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Latest News in Retail & E-Commerce
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March 06, 2026
Wash. Antispam Penalties Near Cut From $500 Down To $100
Washington lawmakers passed a bill Friday that would cut damages available to plaintiffs under the state's antispam law from $500 per offending message to just $100, significantly reducing Commercial Electronic Mail Act penalties for companies that send offending emails or text messages.
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March 06, 2026
Investor's Memoir 'Lifted' Account Of Sex Assault, Suit Says
The bestselling memoir "The Tell," written by investor Amy Griffin and featured by Oprah's book club, contains a fabricated account of a middle school sexual assault that was "lifted" from the life of a teenage acquaintance, according to a privacy suit filed in California state court.
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March 06, 2026
Amazon Wage Decision Resisted Policy Pressure, Experts Say
The Connecticut Supreme Court's opinion requiring Amazon to pay warehouse workers for time spent awaiting and undergoing post-shift security screenings used basic statutory interpretation tools, not policy arguments, to reach conclusions aligned with other pro-labor laws passed by the state legislature, experts told Law360.
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March 06, 2026
Ex-Exec Can't Skirt Ammo Tech Secrets Suit, NC Judge Says
A former director and plant manager at track-and-trace company Jekson USA Inc. couldn't secure a pretrial exit, a North Carolina Business Court judge has said, ruling the company pled its trade secret and contract breach claims with enough specificity.
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March 06, 2026
Grocery Chain Strikes Deal In 401(k) Suit Revived By 2nd Circ.
A supermarket chain told a New York federal court it has agreed to settle a proposed class action claiming the company allowed its 401(k) plan to be saddled with excessive fees, about six months after the Second Circuit partially revived the case.
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