Retail & E-Commerce

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Latest News in Retail & E-Commerce

  • June 15, 2026

    Facebook Users Ask 9th Circ. To Fix Jury Role 'Usurpation'

    The Ninth Circuit must undo a lower court's ruling that killed an antitrust suit brought by Facebook users after the district court judge found the novel theory propping up the suit held no water, the users have said, and that Facebook's parent company cannot defend the lower court's "usurpation of the jury's role."

  • June 15, 2026

    Target Wipes Buyers Say Recall Left Them Without Refunds

    Target was hit with a proposed class action over its Up & Up-branded baby wipes, which were recalled after regulators discovered in them bacteria that are potentially fatal to infants, according to a lawsuit filed Friday by consumers who demanded both refunds and punitive damages.

  • June 15, 2026

    Kratom Interests Urge 10th Circ. To Halt Utah Ban

    A kratom drink maker is asking the Tenth Circuit to block Utah's law reining in psychoactive products derived from kratom leaf, arguing that the statute's ban on mixing kratom with any "nonkratom substance" is preempted by federal law.

  • June 15, 2026

    Amazon Workers In Colo. Seek Cert. In COVID Screening Suit

    Roughly 13,000 current and former hourly Amazon employees at its Colorado fulfillment centers who underwent mandatory pre-shift COVID-19 screenings and post-shift exit security screenings without pay asked a federal judge to certify both their classes Friday, arguing that common evidence can resolve liability and damages on a classwide basis. 

  • June 15, 2026

    Mead Johnson Wins New Trial Over $60M NEC Formula Verdict

    An Illinois appellate panel has thrown out a $60 million jury verdict awarded to a mother claiming Mead Johnson's infant formula caused her premature baby to develop a fatal gut disease, saying the trial court erred in finding the company owed a duty to warn the mother and not just the infant's doctors, and allowing prejudicial evidence about Mead Johnson's profits.

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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.
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