Retail & E-Commerce

  • July 01, 2026

    Calif. Man Gets 21 Months For Sports Memorabilia Fraud

    A California resident has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty in December to one count of wire fraud for knowingly selling counterfeit baseball memorabilia he claimed was from MLB Hall of Famer Willie Mays.

  • July 01, 2026

    NC Panel Says Worker Shooting Suit Belongs In Commission

    A North Carolina appellate panel on Wednesday sent a widower's suit over the shooting death of his wife by a coworker to the state's Industrial Commission, saying that new evidence produced after a previous appeal shows that the shooting was work-related and therefore falls under the state's Workers' Compensation Act.

  • July 01, 2026

    Resale Ticket Buyers Must Arbitrate Live Nation Claims

    A New York federal court has sent antitrust claims from concertgoers who purchased Ticketmaster tickets on the secondary market to arbitration, after finding an arbitration clause in Live Nation's terms of service is enforceable.

  • July 01, 2026

    Zillow Loses Bid To Exit IBM Sign-On Tech Patent Suit

    A Washington federal judge has refused to let Zillow out of IBM's lawsuit accusing the online real estate marketplace company of infringing a user sign-on patent, rejecting Zillow's argument that the company's processes weren't covered by what the patent requires.

  • July 01, 2026

    DOJ Lacks Authority To Challenge Magazine Ban, Colo. Says

    The federal government lacks the authority to challenge the constitutionality of a 2013 Colorado law that bans large-capacity magazines, the state told a Colorado federal judge in urging the court to toss the Second Amendment case.

  • July 01, 2026

    5th Circ. Says Vape Co. Deserves Jury Trial For $19K HHS Fine

    A split Fifth Circuit panel has thrown out a $19,192 civil penalty against a Texas vape seller issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, saying the company is entitled to a jury trial under the Seventh Amendment and recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

  • July 01, 2026

    Walmart Hit With Ill. Biometric Privacy Suit For Recorded Calls

    Walmart has been hit in Illinois state court with a proposed class action claiming that customers' voiceprints were recorded and captured for fraud prevention purposes when they called the retail giant's customer service line, without the required consent and disclosures under Illinois' biometric privacy law.

  • July 01, 2026

    NC Panel Revives Constitutional Fight Over Vendor Ordinance

    The ability of local governments to regulate street vendors does not prevent a merchant in the Outer Banks from mounting a constitutional challenge against a city ordinance that restricted her ability to run a pop-up artists market, the North Carolina Court of Appeals said in an opinion switched Tuesday from unpublished to published.

  • July 01, 2026

    Amazon To Pay $2.25M To Settle FCRA Violation Claims

    Amazon has been ordered to pay $2.25 million in civil penalties to settle allegations that it knowingly violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by refusing to provide customers with transaction records after their personal information was used by identity thieves to commit fraud.

  • July 01, 2026

    US Not Renewing USMCA, But Deal Still In Force For Now

    The U.S. will not to renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the Office of the U.S. Trade Ambassador announced Wednesday, though the deal will remain in force as the three sides continue to negotiate.

  • July 01, 2026

    Farm Says $99M Deere Right-To-Repair Deal Is Unfair

    One of the farms suing Deere & Co. in federal right to repair litigation is objecting to a $99 million settlement that received preliminary approval in May, saying the deal provides minimal relief compared to what the class could have gotten at trial, especially since more than half of it may go to class counsel.

  • July 01, 2026

    Kroger Inks $1.65B Giant Eagle Deal With Planned Divestitures

    The Kroger Co. said Wednesday it will acquire regional grocer Giant Eagle in a deal worth $1.65 billion, with Jones Day advising Kroger and Giant Eagle tapping WilmerHale as lead counsel and Troutman Pepper Locke LLP as local counsel.

  • July 01, 2026

    ITC Probing Monsanto's Claims Against Chinese Glyphosate

    The U.S. International Trade Commission has opened an investigation into Chinese glyphosate, the primary ingredient used in the herbicide Roundup, to determine whether the imports that Monsanto Co. alleges are being sold at unfair prices are harming U.S. industry.

  • June 30, 2026

    Williams-Sonoma Fights To Arbitrate Sneaky Fee Claims

    Williams-Sonoma urged a California federal judge on Tuesday to toss a putative class action alleging the retailer unlawfully quotes an artificially low price for products on its website before sneaking in a "processing" fee after getting consumers credit card information, saying the claims from two women belong in arbitration.

  • June 30, 2026

    Texas Court Sends 4 Asbestos Suits Out Of MDL Court

    A Texas appeals court on Tuesday found that multiple families of people who died following diagnoses of asbestos-related malignancies can remand their cases back to the courts they initially filed in, saying the multidistrict litigation rules do not apply to their cases.

  • June 30, 2026

    Piggly Wiggly Owner Sued Over Denying Worker Sabbath Off

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued a Piggly Wiggly operator in Georgia federal court on Tuesday, accusing the grocer of denying a religious accommodation to a deli worker that would have allowed her to observe Sunday Sabbath.

  • June 30, 2026

    Smoke Shops Take Aim At Mass. Ban On Vapes And Pouches

    Massachusetts' health agency and other state officials are illegally forcing smoke shops and other retailers to pull vapes and nicotine pouches from shelves, the retailers alleged in a lawsuit claiming the enforcement effort violates federal law and caused sales to dramatically drop.

  • June 30, 2026

    CFPB's Slimmer Small-Biz Data Rule Cements End To 2 Suits

    Kentucky banks and a lender trade group have dropped their parallel lawsuits over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Biden-era small business loan reporting requirements, citing the agency's scaled-back version of the requirements that went into effect Tuesday.

  • June 30, 2026

    Costco Says Chubb Unit Owes Defense For Warehouse Injury

    Costco accused a Chubb unit of wrongfully refusing to defend the big-box retailer in an underlying bodily injury lawsuit, arguing that the carrier owes the retailer a full defense because it was listed as an additional insured vendor under a home decor brand's policy.

  • June 30, 2026

    Egg Producers Settle Collusion Claims From DOJ, States

    State and federal enforcers have reached settlements with Cal-Maine, Versova and Hickman's Egg Ranch over claims that the egg producers inflated prices by colluding to manipulate benchmarking rates.

  • June 30, 2026

    FCC Set To Streamline Info On Broadband 'Nutrition' Labels

    The Federal Communications Commission next month will consider revamping broadband "nutrition" labels of cable service performance crafted during the Biden administration to purportedly make them less confusing, according to a Tuesday blog post.

  • June 30, 2026

    Calif. Will Lock In Biz Tax Credit Limit, Halve Min. Tax For LLCs

    California will expand its sales and use tax base to include prewritten software, make permanent its business tax credit limit and halve the $800 minimum tax for limited liability companies, under the last budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed as the state's chief executive.

  • June 30, 2026

    DOJ Defends Live Nation Deal As Boosting Competition Sooner

    The Justice Department offered its formal defense of the controversial midtrial settlement that allowed Live Nation to keep its Ticketmaster subsidiary, telling a New York federal judge the deal frees up artists and venues much faster than any remedy state attorneys general could achieve through their jury win.

  • June 30, 2026

    High Court Declines To Review Under-21 Gun Sale Bans

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review the constitutionality of laws banning the sale of firearms to people under 21, once again rejecting calls to consider a question that has sharply divided the lower courts.

  • June 30, 2026

    High Court Sends 3 Roundup Cases Back After Monsanto Win

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sent back several cases over claims that Bayer unit Monsanto Co.'s Roundup weed killer causes cancer, after the court last week delivered its ruling that state-based claims about a failure to warn on the weedkiller's labeling are barred by federal law.

Expert Analysis

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    The Biz Court Digest: Dispatches From Utah's Newest Court

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    While a robust body of law hasn't yet developed since the Utah Business and Chancery Court's founding in October 2024, the number of cases filed there has recently picked up, and its existence illustrates Utah's desire to be top of mind for businesses across the country, says Evan Strassberg at Michael Best.

  • 4 Quick Emotional Resets For Lawyers With Conflict Fatigue

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    Though the emotional wear and tear of legal work can trap attorneys in conflict fatigue — leaving them unable to shake off tense interactions or return to a calm baseline — simple therapeutic techniques for resetting the nervous system can help break the cycle, says Chantel Cohen at CWC Coaching & Therapy.

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    Playing Tennis Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    An instinct to turn pain into purpose meant frequent trips to the tennis court, where learning to move ahead one point at a time was a lesson that also applied to the steep learning curve of patent prosecution law, says Daniel Henry at Marshall Gerstein.

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    Judges On AI: How Judicial Use Informs Guardrails

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    U.S. Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado discusses why having a sense of how generative AI tools behave, where they add value, where they introduce risk and how they are reshaping the practice of law is key for today's judges.

  • Evenflo IP Ruling Shows Evidence Is Still Key For Injunctions

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    Notwithstanding renewed policy and doctrinal attention to patent injunctions, the Federal Circuit's December decision in Wonderland v. Evenflo signals that the era of easily obtained patent injunctions has not yet arrived, say attorneys at King & Wood.

  • Lessons From EdTech Provider's Data Breach Settlements

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    Education technology company Illuminate Education's recent settlements with three states and the Federal Trade Commission over state privacy law claims following a student data breach are some of the first of their kind, suggesting a shift in enforcement focus to how companies handle student data and highlighting the potential for coordinated enforcement actions, say attorneys at Wilson Sonsini.

  • Key Sectors, Antitrust Risks In Pricing Algorithm Litigation

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    Algorithmic pricing lawsuits have proliferated in rental housing, hotels, health insurance and equipment rental industries, and companies should consider emerging risk factors when implementing business strategies this year, say attorneys at Hunton.

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    Adapting To Private Practice: 5 Tips From Ex-SEC Unit Chief

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    My move to private practice has reaffirmed my belief in the value of adaptability, collaboration and strategic thinking — qualities that are essential not only for successful client outcomes, but also for sustained professional satisfaction, says Dabney O’Riordan at Fried Frank.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Start A Law Firm

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    Launching and sustaining a law firm requires skills most law schools don't teach, but every lawyer should understand a few core principles that can make the leap calculated rather than reckless, says Sam Katz at Athlaw.

  • Fed. Circ. Patent Decisions In 2025: An Empirical Review

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    In 2025, the Federal Circuit's increased output was not enough to keep up with its ever-growing patent case load, and patent owners and applicants fared poorly overall as the court's affirmance rate fell, says Dan Bagatell at Perkins Coie.

  • Key False Claims Act Trends From The Last Year

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    The False Claims Act remains a powerful enforcement tool after some record verdicts and settlements in 2025, and while traditional fraud areas remain a priority, new initiatives are raising questions about its expanding application, says Veronica Nannis at Joseph Greenwald.

  • How Payments Law Landscape Will Evolve In 2026

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    After a year of change across the payments landscape, financial services providers should expect more innovation and the pushing of regulatory boundaries, but should stay mindful that state regulators and litigation will continue to challenge the status quo, say attorneys at Troutman.

  • Opportunities Amid The Challenges Of Trump's BIS Shake-Up

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    The Trump administration’s continuing overhaul of the Bureau of Industry and Security has created enormous practical challenges for export compliance, but it potentially also offers a once-in-a-generation opening to advocate for simplifying and rationalizing U.S. export controls, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

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    Hosting Exchange Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Opening my home to foreign exchange students makes me a better lawyer not just because prioritizing visiting high schoolers forces me to hone my organization and time management skills but also because sharing the study-abroad experience with newcomers and locals reconnects me to my community, says Alison Lippa at Nicolaides Fink.

  • FDA's 2025 Enforcement Scorecard Highlights Data Focus

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    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's increased enforcement activity in 2025 was driven by artificial intelligence and a focus on foreign manufacturers, necessitating proactive compliance strategies for an environment that is increasingly reliant on data, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

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