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Retail & E-Commerce - March, 2016

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• Urban Outfitters' Delay Defense Nixed In Navajo TM Suit
• Amazon Settles Angie's List Suit Over Local Listings
• Creditors Say Sports Authority Doesn't Need $595M DIP Loan
• Price Hikes Loom For Post-Staples Clients, Expert Says
• Bankrupt RCS Seeks To Unload Majority Stake In Docupace
• OCC Opens Door For Financial Innovation
• Judge Wants 5th Circ. To Weigh In On NY Convention Question
• Eye Rolls Aren't Harassment, 8th Circ. Says In Wal-Mart Win
• Puerto Rico Appeals Decision Striking Alternate Biz Tax
• Fed. Circ. Takes $6.8M Out Of Fossil Handbag Verdict
• Amazon Dodges Ky. Workers' State Claims In Wage MDL
• Grocer Says Foe Using Antitrust Acts to Block Store In NJ
• Garmin Defeats Suit Over Lifespan Of Batteries
• Native Advertising Won't Provide Camouflage From The FTC
• Real Estate Rumors: De Beers, JP Morgan, Echo Global
• Shifting The Law Firm Business Development Paradigm
• WB Mason Says No Big Competition For Staples-Office Depot
• 7-Eleven Slapped With Wage Lawsuit In NJ
• Coverage Suit Over Edible Arrangements IP Row Survives
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Foxconn Inks $3.5B Investment In Japan's Sharp
• Lamps Plus Hit With Employee Class Action After Data Breach
• EEOC Says Tyson Ruling Doesn't Impact Bass Pro Hiring Row
• Calif. Nike Workers Lose Cert. Bid In OT Row
• No Overlap In Dollar General Obsolete Oil Cases, Buyers Say
• Men's Wearhouse Hid Issues With $1.8B Merger, Suit Claims
• Real Estate Rumors: RXR, Google, Gatlin Development
• Store Credits Aren't Unclaimed Property In Calif.
• Grocer's Breach Liability Shouldn't Have Cap, 8th Circ. Told
• Whole Foods Can't Escape 'All Natural' Labeling Suit
• Data Breach Plans Can Limit Exposure: BakerHostetler Report
• Minority Biz Owner Trashes Staples-Office Depot Divestiture
• CVS Settles With Visa, MasterCard Over Interchange Fees
• AutoZone Settles NJ Pricing Violation Claims
• Chamber Backs Class Waivers In Wages Suit At 2nd Circ.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yahoo, SMCP, Gameloft
• Bankrupt Haggen's $106M Store Sale To Albertsons OK'd
• CRT Buyers Ordered To Give Mitsubishi More Meetings Info
• PTAB To Review Discount Patent Asserted Against Kroger
• NY, Native-Owned Tobacco Co. Square Off In Cigarette Tax Row
• How Insurers Can Strengthen Agreements With Retailers
• USA Discounters' Creditors Blast Attempt To Challenge Liens
• Cities Push For Judgment In Ill. Tax Dispute With Travel Sites
• More CVS Detectives Say They Were Told To Racially Profile
• Wal-Mart Ruling Shows Folly Of Targeted State Taxes
• Supplement Distributor Didn't Lose On Deal, 2nd Circ. Told
• Whole Foods Says It Had No Duty To Preserve Yogurt in MDL
• Deals Rumor Mill: Foxconn Technology, Virgin America, KKR
• Forever 21 Arbitration Pact Fair, Calif. High Court Rules
• Machinima, Lord & Taylor And The Need For Native Ad Policies
• Rite Aid Says Consent Not Needed For Flu Shot Call
• Some Amazon Info Already Public, Staples Merger Judge Says
• Car Owner Seeks To Throw Wrench Into Auto Parts MDL Deals
• Ill. City Settles With Priceline, Other Sites In Hotel Tax Row
• Avon Avoids Proxy War With Activist Investor Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: CIM, WeWork, Yeung Property
• PR Court Nixes Alternative Biz Tax Challenged By Wal-Mart
• Mindless Lawyering: Is Doc Review 'The Practice Of Law'?
• Luggage Seller Must Fix Website After Blind Man's ADA Suit
• Navajos Rebuked For Tactics In Urban Outfitters Discovery
• Staples Wants More Amazon Info Released In FTC Merger Row
• Judge Won't Recuse Himself From Sports Photo IP Suit
• Mitsubishi Owed More Discovery In CRT Suits, Ex-Judge Says
• Sports Authority Landlords Say $20M Cost Not Covered
• DOT Issues 'Reverse Logistics' Hazardous Materials Rule
• New Ticket Restrictions Could Be Risky For Teams
• Retailers Urge Federal Reserve To Rethink Debit Swipe Fees
• Hancock Wants Sale Proceeds Of Consigned Goods In Ch. 11
• Tire Co. Inks $2M Deal To Exit EEOC Sex Bias Row
• Sprouts Farmers Market Hit With Shareholder Suit
• FTC Vs. FTC: Rationalizing Reversal On Office Supply Market
• Staples Questions FTC Merger Row In Light Of Amazon's Rise
• Gilstrap Hands Kroger Rewards Program IP Win Under Alice
• Urban Outfitters Wants Insurer Out Of Tribal Trademark Case
• Wash. High Court Sides With Seattle Times In Docs Row
• Chrysler Held Liable For Dealership Owner's Firing
• UK Court Says Display IP Row Doesn't Belong In Arbitration
• Razor Seeks Import Ban On Hoverboards Sold Over Alibaba
• Chrysler Says Dealer Can't Back Sales Suit Without Lost Docs
• Ex-Petco Worker Says Texas Stores Didn't Pay For All Hours
• UK Issues Enforcement Plan For Payment Card Fee Rules
• The Future Keeps Happening To Legal Services
• Atty's Role In $8.5M Groupon Deal Doesn't Elicit Fee Cut
• TPG, Phillips Edison Grocery REIT Form $250M Venture
• Williams-Sonoma Sued For Collecting Customer ZIP Codes
• Brookfield REIT Sells Vancouver Property For $215M
• South Dakota Gov. Signs Controversial 'Amazon Tax' Bill
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• No Storefront? No Problem: Deceptive Pricing Moves Online
• Toys R Us Transport Manager Skimmed $1.9M, Feds Say
• Morgan Lewis Sheds Over 100 Attorneys After Bingham Deal
• 5 Firms On The Rise In 2016
• The Firms That Lost The Most Ground This Year
• Greenberg Traurig On Track To Become Biggest US Firm
• Hancock Gets Green Light To Auction $1M In Store Leases
• Daimler Gets Miss. Dealer's Asset Sale Halted
• UAE Food Co. Says NY Exporter Owes On $5.7M Award
• Amazon Reports Pay Equality After Shareholder Pressure
• Expedia, Others Note Customer Role In E-Commerce IP Fight
• LARPer Credits Newegg In Archery Patent Claim Dismissal
• FTC Hit For 'Disturbing' Amazon Declaration In Staples Row
• Demystifying The Attorney-Client Privilege
• Judge Too Soft On Amazon In IP Suit, Pillowcase Co. Says
• Lew Gives No Hints About TPP Banking Data Deal
• FTC Witnesses Grilled Over Purported Harm Of Staples Deal
• FDA Warning Wire: OTC Drug Dangers, Lead Contamination
• Chanel Says Wage Suit Is Too Individualized For Class Cert.
• Newegg Donates To Role-Player Facing Archery IP Suit
• 10th Circ. Asked To Rethink Ruling Upholding 'Amazon Tax'
• Michaels Can't Trim Suit Over Shattering Glass Vases
• Amazon Says Noncompete Means Exec Can't Join Target
• FTC 'Ginned Up' Case Against Office Depot Deal, Staples Says
• Feds Want Banks To Check Prepaid Card Customer IDs
• Fed. Circ. Judge Won't Boot Amazon Patent Suit From Texas
• EEOC Says Bass Pro Trying To Control Strategy In Bias Row
• Lush's Website Terms Violate NJ Consumer Law, Suit Says
• High Court Snubs Dealership's Appeal On Mechanics Union
• Shanghai Commercial Loans $155M For NYC Hotel Project
• Is Student Loan Stress The New Norm For Law School?
• Jones Day, Weil Guide Sherwin-Williams In $8.9B Valspar Buy
• Amazon's Execution Key To Dodging 'Selfie Pay' Woes
• Fla. Mall Seeks Seizure Of Devices In Public Records Case
• Kroger Escapes Labeling Suit Over Trans Fat In Bread Crumbs
• 7 Best Practices For Managing An Associate's Personal Crisis
• UK To Scrap 'Tampon Tax' After EU Changes VAT Rules
• NJ ShopRite Monopoly Dispute Rolls Into Supreme Court
• Texas Group Says It Belongs In Wal-Mart's Liquor Permit Row
• Wal-Mart Accused Of Mocking Then Firing Disabled Employee
• EU Antitrust Inquiry Finds Online Geo-Blocking 'Widespread'
• Sears Accused Of Late Cancellations Of Kids' Clothes Orders
• Sports Authority May Shape Future Of Retailer Ch. 11s
• Sears Strikes Deal Over Pension Protections
• Moscow Mall Shareholder Gets $84M Award Confirmed
• CityCenter JV Nabs $1.1B In Las Vegas Retail Deal
• TTAB May Have New Standard For Interstate Commerce
• Former Wal-Mart Workers Can't Enter Settled Sex-Bias Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit $16M Fee Cut For Best Buy
• Amazon Shareholders Should Vote On Pay Equality, SEC Says
• Pom Juicing Coke False Ad Harm By Over $68M, Jury Hears
• Williams-Sonoma Dodges NJ Delivery Workers' Overtime Suit
• Amazon Will Loom Large In FTC's Staples Merger Trial
• Scant Motion Blasted In Credit Card Fraud Liability Case
• Walgreens Accused Of Using Family Pics Without Permission
• Trial Court Can't Rehear $15M CardSoft Case After Reversal
• RadioShack Gift Card Holder Can't Get Early Payout For Fees
• OSHA Seeks $120K Fine For Wal-Mart Health, Safety Violations
• Lowe's Sues Insurance Cos., Firms For Botching Injury Suit
• Market Tech Holdings Drops $84M On London Office Property
• Wegmans Can't Get $225K Sales Tax Refund On Price Audits
• Macy's Asks 5th Circ. To Ignore New Bargaining Unit Opinion
• Brookfield Nabs $410M Loan From Wells Fargo For NYC Tower
• What To Expect From 7th Circ. In Robinson-Patman Case
• Think All Internet Impressions Are The Same? Think Again
• Wealth Management For Senior Partners
• Ex-Coke Exec Denies Trying To Trick Pom Drinkers At Trial
• OPINION: Missed Opportunity In Supreme Court Nomination
• In His Own Words: 4 Key Garland Opinions
• Garland's High Court Nomination Battle Likely To Drag On
• Luxury Mall Accuses Fla. Village Of Hiding Documents
• Vendor Dispute Explodes In Sports Authority Ch. 11
• Shutterfly Asks For Stay In Biometric Data Suit
• Judge Garland Could Bring New Consensus To High Court
• Attorneys Weigh In On Obama's Supreme Court Pick
• Wal-Mart Keeps Liquor Seller Out Of Texas Permit Suit
• Charney Suit Says Glaser Weil Didn't Warn Of Contract Risks
• ITC Again Delays Review Of Dentons DQ In Gap Patent Row
• Overstock To Unveil First Blockchain-Based Stock Offering
• Jury Slaps La-Z-Boy With $5.8M Verdict In Royalty Suit
• Judge Threatens Fines For Games In FTC Staples Merger Row
• The Grandfathering Clock: Zoning And Nonconforming Uses
• Expedia, Others Again Push To Invalidate E-Commerce Patent
• Q&A With WilmerHale's Rachael Kent
• CFPB — The Newest Cop On The Data Privacy Beat
• Obama Picks Garland To Fill High Court Seat
• Cozen Says It's Fixed Email Mess In $45M EBay Suit
• Coke Exec Warned Of 'Misleading' Label Risk, Jurors Hear
• Dollar General Wins FMLA Job Loss Suit In 11th Circ.
• FTC's Lord & Taylor Action Shows Perils Of New Ad Strategies
• Court Nominee, Guns, And Constitutional Illiteracy
• City Sports Adds Ropes & Gray For Bankruptcy End Game
• Dov Charney Accused Of Getting Secret Legal Aid In Chancery
• Voluntary GMO Food Labeling Bill Would Preempt State Laws
• Lululemon Says Del. Investor Suit Same As Tossed NY Case
• Valeant Stock Rocked Anew By Earnings, Default Warnings
• CVS Must Face False Labeling Suit Over Protein Powder
• Lord & Taylor Settles FTC's Claims It Hid Paid Advertising
• Albertsons Gets Antitrust OK For $106M Buy Of Haggen Stores
• 7th Circ. Revives Quick Lube Creditors' Suit Over Leases
• Stores Seek To Block Credit Card Fraud Rules In Antitrust Suit
• Michael Kors Reaches Deal To End 4K OT Claims In Calif.
• The 8 Firms GCs Can't Stop Talking About
• GCs Say These Firms Are Worth Paying Top Dollar For
• Judge Trims Whole Foods Discrimination Cases
• Adobe Settles With Forever 21 Over Pirated Photoshop
• Fed. Circ. Says IP Suit Shouldn't Have Been Sent To Canada
• Urban Outfitters Can't Back Up Coverage Claim, Insurer Says
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• NLRB Says 8th Circ. Backs Micro-Units In 5th Circ. Macy's Row
• Auto Dealers Demand Parts Maker Docs In Antitrust MDL
• Real Estate Rumors: Moinian, Amazon, Thor Equities
• SEC Bests Robbins Geller In Row Over Wal-Mart Docs
• Apollo Inks $1.36B Deal For Specialty Grocer Fresh Market
• Guess Can't Junk Tricky Outlet Store Pricing Suits
• Apparel Co. Wants New Contract Trial After $8.3M Verdict
• Pachulski Stang To Rep Sports Authority Creditors
• Online Mall Map Patent Axed As Abstract Under Alice
• Shutterfly Says Man Hid Fiancee's Identity In Biometric Suit
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Axing Of Web Referral Patent Under Alice
• Hermes Accused Of Shorting Sales Associates' Commission
• Best Buy To Settle CRT Claims Against Chunghwa
• When You're David Vs. Goliath In A Trade Secrets Trial
• Chanel Workers Push For Class Cert. In Calif. Wage Row
• 4th Circ. Says AT&T Workers Can't Jointly Sue Co. And Union
• Feds Charge Man In $400M Avon Stock Manipulation Scheme
• CORRECTED: Wiper Blade Co. Escapes Most Infringement Claims By Rival
• Macy's Says Claim Of Winning In TM Suit Breaches Deal
• Jacoby Partner Dodges Revival Of Malpractice Suit
• Pepperidge Farm Drops Trader Joe's Milano Cookie IP Row
• NY Says Web Analytics Service Isn't Subject To Sales Tax
• Tesla Sued Over Plans For 2nd Va. Dealership
• Real Estate Rumors: Greystar, Paper Source, Gaedeke
• Much Shelist Guides BlueRoad Ventures' $139M Retail Buy
• How 3 Social Media Trends Affect Companies
• Home Depot Breach Case Shows 'Cash-Plus' Deals Are Key
• Shoppers Have Beef With Wal-Mart's Bid To Chuck Pork Suit
• Fed. Circ. Skeptical Of Arguments To Restore Web Patent
• Objectors Urge Court To Review Evidence 'Fatal' To CRT Deal
• CVS Dodges 7th Circ. Rehearing Of EEOC Severance Suit
• Retailers Hit Visa, MasterCard, Banks With Antitrust Suit
• Vermont Makes Paid Sick Days A Requirement
• Salvation Army Dinged Over Absent Building Collapse Witness
• Groupon Beats Back Sanctions Bid In Couple's Asbestos Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: New York AG, Amazon, Steven Rhodes
• Trial Pros: Chamblee Ryan's Bill Chamblee
• A Bed And A Joint: 'Cannatourism' And The Hotel Industry
• Wealth Management For Mid-Level Partners
• Exxon's Canadian Affiliate Sells 497 Esso Stations For $2.1B
• Moscow Mall Shareholder Urges OK Of $84M Arbitration Award
• States Say $577M CRT Deal Left Residents In The Lurch
• Dollar General Pushes MDL For Suits Over Obsolete Car Oil
• Ex-JC Penney Workers Win Class Cert. Over Vacation Policy
• Suit Says J. Brand Jeans Don't Fit 'Made In Calif.' Label
• Home Depot To Pay $13M To End Consumers' Breach Claims
• Fla. PE Shop Lends $368M For Kazakhstan Mixed-Use Project
• Checkpoint, CCL Face Stockholder Suit Over $443M Merger
• Best Practices For Resolving FLSA Violations And Disputes
• Real Estate Rumors: CIM Group, AEW Capital, MCB
• Section 363 Has Become An Alternative That Poses Problems
• The Regulatory Impact Of President Obama's Final Year
• FTC Opens Inquiry Into Payment Card Data Security Audits
• Obama Defends Wall Street Reform, Pushes For More Regs
• Md. Hits J&J With Contact Lens Pricing Antitrust Suit
• Knife Maker Takes Another Stab At Locke Lord DQ In 2nd Circ
• Dollar Express Continues Family Dollar's OT Issues, Suit Says
• Apparel Co. Fights $8.3M Award In Activewear Contract Suit
• CFPB Now Taking Online Marketplace Lending Complaints
• Alibaba Nabs Chinese Lottery Co. In $310M Deal
• 4 US Footwear Makers Back TPP
• Best Practices For Motions Brief Writing: Part 2
• AutoZone Transfer Of Black Worker Not 'Race Neutral': EEOC
• Sens. Seek Smoother Trade Flows Into Canada
• High Court Won't Hear Apple E-Book Antitrust Case
• The Hottest Product At Your Next Trade Show — A TRO
• AUO, LG Fail To Undo Costco's $62M Award In Antitrust Row
• Auto Dealer Asks Justices To Correct 9th Circ.'s Grammar
• Whole Foods Destroyed Evidence, Yogurt MDL Plaintiffs Say
• Bebe Says Proposed TCPA Class Is Too Varied For Cert.
• Target Canada Settles Spat With Former Landlords
• Haggen Wants More Time To Come Up With Restructuring Plan
• Urban Outfitters' Insurer Wants Say In Navajo TM Suit
• 4 Firms Guide Samsonite's $1.8B Deal For Tumi
• Taxation With Representation: Davies, King & Spalding, K&L
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, MG Engineering, Hamilton
• Best Practices For Motions Brief Writing: Part 1
• CFPB Turns Focus From Consumer Harm In Data Security Debut
• Exec Who Ignored Atty Warnings Could Pay $18M Restitution
• Sports Authority Gets Nod To Start Liquidation Sales
• Consumers Fail To Revive Claims In Wal-Mart Wipes Suit
• 1st Circ. Hands Wal-Mart Win In Pregnancy Bias Row
• Blind Shoppers Say They Can't Use Genesco's Websites
• Fresh & Easy Workers Denied Class Cert. Over PTO Claims
• Macy's, NJ Town Accused Of Racially Profiling Customer
• Philly Mayor Wants Soda Tax To Help Cut Business Levies
• HFF Grabs $83M Loan For Mall Project In LA County
• EDekka Gives Up Fed. Circ. Fight To Revive Web Patent
• FCA Claims Against Walgreens Nixed For Echoing Prior Suits
• NY State Hit With Class Action Over 'Tampon Tax'
• Cato Tells High Court Seattle Wage Law Is Unconstitutional
• Nordstrom Card Fees Violate Lending Laws, Shopper Says
• What To Know About Refrigerant Tracking And EPA 608
• Sports Photogs Can't Expand Discovery In IP Row, Court Told
• Real Estate Rumors: Equity Residential, Brickman, Thor
• IBM Hits Groupon With Patent Suit Over Pioneering Tech
• Ore. Hikes Minimum Wage Using Unique 3-Tier System
• Lukoil Faces Property Owner's $150M Gas Spill Cleanup Suit
• CFPB Fines Online Payment System For Lax Data Security
• Capital One, Kohl's Rip Suit Over Credit Card Sign-Up Plans
• Wealth Management For New Law Firm Partners
• Illinois Appellate Court Affirms State Cigarette Tax Hike
• Real Estate Rumors: Zegna, Apple, Jose Llorens
• McKesson Expands Into Canada With $2.2B Drugstore Buy
• Romanian National Admits To Int'l Hacking Scheme
• J. Crew Website's Sale Prices Misleading, Suit Says
• 9th Circ. Asked To Block Arbitration In Amazon Pricing Suit
• Sports Authority Hits Ch. 11 With $1.1B Debt
• Posner Shuts Down 'Puzzling' Land O'Lakes TM Fight
• 9th Circ. Says Chevy Dealer's GM Racketeering Suit Is Too Late
• Wal-Mart Wants $31M Discrimination Verdict Undone
• Proactively Addressing California Fair Pay Act Liability
• Transgender Man Sues Grand Central Store Over Gender Bias
• Raymours Worker Must Arbitrate Bias Claims, NJ Panel Says
• Merrill Lynch Fights Return Of $690M Zale Merger Suit
• PTAB Wrongly Axed Some Claims In Groupon Case: Fed. Circ.
• SEC Charges 5 More With Insider Trading Ahead Of EBay Buy
• Home Depot Pays $2.1M To Shutter Wage, OT Class Action
• Monster Monopolizing Military Energy Drink Sales, Suit Says
• Sports Authority Reportedly Close To Ch. 11 Filing
• USDA Officially Repeals Country-Of-Origin Meat Labels
• Chrysler Denied Expert Report Do-Over In Dealer Suit
• Gap Customer's False-Ad Suit Gets One Last Shot
• Whole Foods Ducks Proposed Overpricing Class Action
• Real Estate Rumors: Caerus, SunTrust, Weingarten Realty
• Modell's Says Fiery Hoverboard Suit Can't Show Class Injuries
• Pros And Cons Of The Payment Card Data Security Standard
• Travel Sites Say Towns' Laws Don't Apply In Hotel Tax Row