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Latest News in Retail & E-Commerce
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March 24, 2025
State Securities Enforcers May Fill A Federal Enforcement Gap
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission appears poised to take a lighter touch under the new administration, but state enforcement efforts are likely to continue unabated, and potentially even increase, particularly with regard to digital assets and ESG disclosures, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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March 24, 2025
NYC Shops' Suit Over Pot Enforcement Crackdown Tossed
A New York federal judge has thrown out a suit by 27 businesses alleging that New York City violated due process by shutting some of them down as illegal cannabis operations, saying not only did the shops have the opportunity to be heard in an impartial hearing, but several of them were allowed to reopen following those hearings.
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March 24, 2025
Dog Toy Maker Appeals Injunction In Jack Daniel's TM Dispute
The maker of a poop-themed dog toy that mimics Jack Daniel's bottles is appealing a permanent injunction that an Arizona federal court entered after finding the company tarnished the whiskey-maker's brand by associating it with feces.
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March 24, 2025
High Court Turns Down Case Over Amazon Patent Program
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday not to hear an appeal of a Federal Circuit decision that found a company alleging patent infringement through Amazon's patent evaluation program must face a declaratory judgment suit in the accused infringer's home state.
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March 21, 2025
Chancery Nixes Mid-Case Appeal In Sears Appraisal Suit Fix
A Delaware vice chancellor refused on Friday to certify a mid-case appeal sought by bankrupt Sears Hometown Stores and its billionaire controller after a Court of Chancery ruling that an investor should get a full $4.06 per share post-squeeze-out merger award despite pursuing an alternative stock appraisal that was dead-ended by bankruptcy.

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