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Navigating the Patchwork of State Consumer Privacy Statutes: An E-Commerce Compliance Playbook

Online retailers now face an increasingly complex matrix of state consumer-privacy statutes that impose prescriptive requirements on data collection, monetization, and cybersecurity practices. ...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FTC Files Consumer Protection Complaint Against GOAT

On December 2, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it had filed a complaint against GOAT, an online retailer of sneakers, apparel, and accessories. In the complaint, the FTC alleged, among other things, that...more

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A Dive Into Intellectual Property Liability for E-Commerce Platforms

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Online shopping has become increasingly popular in recent years. E-commerce sales surpassed $6.5 trillion in 2023 and are expected to total over $8.1 trillion by 2026. Convenience of product variety and online competition...more

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Sustainability Trends and IP Issues for Fashion Brands

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The fashion industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world and is responsible for roughly 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. There are many contributing factors to this problem, including pollution from...more

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BCLP Retail Insight: The Week That Was Vol. 5

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This week the BCLP Retail Team discuss the future of turnover rents following the COVID-19 crisis, reflect on the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme, and consider the future footprint of department stores. We also share...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Another New York Judge Says the ADA Does Not Require Braille Gift Cards

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Seyfarth Synopsis:  Businesses get another win in a lawsuit demanding gift cards with Braille....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

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Financial Daily Dose 1.8.2020 | Top Story: Speaker Company Sonos Sues Google for Patent Infringement

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Home speaker maker Sonos has sued Google, accusing the company of “infringing on five of its patents, including technology that lets wireless speakers connect and synchronize with one another.” Sonos had originally partnered...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.20.2019 | Top Story: Utility PG&E Struggles with Fires and Path Out of Bankruptcy

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PG&E’s woes continue. Not only is the company still in the midst of a dangerous fire season, but it’s struggling to find a path out of bankruptcy while fending off a growing chorus of cities and state officials “threatening...more

Perkins Coie

12 Questions Retailers Should Ask to Avoid Ghosts of Privacy Breaches Past

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As retailers head into the holiday shopping season, the ghosts of privacy breaches past may come to mind just as easily as the 12 days of Christmas carol! From Target to Michael’s to Neiman Marcus, retailers remember these...more

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Smart Store: How the Internet of Things is Changing Retail

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In the 1999 Disney Channel original movie Smart House, the Cooper family learned the dangers of living in a house that learns to cater to their every need. Less than 20 years later, Smart House seems more reality than...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

A Host of Biometric Privacy/Facial Recognition Bills Currently Circulating in State Legislatures

We’ve written extensively about the numerous lawsuits, dismissals and settlements surrounding the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The statute, generally speaking, prohibits an entity from collecting,...more

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Mobile Payments: Exciting but Unknown

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Mobile payment options are no longer the wave of the future. They are already here. It was projected that there would be almost 450 million mobile payment users worldwide by the end of 2016. These users generated $60 billion...more

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Blockchain – The Future of Real Estate?

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Bitcoin and blockchain technology have been gaining publicity in recent years, and although they are primarily known for their use as a digital payment system, there are also promising uses in many areas where trust, cost and...more

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New FTC Data Breach Response Guidelines

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Cybersecurity should always be at the top of any retailer’s priority list—and even more so as the holiday shopping season gets underway. To that end, the Federal Trade Commission’s newly-released Data Breach Response...more

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Half Baked: The Brave New World of Branding Weed

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In last week’s election, California voters passed Prop 64, which means recreational marijuana can be sold and used by persons over 21 within the state. But don’t get excited about the gold rush just yet. Recreational...more

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WARNING: Prop 65 Can Expose Product Manufacturers to Increased Litigation in California

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California's Proposition 65 ("Prop 65") requires product manufacturers and sellers to provide a "clear and reasonable" warning before knowingly and intentionally exposing anyone in California to a chemical listed by the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Data Breach Class Action Case Dismissed Against Barnes & Noble

A federal judge in Illinois dismissed the class action lawsuit filed against Barnes & Noble stemming from a data breach in 2013. The breach occurred when credit and debit card PIN pads were compromised at 63 Barnes & Noble...more

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Retailers: Embrace Virtual Reality Now (But Also Be Careful)!

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We’ve previously addressed the hype that it is only a matter of time until brick and mortar retail succumbs to its online competitors. While we concluded that brick and mortal retail is not in danger of immediate extinction,...more

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Set Pickup Location: Uber Is Coming to Retail

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On-demand delivery services, such as Uber and its competitors Lyft and Postmates, are increasingly taking steps that have the potential to offer a counterpunch to online retailers such as Amazon and may shake up the brick and...more

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Landlords Beware: Potential Post-Holiday Bankruptcy Filings By Retail Tenants

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The holiday shopping season has long been the most important time of the year for many retailers. In the past, it has been common for troubled retailers to file for bankruptcy protection in the months following the holiday...more

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Mobile Location Analytics: Changing the Game for Brick and Mortar Retail

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For brick-and-mortar retailers, smart phones have taken on an entirely new role in customers’ shopping experiences. A technology known as "mobile location analytics" ("MLA") or sometimes, "indoor analytics," gives brick and...more

Perkins Coie

Could a Vendor’s Lax Info Security Ruin Your Holiday Sales? Seven Preventative Steps for Retailers

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Many of the largest retailer data security breaches have been caused or enabled by the acts or omissions of retailers’ vendors, such as the widely publicized incident at Target Corporation. Several such breaches occurred...more

Carlton Fields

Third Circuit Decides that “Publication” Doesn’t Include the Collection of Customer Data

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On September 15, 2015, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals declared that Lamorak Insurance Company (formerly OneBeacon America Insurance Company) and the Hanover Insurance Group don’t have to defend their insureds, Urban...more

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Credit Card Fraud Liability Shift Looms for Retail Industry

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On October 1, 2015, a substantial portion of the liability associated with in-store fraudulent credit card purchases will shift from credit card issuers, such as banks or credit unions, to retail merchants. Credit card...more

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