Retail & E-Commerce

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Latest News in Retail & E-Commerce

  • October 30, 2026

    Massachusetts And Idaho To Vote On Restricting Cannabis

    On Tuesday, voters in Massachusetts and Idaho will consider ballot measures that would roll back or restrict marijuana legalization, marking the first time that all statewide ballot questions on the issue of cannabis are geared toward fighting reform.

  • October 30, 2026

    NY Pot Business Program Not Preempted By CSA, Court Says

    A New York state appeals court ended a lawsuit by a group of anti-cannabis activists that challenged state funding for recreational marijuana dispensary buildouts, ruling the funding doesn't conflict with federal drug law.

  • October 30, 2026

    Google Search Judge 'Increasingly Concerned' By Fix Delays

    Nearly a year after issuing his final mandates ordering Google to prop up search engine rivals with data and syndicated search results, a D.C. federal judge expressed concern during a hearing Friday that the process of readying the monopolization fixes won by the U.S. Department of Justice continues to drag on.

  • October 30, 2026

    Real Estate Firm Drops Airbnb Suit Over 'BNB' Acronym

    A luxury real estate management company has dropped a lawsuit against Airbnb that claimed it shouldn't be able to monetize the "BNB" acronym as an internationally recognized abbreviation for bed and breakfast.

  • October 30, 2026

    Washington Email Law Still Puts Marketers At Litigation Risk

    Despite legislative efforts to curtail abusive litigation after the 2025 Brown v. Old Navy decision extending Washington's Commercial Electronic Mail Act to misleading email subject lines, CEMA can still trigger class actions with statutory damages, even for national campaigns run by companies with no physical presence in Washington, say attorneys at Wilson Elser.

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