Retail & E-Commerce

Retail & E-Commerce Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on the retail and e-commerce industries. Coverage includes litigation, policy developments, and corporate deals involving traditional stores, online shopping companies, and retail developers.



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Latest News in Retail & E-Commerce

  • June 17, 2026

    Visa, Mastercard Say 'Old' Deal Bars 'New' Merchant Suit

    Visa and Mastercard asked a New York federal court to shut down a new proposed class action from merchants seeking to get around the future claims release in the credit card companies' $5.6 billion transaction fees antitrust settlement, arguing the new merchants are clearly bound by the old deal.

  • June 17, 2026

    Amazon Urges Fed. Circ. To Halt Patent Suit In Texas

    Amazon has asked the Federal Circuit to force a Texas federal court to pause a suit accusing it of infringing a pair of Headwater Research LLC patents while a similar suit against Google plays out.

  • June 17, 2026

    Harvest Sherwood Gets OK On $150M Replacement DIP

    Defunct food distributor Harvest Sherwood secured a Texas bankruptcy judge's approval on Wednesday to take on $150 million in new Chapter 11 financing and set up bidding procedures for its exit funding, defeating an objection from a litigation finance firm.

  • June 17, 2026

    DOJ's Pot Shift Leaves Key Questions For Cannabis Industry

    The Trump administration's recent moves to relax federal restrictions on marijuana through the administrative process will have unclear ramifications for all industry players unless Congress steps in to rewrite cannabis law, attorneys heard Wednesday.

  • June 17, 2026

    Colo. AG Seeks Order To Force Auto Warranty Co. Probe

    The Colorado attorney general asked a state court to compel an extended auto warranty company to comply with an investigative subpoena issued more than a year ago, alleging the company failed to honor consumers' data privacy rights and has repeatedly stonewalled the state's investigation.

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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

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  • Judges and court staff across the U.S.
  • Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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