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European Accessibility Act Poses New Challenges for US Companies with Customers in the EU

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Disability advocates issue demands to retailers about their allegedly inaccessible websites shortly after the EAA takes effect....more

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UK Retail Workers Win Landmark Equal Pay Case

More than 3,500 workers have won a legal fight for equal pay against major UK retailer Next Retail Ltd. Following a six-year legal battle, the Employment Tribunal ruled that Next had failed to demonstrate that the lower basic...more

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Client Update: H&M Fined 37.8 Million Dollars for Alleged GDPR Violations

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What Happened? On October 1, 2020, the Hamburg Data Protection Commissioner (“Hamburg DPA”) fined clothing retailer H&M 37.8 million dollars (EURO 35.2 million) for several violations of the GDPR....more

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EU Court Rules Cannabis Trademark Unregistrable as Contrary to Public Policy

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The General Court of the European Union ruled on December 12 that the Cannabis Store Amsterdam logo was unregistrable as violative of public policy and morality because it would encourage illegal activity. This decision is...more

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Opportunity to Help Shape the Key Rules that Affect How You Sell Your Products in Europe

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The European Commission ("Commission") has invited manufacturers and other interested market participants to provide their input on the laws that govern how products are sold in Europe, in particular the sorts of restrictions...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: European Commission Fines Consumer Electronics Manufacturers €111 Million for Online Pricing Restrictions

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On 24 July 2018, the European Commission announced that it had fined four consumer electronics manufacturers – Asus, Denon & Marantz, Philips and Pioneer – a total of €111 million (c.$126 million) for imposing fixed or...more

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Chilling: ICA Fines Unilever/Algida €60 Million for Ice Cream Rebate Schemes

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The Background: The Italian Competition Authority has imposed a €60 million fine on Unilever's Italian subsidiary Algida, which sells impulse ice creams, for having implemented a complex system of exclusivity clauses and...more

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Retailers - can you be liable for cartel behaviour for using pricing software and algorithms?

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A key issue regulators are grappling with is what antitrust liability can attach to retailers who use price matching software or other algorithms to match competitors’ online prices? In a speech made on 16 March 2017,...more

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EU Retail News – September 2016

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UK retailers, like all businesses, are facing several years of uncertainty following the Brexit vote. This uncertainty will not be alleviated until the terms of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union are defined and...more

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