SPECIAL FOCUS: California Proposes Emergency Prop 65 Regulation for Products Containing BPA -
Why it matters: BPA remains prevalent in the packaging of food and beverage items sold by retailers throughout California....more
5/9/2016
/ Background Checks ,
BPA ,
Disparagement ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
False Advertising ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Internet Retailers ,
Overstock.com ,
Popular ,
Proposition 65 ,
Social Networks
Regulatory Whack-a-Mole: A Renewed Focus on Non-Hazardous Waste Recycling -
Why it matters -
In part due to a string of high-profile enforcements in multiple states, retailers by and large have evaluated the need to...more
3/18/2016
/ COLA ,
Comparative Advertising ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
False Advertising ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Kohls ,
Lyft ,
Made in the USA ,
Misclassification ,
NLRB ,
Opt-Outs ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Recycling ,
Retailers ,
Settlement ,
TCPA ,
Text Messages ,
TTB ,
Waste Disposal
Be Still, My Heart: New Suit Says Fitbits Fail to Track Heartbeats as Promised -
Why it matters -
Fitbit has been hit with another consumer class action asserting false advertising claims, this time alleging that...more
2/12/2016
/ Bad Faith ,
CA Supreme Court ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
False Advertising ,
Fitbit ,
Food Labeling ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Misrepresentation ,
NAD ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Organic ,
Paid Leave ,
Preemption ,
Putative Class Actions ,
TCPA ,
Termination ,
Third-Party ,
Uber
Eye on the Courts: IP Cases for Retailers to Note -
Why it matters -
Retail companies have closely monitored a series of cases from the U.S. Supreme Court on down, which have focused on IP matters covering induced...more
1/23/2016
/ Arbitration ,
Class Action ,
Copyright ,
False Advertising ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Labeling ,
NLRB ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trolls ,
Patents ,
Retail Market ,
Right of Publicity ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademarks
California Updates Data Security Laws -
Why it matters:
The first state to enact data breach notification legislation, California has now updated Civil Code Section 1798.82 with three new bills signed into law by...more
11/17/2015
/ Background Checks ,
Celebrity Endorsements ,
Class Action ,
Comparative Advertising ,
Credit Card Surcharges ,
Data Security ,
False Advertising ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
NAD ,
NLRB ,
Non-Disparagement Provisions ,
Nordstrom Inc. ,
On-Call Employees ,
Sex Discrimination ,
USERRA ,
Volkswagen