Retail & E-Commerce
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Latest News in Retail & E-Commerce
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January 18, 2019
Arent Fox Nabs Ex-CFPB Enforcement Pro In San Francisco
A former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enforcement attorney and go-to expert for financial services litigation has joined Arent Fox LLP's complex litigation practice as a partner at the firm's San Francisco office, the firm said.
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January 18, 2019
Costco Can’t Toss Non-Calif. Plaintiffs In Hep. A Berry Suit
A California federal judge has denied Costco Wholesale Co. Inc.'s bid to dismiss non-California plaintiffs from a class action over a frozen berry mix that allegedly started a hepatitis A outbreak, saying the company can't raise that defense after several years participating in the suit.
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January 18, 2019
Red Bull Moves To Halt NJ Gas Station's Foreign Drink Sales
The makers of Red Bull energy drink on Friday slapped a New Jersey Lukoil gas station with a trademark infringement suit accusing it of selling a version of the drink that’s only authorized for sale outside of the U.S. and thus subject to different quality-control standards.
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January 18, 2019
Samuels Jewelers Consignor Asks For Inventory Protections
A consignor that provides inventory to bankrupt retailer Samuels Jewelers Inc. objected Friday to the debtor's proposed asset sale plan, saying its consigned goods would be included in the sale despite the debtor not owning that inventory.
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January 18, 2019
Sears OKs $5.2B ESL Bid, Preps For Feb. 4 Sale Hearing
Sears Holding Corp. on Friday told a New York bankruptcy court that it had accepted a $5.2 billion bid from a hedge fund owned by former Sears CEO Edward Lampert, putting the bankruptcy case on course for a contested sale hearing at the beginning of February.
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