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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
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June 05, 2025
Judge Boosts $2.7M Window Shade Patent Verdict To $5.3M
A New York federal judge has refused to throw out a jury's verdict finding that lighting fixture company Lutron Electronics infringed a window shade patent owned by GeigTech, finding that Lutron owes $5.3 million in damages rather than the initial $2.7 million amount awarded by the jury.
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June 05, 2025
Playboy Fired Exec For Raising Harassment Issues, Suit Says
Playboy's ousted chief creative officer filed a retaliation suit against the company in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday alleging he was illegally terminated after speaking up about sexual harassment, financial improprieties and a minor uploading explicit images of herself to a public company website.
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June 05, 2025
Poultry Workers Get Final OK On $398M Wage-Fixing Deals
A Maryland federal judge granted final approval Thursday to settlements worth nearly $400 million for poultry processing workers who claimed that the nation's biggest chicken producers conspired to suppress their wages.
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June 05, 2025
Infant Cushion Maker Urges DC Circ. To Vacate CPSC Rule
A company that manufactures infant support cushions has told the D.C. Circuit that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission overstepped its authority by issuing a rule regulating the products as "durable" and thus skirting congressional limits on its ability to issue mandatory product safety standards.
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June 05, 2025
Music Lyrics Co. Slams $1B Antitrust Suit Over Warner Deal
Music data company Musixmatch urged a California federal judge to end rival LyricFind Inc.'s $1 billion suit alleging it has a monopoly in the market for providing lyrics to streamers like Spotify after inking an exclusive deal with Warner Music to distribute its titles, arguing Warner is legally allowed to solely license its intellectual property to Musixmatch.

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