price-Fixing Suit
• Rimon Breaks Into Cannabis Law With 5 Industry Vets In LA
• PTAB Upholds Kohler Shower Bar Patent In Moen Dispute
• Kroger's Salmonella Calls Didn't Violate TCPA, Judge Says
• Mascara Seller's $3.3M Deal Blots 'Natural Fiber' False Ad Suit
• Forever 21 Data Breach Deal Needs More Details, Judge Says
• Texas To Pitch $500K Nexus Threshold For Franchise Tax
• Candy Retail Chain Lolli & Pops Opens Ch. 11 In Del.
• Seirus Wants Suit Alleging PTAB 'Grand Conspiracy' Tossed
• Real Estate Rumors: Mirae, JBG, Rockport
• Hyundai Drivers Want Redo In Powertrain Defect Suit
• 3rd Circ. To Review Class Cert. In Wawa ESOP Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Amazon, Secretlab, Roark Capital
• Trump Acknowledges Consumers Could Bear Tariff Costs
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Seaweed Scientist's Odyssey
• DOJ Enforcement Insights From Poultry Price-Fixing Case
• 'Geek And Gamer' Supplier Loot Crate OK'd For $4M DIP Loan
• FTC Win Irrelevant To 9th Circ. Class Appeal, Qualcomm Says
• Will New Hampshire's Anti-Wayfair Law Stand?
• Post Beats Mislabeling Suit Over Honey Bunches Of Oats
• How To Counter Jury Reliance On Plaintiff's Damages Ask
• Outsiders Defend Calif. Class Action Law In Qualcomm Appeal
• Colo. To Enforce Marketplace Facilitator Tax Collection Oct. 1
• Adidas, Brooklyn Nets Hit With TM Suit Over Milk Crate Logo
• NY Tax Minutes: Trump Tax Returns, New Corporate Tax Regs
• Pharmas Seek Separate Fraud, Antitrust Trials In Loestrin MDL
• Industrial Wholesaler Says Rival Is Locking It Out Of Industry
• Cooley Guides $125M Fundraise For India's Meesho
• 3 Ways Real Estate Lawyers Are Preparing For A Downturn
• 15 Minutes With Land O'Lakes' General Counsel
• 'Geek And Gamer' Supplier Loot Crate Files Ch. 11 In Del.
• Huawei Must Face Patent Claims From Telecom Co.
• Attys In Fake Kona Coffee Row Want To Dump Client
• HomeGoods Says HomeGreat's Name, Logo Infringe TM
• NBA Star Sues Over 'Greek Freak' Mark On Hoodies, T-Shirts
• Zetia Buyers' Pay-For-Delay Lawsuits Will Press On
• Pa. Firm Settles Claims It Inflated Rep With Fake Reviews
• Mushroom Farm Wants Out Of Winn-Dixie Price-Fixing Suit
• 4 More Chains Cut No-Poach Deals With Wash. AG
• ECJ FashionID Case Is Big Milestone For Website Ad Liability
• FTD Brings In $131M With Ch. 11 Floral, Gourmet Foods Sale
• 1st Circ. Gives Coffee Buyers 2nd Shot At False Ad Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Russia's Antitrust Agency Probing Apple App Store
• Wayfair Bill Unlikely As States Are 'Behaving,' MTC Rep Says
• NCSL Digital Goods Policy Becomes Proxy Fight Over Wayfair
• Citing Octane, 2nd Circ. Orders Redo Of Trademark Atty Fees
• VW, Audi, Bosch Slam Sales Reps' Lost Commissions Suit
• Booking.com Tells Supreme Court Name Isn't Generic
• Orchard Supply's $1.25M Wage Deal OK'd As Co. Is Mourned
• Both Sides Lose Bids To Jolt Judgment In 5-Hour Energy Suit
• How Connected Cars Will Merge With Payment Technology
• Clients Benefit From Law Firm Expense Growth
• 11th Circ. Upholds Luxottica's $1.9M Trademark Win Over Mall
• Store Owner Sues California Tax Agency Over Amazon Taxes
• GSA's New Plan May Mean 'Parallel Contracting Universes'
• NCSL Panel Urges Fed. Law On Taxing Digital Goods
• 5th Circ. Questions Remington On Deadline In Rifle Defect Suit
• Sneaker Marketplace StockX Sued After Reported Data Breach
• Del. Justices Say No Presumed Confidentiality In Record Bids
• 2nd Circ. Revives Pay Suit For Ex-Duane Reade CEO's Attys
• 3 Firms Seek Lead In Investor Suit Over Ann Taylor Buy
• Camping World Execs Misled Investors, Shareholder Says
• Starbucks Settles White Chocolate Energy Drink Label Suit
• GNC Inks $6M 'Phantom Markdown' Online Shopping Deal
• Changing Ethics Rules Is Key To Law Firm Innovation
• Whole Foods Broke Biometric Privacy Law, Ill. Worker Says
• How Debtors Are Fighting The Ch. 11 Fee Increase
• Brooke Shields' Suit Over Eyebrow Product Trimmed, For Now
• Flushable Wipes Sellers Clogging Up Calendar, Judge Says
• Perkins, Marie Callender's Headed For Ch. 11 Sale In 90 Days
• Walgreens' $15M PAGA Deal Ending Seating Suit Gets OK'd
• AutoZone Workers Ask 9th Circ. To Revive PAGA Suit
• Walmart Asks 9th Circ. To Reverse Its $61M Wage Trial Loss
• FTC Taking A Closer Look At Edgewell's $1.37B Startup Buy
• Home Depot Hit With Suit Over Roundup Sales
• Sears Buyer Says Ch. 11 Plan Won't Cover Claims
• Snoop Dogg-Backed Fintech Co. Reaches $5.5B Valuation
• Limit On Challenge Rights Nixed In United Sporting Ch. 11
• Luxury Retailer Barneys Files For Ch. 11, With $190M In Debt
• EU Wants To Make Payment Providers Help Fight VAT Fraud
• Mastercard Swipes Processor's Corporate Biz For $3.2B
• DOJ Subpoenas Tyson Amid Chicken Industry Antitrust Probe
• Judge: Gov't Entitled To SuperValu's Discounted Drug Prices
• L'Oreal Stole 'Game-Changing' Secrets, Del. Jury Told
• Facebook Can't Claim Patent Suit Costs, Fed. Circ. Told
• TrueCar Settles For $28M In Site Redesign Stock-Drop Suit
• Amazon Fights Driver's Bid To Appeal Arbitration Order
• Sports Nutrition Co. Can't Drop Weight Loss False Ad Suit
• Drugmakers Fight To Undo Loestrin Antitrust Class Cert.
• XPO Logistics Tries To Ditch 'Outlandish' Stock-Drop Suit
• Ulta Shoppers Seek 17 Class Certs. In Used-Makeup Suit
• Rack Room Inks Up To $26M Deal In TCPA Suit Over Texts
• Judging A Book: Castillo Reviews 'Raising The Bar'
• CVS Sued Over Injury From Ear Drop, Eye Drop Mix-Up
• Qualcomm Can't Hang Up On Class Cert., 9th Circ. Told
• Mexican Retailer Betterware Inks $367M Merger With SPAC
• Dissecting The Inherent Tension In Today's TCPA Landscape
• Developers Can't Restart $664M Hollywood Project On Appeal
• Calif. Man Gets 2.5 Years For $8M Ross Insider Trading
• Walmart Applies For Digital Currency Patent
• Glock Sells 'Unreasonably Dangerous' Handguns, Suit Says
• Congress Asks Capital One, Amazon For Answers On Breach
• Deals Rumor Mill: CBS-Viacom, Amazon, Brookfield
• Fortress Buys Assets From Majestic Wine For $116M
• Apple Quashes Suit Brought By Man Burned By IPhone
• Online Pharmacy Says Anthem Illegally Axed It From Network
• FDA Focus: What Foley & Lardner's Practice Chair Is Watching
• Glansaol Ch. 11 Plan OK'd With CEO Settlement
• Calif. High Court Limits Class 'Ascertainability' Defense
• Attys In Murphy Oil Sales Tax Row Seek $250K Fees
• Tennessee Tort Caps Are Constitutional
• PTAB Skeptical Reward Points Patent Can Clear Alice Bar
• Google Stops Transcribing Assistant Speech Data In Europe
• EBay Accuses Amazon Managers Of Poaching Top Sellers
• US Trustee Says Sears Ch. 11 Plan Releases Aren't Allowed
• Beach Apparel Co. Owed Defense Of TM Battle, 4th Circ. Says
• Ex-Brixmor Heads Indicted 3 Years After Accounting Scandal
• Objectors Had No Role In $6B Swipe Fee Deal, Court Told
• UK Fines Casio $4.5M For Online Piano Pricing Restrictions
• Wawa Wraps Up Asst. Managers' Unpaid OT Suit For $1.4M
• 3rd Circ. To Review Cert. Denial For Sleepy's Drivers
• Insurer Unwilling To Go To Bat For Rawlings In False Ad Suit
• Apple Wants Out Of $1B Suit Pinning False Arrest On Face ID
• Mobile Shopping App Wish Lands $11.2B Valuation
• Skechers Investors Challenge 'Unfair' $47.7M Stock Award
• Just Eat Investor Slams £5B Sale Price As Too Low
• Amazon Raising Fees On French Sellers After Digital Tax
• Bankruptcy Courts' Buzzkill Of The Marijuana Industry