Retail & E-Commerce

  • June 18, 2026

    Pennsylvania Skill Games Ruling Ups Ante For New Rules

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's recent ruling that skill games are subject to the same oversight as slot machines is a catalyst for lawmakers to craft a taxation and regulation framework and fuel a revenue boost Gov. Josh Shapiro has envisioned for years, experts tell Law360.

  • June 18, 2026

    Del. Bill Seeks Intermediary Municipal Rental Tax Collection

    Delaware would require accommodations intermediaries to collect short-term rental tax for municipalities under a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives.

  • June 18, 2026

    Otter Tail To Pay $30M To Settle PVC Price-Fix Claims

    Otter Tail has agreed to pay $30 million to resolve certain claims in litigation alleging it and two subsidiaries conspired with other polyvinyl chloride pipe producers to fix prices, the company said in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing Wednesday.

  • June 18, 2026

    Cannabis World Cheers Justices' Gun Rights Ruling

    Cannabis industry stakeholders on Thursday largely applauded the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision finding that a ban on gun ownership for drug users is unconstitutional as applied to a person who regularly uses marijuana.

  • June 18, 2026

    Beauty Co. Reaches $18M Deal To End Investor Suit

    The Beauty Health Co., a maker of salon treatment equipment, has reached an $18 million settlement with shareholders that would end their lawsuit alleging the firm hid critical design issues affecting its Syndeo hydrodermabrasion facial machine.

  • June 18, 2026

    Starbucks Sues To Block Union From Using Name And Logo

    Starbucks sued Starbucks Workers United on Thursday in Iowa federal court, seeking to block the group from using the company brand and countering a suit the union filed in April.

  • June 18, 2026

    Trade Court OKs Penalties For Importer Who Skipped Duties

    The U.S. Court of International Trade said a tire distributor is liable for a $56,000 penalty for failing to pay antidumping and countervailing duties on tires it imported from China after the company failed to appear in court.

  • June 18, 2026

    'Web' Of Kratom Cos. Can't Escape Addiction Fraud Claims

    A Virginia federal judge won't let a group of kratom companies and their individual owners out of a suit alleging that they conspired to hide kratom's addictive qualities, saying the proposed class action plaintiff has sufficiently alleged the formation of an "interconnected web of corporations" aimed at perpetuating the alleged fraud.

  • June 18, 2026

    Amazon Wraps Up Ex-Worker's Race Bias, Retaliation Suit

    Amazon has reached an agreement to end a suit from a former executive assistant who claimed he was fired for complaining that he'd missed out on promotions and faced unwarranted criticism because he's Black, according to a filing in Georgia federal court.

  • June 17, 2026

    Ad Seller Can't Shake Wiretap Suit Over Temu Data Transfers

    An Illinois federal judge has refused to toss a putative class action accusing a global advertising technology company of breaking federal wiretap law by transmitting Americans' sensitive information to Chinese e-commerce giant Temu, finding it plausibly alleged the conduct violated a U.S. Department of Justice regulation restricting bulk data transfers to foreign adversaries.

  • June 17, 2026

    Grocery Chain Says Aon Put $40M In Opioid Coverage At Risk

    Supermarket chain Giant Eagle on Wednesday hit insurance brokerage firm Aon with claims in Pennsylvania federal court that it jeopardized $40 million in coverage allegedly owed to the chain for settlement and defense costs in opioid litigation.

  • June 17, 2026

    Visa, Mastercard Say 'Old' Deal Bars 'New' Merchant Suit

    Visa and Mastercard asked a New York federal court to shut down a new proposed class action from merchants seeking to get around the future claims release in the credit card companies' $5.6 billion transaction fees antitrust settlement, arguing the new merchants are clearly bound by the old deal.

  • June 17, 2026

    Amazon Urges Fed. Circ. To Halt Patent Suit In Texas

    Amazon has asked the Federal Circuit to force a Texas federal court to pause a suit accusing it of infringing a pair of Headwater Research LLC patents while a similar suit against Google plays out.

  • June 17, 2026

    Harvest Sherwood Gets OK On $150M Replacement DIP

    Defunct food distributor Harvest Sherwood secured a Texas bankruptcy judge's approval on Wednesday to take on $150 million in new Chapter 11 financing and set up bidding procedures for its exit funding, defeating an objection from a litigation finance firm.

  • June 17, 2026

    DOJ's Pot Shift Leaves Key Questions For Cannabis Industry

    The Trump administration's recent moves to relax federal restrictions on marijuana through the administrative process will have unclear ramifications for all industry players unless Congress steps in to rewrite cannabis law, attorneys heard Wednesday.

  • June 17, 2026

    Colo. AG Seeks Order To Force Auto Warranty Co. Probe

    The Colorado attorney general asked a state court to compel an extended auto warranty company to comply with an investigative subpoena issued more than a year ago, alleging the company failed to honor consumers' data privacy rights and has repeatedly stonewalled the state's investigation.

  • June 17, 2026

    Luxottica, Ex-Worker End Pension Suit Over Annuity Benefits

    Luxottica and a former worker who challenged the company's methodology for paying annuity benefits agreed Wednesday to resolve a proposed class action, a month after the nation's highest court declined the eyewear-maker's bid to review a Second Circuit ruling keeping some of her claims out of arbitration.

  • June 17, 2026

    Amazon Hit With OT Suit By Ex-Assistant Manager

    Amazon Fresh misclassified salaried assistant store managers as overtime-exempt while assigning them routine store work, according to a proposed collective action filed by a former manager in Washington federal court Wednesday.

  • June 17, 2026

    Walmart Hit With $23M Verdict For Wash. Worker Retaliation

    A Washington federal jury has found Walmart on the hook for retaliating against a former store employee who claimed she was fired for standing up for colleagues who were sexually harassed by another co-worker, awarding the plaintiff $23 million in damages.

  • June 17, 2026

    Mich. Township Says Pot Shop Missed Permit Deadlines

    A west Michigan township has told a federal judge that a local cannabis business alleging the township improperly refused to issue it a permit and prevented it from opening in fact missed the deadline for the permit in question.

  • June 17, 2026

    Gymshark's Paid Influencer 'Army' Hides Ad Deals, Says Suit

    Athletic apparel company Gymshark pays an "army" of social media influencers to promote its products online without disclosing the ad partnership to viewers, claims a proposed class action filed in New York federal court.

  • June 17, 2026

    No Deal Reached In Cheer Competition Antitrust Mediation

    A mediator told a Texas federal court on Wednesday that cheerleading competition organizers and national cheer governing body U.S. All Star Federation Inc. were unable to reach a settlement this month of the organizers' antitrust lawsuit.

  • June 17, 2026

    Google, Apple Call CEO Depo Bids 'Harassment' At 9th Circ.

    Apple and Google urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to reject consumers' request to depose their respective CEOs, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai, and other executives in antitrust litigation accusing Google of shutting out rival search engines, arguing that the appeal is unwarranted and the repeated deposition demands are unjustified "harassment."

  • June 17, 2026

    Pickleball Paddle Maker Settles With Rival In ITC Patent Probe

    A pickleball paddle maker has reached a settlement with one of the companies it targeted at the U.S. International Trade Commission with claims of infringing a patent, removing the rival from the probe.

  • June 17, 2026

    Goodwin Steers Tripadvisor On $700M Sale Of TheFork

    Goodwin Procter LLP is advising Tripadvisor Inc. on its agreement to sell TheFork, an online restaurant reservation and management platform in Europe, to American Express for $700 million. 

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Founding An Autism Academy Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    Starting a nonprofit autism school with no building, no funding model and no guarantee that families would trust us taught me the importance of mission, patience and purpose — lessons that sharpened my practice and showed how meaningful work outside the office can make lawyers better, says Phillip Russell at Ogletree Deakins.

  • Why Private Sector Should Watch Gov't DEI Firing Class Bid

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    Former federal employees' class certification attempt in Fell v. Trump is worth following, as their challenge of the Office of Personnel Management's elimination of DEI positions raises questions about commonality in employee classes and protections for nonminority advocacy that reach beyond the public sector, says Shaun Southworth at Southworth PC.

  • Texas AG's Payola Theory May Reach Beyond Music Platforms

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    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently issued investigative demands to five major music streaming platforms, appearing to invoke the payola concept as a consumer protection theory against the streaming business, a novel application that could extend to other companies monetizing on ranking, visibility or recommendation placement, say attorneys at Benesch.

  • Opinion

    Rule Of Law Requires Gov't Engagement With Bar, Not Retreat

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    A federal agency's absence from national and local bar conferences, most recently illustrated by the U.S. Department of Justice's withdrawal from a New York City Bar Association white collar conference, disserves the bar, the government lawyers themselves and, ultimately, the administration of justice, says Muhammad Faridi at Linklaters.

  • The Paradoxical Duty To Adopt AI When You Can't Bill For It

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    Both billing for hours saved using artificial intelligence and preserving billable time by not adopting AI may violate rules of professional conduct, but until bar associations' ethics rules catch up to this emerging economic dilemma, firms must decide how to adjust fee structures themselves, says Ines Lassalle at Peyrot & Associates.

  • 4 Emerging Limits Of Employer Mental Health Notice Defense

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    A California appeals court's recent decision in Husband v. Target, addressing when an employer knows about an employee's undisclosed disability, leaves open questions about how changes in mental health awareness and workforce monitoring tools may raise the bar for what employers can claim not to know, says Benjamin Heller at RFZ Law.

  • 9th Circ. Cooler Ruling Chills 1st Mover Lanham Act Claims

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    The Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Vericool World v. Igloo Products that Vericool's claim of being first-to-market with an ecocooler was not actionable under the Lanham Act largely foreclosed false advertising litigation over first mover status, so potential plaintiffs should instead look to patent counseling or intellectual property strategy for these claims, say attorneys at Manatt.

  • Reducing Youth Product Risks When No Standards Apply

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    As juvenile product manufacturers and retailers face heightened U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission enforcement actions and attendant litigation risks, companies must not only comply with applicable standards, but also confront the problem of how to protect themselves when there are no standards to comply with, say attorneys at Chamberlain Hrdlicka.

  • Series

    Cow Horse Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Moving an unwilling 800-pound cow while riding a horse at high speed is exhilarating, a little unhinged and, at least for me, a surprisingly effective training ground for litigation — both demand focus, preparation over rigid planning and the willingness to act despite fear, says Ashley Zitrin at Glenn Agre.

  • What Prop 65 Listings For Welding Fumes, Drugs Mean For Cos.

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    With California poised to add welding chemicals and three medications to its list of known carcinogens under Proposition 65, businesses must assess risks from nontraditional pharmaceutical dispensing, occupational and environmental exposures to welding operations, and downstream exposures from the manufacture of both types of substances, says Gregory Berlin at Alston & Bird.

  • Virginia's Cannabis Retail Veto Leaves Industry In Legal Limbo

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    Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's recent veto of legislation that would have established a regulated retail cannabis framework halts momentum built by the General Assembly, but it also sends important signals about what a future regulatory framework must address to survive, says Charles Slemp at Cozen.

  • A Look At The Court's Next Steps In Live Nation Antitrust Case

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    Following a recent jury verdict that Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated as a monopoly to fix ticket prices, a New York federal court stands to weigh Live Nation's bid for a new trial, approve the U.S. Department of Justice's March settlement with the defendants, and impose remedies that include full structural separation, say attorneys at Crowell.

  • Checking For AI Errors Is Now A Two-Way Street

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    A handful of recent federal and state cases demonstrate the importance of checking for errors generated by artificial intelligence not only in your own court submissions, but also your opponent's, as well as when catching opposing counsel's AI mistakes could result in an award for attorney fees, says Tamara Barago at Hollingsworth.

  • Foot Locker Fine Illustrates SEC's Whistleblower Priorities

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent fining of Foot Locker for its separation agreements is a reminder that the commission remains serious about maintaining open channels for reporting whistleblower concerns and that provisions can violate Rule 21F-17(a) without specifically barring communications with the SEC, says Jonathan Richman at Brown Rudnick.

  • Series

    The Biz Court Digest: Shoring Up Corporate Law In Maryland

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    Launched more than 20 years ago to improve complex corporate adjudication, Maryland's Business and Technology Case Management Program has been a solid success in some areas, but there always is room for improvement, says Bill Krulak at Miles & Stockbridge.

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