Retail & E-Commerce

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Latest News in Retail & E-Commerce

  • June 29, 2026

    Amazon Buy Might Tie Instant Pot Maker To Burn Suit In Wash.

    The Chinese manufacturer of Instant Pot can't escape claims that one of its pressure cookers malfunctioned and ejected scalding food on two people, a Washington state judge ruled, giving the plaintiffs a chance to show the company's relationship with Seattle-based online retailer Amazon is enough to establish jurisdiction.

  • June 29, 2026

    Moving Organizer Disputes Poaching Claims After Fallout

    A Connecticut federal judge on Monday probed the line between two overlapping trades because a disputed noncompete contract doesn't define either one, hoping to understand a moving company's arguments that a woman it once allegedly described as a partner poached clients, employees and intellectual property before relaunching her own company.

  • June 29, 2026

    Walmart Chia Seeds Have 8 Times Mold Limit, Fla. Buyer Says

    Organic chia seeds Walmart sells through its private label are contaminated with "exceedingly high levels of mold and yeast," according to a lawsuit filed in Florida federal court, which claims the product is "in no way safe for human use" and "entirely worthless."

  • June 29, 2026

    Wayne-Sanderson Says Wage Claims Blocked By $70M Deal

    Wayne-Sanderson urged a Maryland federal court to enforce nearly $70 million in settlements the poultry processor reached with workers and to block dozens of individuals who are suing or threatening to sue in Alabama state court alleging wage suppression.

  • June 29, 2026

    Rural Network Providers Seek FCC Waiver To Alter Routers

    Now that the Federal Communications Commission has given some telecommunications trade groups permission to make changes to foreign-made routers that the agency has banned from being imported, those groups are asking the agency to let suppliers make the changes themselves.

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  • ENFORCEMENT
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  • TRANSACTIONS
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  • Personnel moves
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