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New Jersey Weighs in on Sales Tax Impact of US Tariffs

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The current US administration has added tariffs to a variety of goods sold by US retailers but imported from foreign sellers. In other cases, foreign retailers subject to tariffs, may sell their products directly to US...more

Venable LLP

Connecticut Signals an Increased Focus on Biometric Data Compliance

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In April, the Office of the Connecticut Attorney General (OAG) released an updated enforcement report under the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) to highlight privacy enforcement actions taken in 2024....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

NYSDOL’s Model Guidance for Workplace Safety + Violence Prevention Gives Retailers a Starting Point

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The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has launched the much anticipated guidance website on the New York Retail Worker Safety Act (RWSA). The guidance answers retail employers’ questions regarding implementation of...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New York Releases FAQs, Model Training, and Model Policy for Retail Workplace Violence Prevention Law

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A workplace violence prevention law passed by the New York State legislature in June 2024, signed into law by the Governor in September 2024, and amended in February 2025 is set to take effect in part on June 2, 2025. On May...more

Clark Hill PLC

Colorado issues warning that direct-to-consumer shipments of malt or spirituous alcohol into Colorado are illegal

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On April 1, the Colorado Liquor Enforcement Division (“LED”) issued Bulletin 25-01 Direct-to-Consumer Shipments, which states that direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) shipments of malt or spiritous alcohol into Colorado are illegal. ...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

The Consumer Protection and Fair-Trade Authority: businesses are required to disclose changes to product characteristics or...

Recently, the Consumer Protection and Fair-Trade Authority issued a position paper regarding the disclosure obligations businesses must meet when making changes to product characteristics or components. According to the...more

BakerHostetler

The Office of the Attorney General Issues Guidance on SB 478 - California’s Honest Pricing Law

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As noted in our recent client alert and blog, many legal commentators and those in the business community speculated that the California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General would issue guidance on SB 478. On...more

Benesch

California AG Issues Guidance Regarding Hidden Fees Ban

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Since the enactment of California’s so-called “Junk Fee Ban,” S.B. 478 (more formally known as the “Honest Pricing Law” or the “Hidden Fees Statute”), Benesch has been fielding a wide range of questions from retailers and...more

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DOL Issues PUMP Act Compliance Guidance for Restaurant and Retail Employers

Implementation of the requirements for compliance with the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act) has presented unique challenges to employers in the retail and restaurant industries due to...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

EDPB Issues New Guidance on Storing Credit Card Data for Future Purchases

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Online retailers storing credit card data for the sole purpose of facilitating further purchases will likely need to obtain consumer consent. Online shopping has boomed in recent years. In 2020, the European statistics...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Face-Covering Considerations for Retailers in a Post-Color Tiered California

California has issued new guidance for the use of face coverings that will take effect on June 15, 2021. The guidance impacts retailers and coincides with news that approximately 47% of Californians are now fully vaccinated....more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Masking Requirements In The Workplace: What Employers Should Consider

The CDC has lifted mask requirements for vaccinated individuals, what does that mean for employers? Earlier this month, the CDC issued new guidance that Fully Vaccinated individuals can resume activities without wearing...more

Morgan Lewis

Updated CDC and OSHA Guidance on Mask Usage and Effects on Retail Employers

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Dear Retail Clients and Friends, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance for fully vaccinated individuals on May 13 to state that “fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask or...more

Cozen O'Connor

To Mask Or Unmask; That Is The Question

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Every business in the United States has been asking itself these past few days whether to drop any requirements it may have for visitors or employees to wear face masks since the CDC changed its COVID-19 guidance related to...more

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UK COVID-19 Guidance for UK Retailers: Reopening Stores and Keeping them Open during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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On 23 March 2020, the UK was placed in a police-enforced lockdown in a government effort to fight the spread of the Coronavirus (otherwise known as the COVID-19 pandemic). As part of the lockdown, all “non-essential” retail...more

Hogan Lovells

You can’t just wash your hands of it… A landlord and tenant’s guide to COVID-19 in the UK

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As hand gels and toilet paper fly off the shelves and children across the world cross their fingers for school closures, the COVID-19 strain of coronavirus has taken over the news. ...more

Foster Garvey PC

The CAT Is Clearly Ruling the Roost in Oregon – It Is Occupying a Large Amount of Time for Tax Practitioners This Busy Season

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Temporary Rules Keep Rolling in - The Oregon Department of Revenue (the “Department”) recently issued four new temporary rules relative to the Oregon Corporate Activity Tax (the “CAT”). The new rules went into effect on...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Land Agreements and Competition Law: Lessons From Recent CMA Guidance

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Businesses should review land agreements to avoid infringing competition law. Many UK businesses operate from, or handle property governed by, some form of land agreement. These land agreements can include agreements for...more

Bennett Jones LLP

B.C. Privacy Commissioner Issues Guidance Regarding Cannabis Transactions

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Following the recent legalization of cannabis, private retailers are open for business from coast to coast. While cannabis remains illegal in other jurisdictions, cannabis users' personal information is highly sensitive. In...more

BCLP

Considering a Retail Merger?

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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) has published new commentary to inform companies on how it assess retail mergers. The commentary should be read by any retailer considering merging with a competitor in the UK....more

McDermott Will & Emery

FDA Announces Availability of Final Guidance on Menu Labeling

On May 5, 2016, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the availability of its final menu labeling guidance, “A Labeling Guide for Restaurants and Retail Establishments Selling Away-From-Home Foods – Part II...more

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

FinCEN Releases Additional FAQs on Prepaid Access Rule

On March 24 FinCEN issued a second set of the Frequently Asked Questions meant to clarify key questions that have persisted regarding compliance with the Prepaid Access Rule. The FAQs covered five questions....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New PCI Tokenization Guidelines

Last week, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council released new guidelines related to the security of tokenization products. The guidelines are a set of technical best practices for evaluating tokenization...more

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