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Latest News in Retail & E-Commerce
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April 03, 2026
YouTube Creators Say Amazon Scrapes Videos To Train AI
A group of YouTube creators say Amazon.com Inc. has been scraping millions of copyrighted videos to feed, train and commercialize its text-to-video generative product by unlawfully circumventing the video platform's technological protection measures, in a proposed class action filed Friday in Seattle federal court.
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April 03, 2026
Amazon Says Audible Intervenor Wants Info For Her Own Suit
Amazon urged a Seattle federal judge to deny a woman's motion to intervene in a putative class action accusing the retailer of wrongfully auto-enrolling customers in its Audible e-book service, arguing the woman should not be able to obtain discovery in the case to buttress her own recently dismissed complaint.
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April 03, 2026
Club Foxy Lady Loses 9th Circ. TM Appeal Against Coffee Biz
A Ninth Circuit panel rejected a Rhode Island strip club's bid for a default win in a suit accusing a Washington state bikini barista business of stealing its "Foxy Lady" trademark, ruling on Friday that the district court properly disposed of the case based on differences in the trademarks and distance between the customer markets.
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April 03, 2026
AI Boom Lifts Q1 M&A Values, As Attys Eye Wider Rebound
Artificial intelligence-driven megadeals fueled a jump in first-quarter global mergers and acquisitions value, but lagging middle-market and private equity activity weighed on deal volume, as attorneys cautiously anticipate a broader rebound.
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April 03, 2026
Music Publishers Say X Finds Conspiracy In 1 Emailed 'We'
The National Music Publishers' Association and its members have told a Texas federal court that X Corp.'s antitrust suit fails to allege any conspiracy, with the best argument the company could muster being an "implausible" interpretation of a single word — "we" — in a single email.
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