On Demand, On Purpose: Fashion Manufacturing That Doesn’t Cost the Earth
The Briefing: Influencer Fail – ALO Yoga & Influencers Named in $150M Class Action Lawsuit for FTC Violations
RICO Lawsuit Against Shein — RICO Report Podcast
Fashion Counsel: Pricing Strategies and Antitrust Considerations
Pricing Strategies and Antitrust Considerations
Fashion in the Metaverse: Looking Into the Future
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Hermès Tries to Bag Digital Designer Selling MetaBirkin NFTs
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Hermès Tries to Bag Digital Designer Selling MetaBirkin NFTs
Fashion Counsel: Privacy in the Retail Fashion Industry
Fashion and Retail Opportunities for Major Duty Savings and What to Know Now About Forced Labor
Part Two: Christopher John Rogers on Pragmatic Glamour and Finding His Voice
Part One: Christopher John Rogers on Pragmatic Glamour and Finding His Voice
How to Find Your Signature Scent with Christophe Laudamiel: Fashion Counsel
Stealth Lawyers: Matt Breen & Brian Trunzo, Menswear Retailers
Nike and Sneaker Customizer Lace Up a Settlement - On June 18, 2025, Nike, Inc. (“Nike”) and Dominic Ciambrone (“Ciambrone”), founder of the shoe customization outfit, The Shoe Surgeon, entered into a confidential...more
Fighting knock-offs in the fashion industry is notoriously difficult. Copyright, trademark, and trade dress laws offer some protection for branding and marketing materials used to sell fashion products, as well as for...more
In recent years, legislative initiatives have increasingly reflected the green agenda and sustainability objectives of the European Commission (the Commission)....more
As of June 19, 2025, the New York State Fashion Workers Act (FWA) is reshaping how models are engaged, protected, and paid in the state. While much attention has been paid to the obligations of management companies and...more
In this edition of Fashion Law, we have compiled thought leadership published on our blogs and website throughout 2024—providing an overview of significant legal and regulatory updates in the fashion industry over the past...more
If you’re “wirkin” to save up the money for a BIRKIN bag, you may be waiting a long time. And it may be just as hard to get an imitation version, based on the recent shutdown of a couple of foreign manufacturers’ attempts at...more
On September 24, the Bureau of Industry, Security, Import and Export Control (BISIEC) of the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced a formal investigation under China’s Unreliable Entity List (UEL) regime into PVH Group, a...more
Join Troutman Pepper White Collar and Litigation Partner Cal Stein for a special podcast series, discussing the legal landscape surrounding the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). In this installment,...more
For better or worse, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming the way we live and work. Retail and fashion companies that fail to embrace AI likely risk losing their current market share or, worse,...more
The latest Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Made in the USA (MUSA) case may be a bit of a head-scratcher that requires us to delve more deeply into FTC authorities and monetary recovery theories....more
Trade Secret Case Unravels Unequal Fashion Partnership - Small designer Mrinalini accuses fashion giant Valentino of spying, stealing and worse. The Royal She - In high fashion, creative output is the whole game -...more
In an attempt to align with their clients' values, fashion companies have tried to manufacture and produce clothing that is ethically made and sustainable. Both the US and the EU have started to monitor such claims and...more
It was announced today that the Hamburg data protection authority (DPA) has imposed a fine of a whopping €35,258,707.95 on the fashion retailer H&M Hennes & Mauritz Online Shop A.B. & Co. KG, which is based in Hamburg....more
Fashion industry beware: the eye of the law is on you, and we are not talking about the runway. Last week, a Los Angeles fashion company pled guilty to customs fraud and money laundering charges. ...more
Dramatically escalating the growing tension with China (despite considerable ambiguity in its language), the White House issued executive orders that would “ban all ‘transactions’” with ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok,...more
The line between lawful and unlawful unpaid work is not always clear. Many companies are contacted by people offering to work on a voluntary basis. It is often pitched as a “win-win” because the person is willing to work...more
The Justice Department and the SEC have launched criminal and civil accounting fraud investigations against Under Armour. The sportswear maker has been suffering a rapid revenue decline over the last few years....more
The Intellectual Property Committee of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry was elected at a meeting on 22 November 2018, dedicated to the legal protection of intellectual property assets in the fashion...more
Google is facing a federal lawsuit in San Francisco over last week’s AP investigation that showed that the search giant “was sill tracking iPhone and Android device users, even if they turned off the ‘Location History’...more
As the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Italy’s Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato and France’s Autorité de la Concurrence are wrapping up their prosecutions of Europe’s top modeling...more
Wacoal America and Norm Thompson, both manufacturers of women’s shapewear, recently entered into consent orders to pay sums of $230,000 and $1.3 million, respectively, and agree to not make any false and misleading future...more
There is more than a little bit of irony when a clothing company with a target market of teens and young adults has a fashion dilemma. However, a national retailer has just such a dilemma arising from a potential religious...more
In the latest development in a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) targeting alleged money laundering activities in Los Angeles’ garment trade, the Financial Crimes...more