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Troutman Pepper

RICO Lawsuit Against Shein — RICO Report Podcast

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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

ArentFox Schiff

The Generative AI Revolution: Key Legal Considerations for the Fashion & Retail Industry

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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

BakerHostetler

The FTC’s Latest Made in the USA Case Is a Reminder of the Different Ways the Agency Can Still Get Money Post-AMG

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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

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AD-ttorneys@law - April 2022

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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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Online Fashion Retailer Fined by FTC for Suppressing Negative Reviews

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined online fashion retailer Fashion Nova $4.2 million to settle allegations that the company blocked negative reviews of its products from being posted on its website. The FTC said...more

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It’s Not Easy Being Green: Fashion Companies Need To Be Careful Making Sustainability and Green Claims Without Substantiation

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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

Spirit Legal

35 million reasons to take privacy seriously: German data protection authority hits fashion store owner H&M with second-highest...

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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

Cozen O'Connor

DOJ Prosecutes Fashion Company For Skirting Customs Tariffs - Could This Be The Hot New Trend?

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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

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 8.7.2020 | Top Story: White House Issues EOs Banning Transactions with TikTok and WeChat Parent Companies in...

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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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Unpaid work – Beware the offer of a ‘free lunch’

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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 Volkov Law Group

Under Armour Under DOJ and SEC Investigation For Revenue Recognition Scheme

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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

Hogan Lovells

Fashion law insights with chair and vice-chair of Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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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

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

DOJ’s Antitrust Fashion Show - Awaiting a price-fixing investigation in the U.S. modeling industry?

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Takes Action Against Unsubstantiated Caffeine-Infused Shapewear Weight-Loss Claims

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

Foley & Lardner LLP

Contemporary Clothing's "Look" Collides With Title VII

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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

Blank Rome LLP

FinCEN Issues Geographic Targeting Order Focused on Money Laundering in L.A.’s Fashion District

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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

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