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Nebraska AG Settles Delta-8 Lawsuits Against Four Retailers

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Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers has announced four additional settlements in a series of lawsuits filed against retailers for allegedly selling mislabeled and harmful products containing synthetic THC in violation of Nebraska’s...more

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Attention Los Angeles Retail Businesses: Fair Work Week Ordinance Goes into Effect

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Los Angeles retail businesses must now comply with a new ordinance that promotes predictable work hours for employees. On April 1, 2023, the Los Angeles Fair Work Week Ordinance went into effect, which applies to retail...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

CPSC Provides More Guidance to Online Sellers & Retailers

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Last month, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (the “CPSC”), through its Small Business Ombudsman team (the “SBO Team”), published its safety guide for online sellers. The SBO Team is touting this new publication, the...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Apply Foundation To Your Privacy Policy Before You Become The Next Sephora

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On August 24, 2022, the California Attorney General released a statement regarding a settlement agreement that the State of California reached with Sephora, Inc. (“Sephora”), the international consumer product retailer...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Workplace Safety Hazards in Retail Industry

OSHA has been turning its attention to workplace safety hazards in warehouses and retail stores. Workplace safety hazards lead to employee injuries and complaints, opening the company to inspections and violations....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 11.04.2019 | Top Story: Feds Probe Under Armour Accounting Practices

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Federal authorities have been looking into Under Armour’s accounting practices for the better part of the past two years, a revelation that sent company shares reeling in premarket trading this morning....more

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Walmart FCPA Enforcement Action: Part 3-The Penalties and Remediation

The long-awaited Walmart Inc. (Walmart) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action was announced last week. This massive case came in with multiple documents, a long list of instances of bribery and corruption, a...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

New Changes to California Prop 65: What Oregon and Washington Manufacturers Must Do to Comply

As a business owner in the Pacific Northwest, you likely have heard of the changes to California’s regulations regarding warning labels on consumer products, Proposition 65, which takes effect August 30, 2018. Your business...more

Smart & Biggar

The Competition Bureau applies strict standards to retail price claims in Canada

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Regular prices, sale prices, clearance sales – these terms are ubiquitous in the retail world and are a familiar component of marketing strategies intended to convince consumers that now is the best time to make a purchase...more

Fisher Phillips

The November Surprise: OSHA Raises Penalties 82% And No One Notices

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Employers woke up to a surprise on November 3. That’s when we learned that the Federal Budget Agreement, which was quickly worked out behind closed doors and signed the day before, includes surprise provisions authorizing the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

A Consumer Protection Ruling That Actually Protects Consumers: Fraud Prevention Allowed Under California’s Song-Beverly Act

A California court ruled last week that retailers could lawfully collect ZIP code information to reduce credit card fraud, efforts that result in lower prices for consumers. Following the California Supreme Court’s decision...more

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