Legal Dive

JUNE 17, 2024

DG Gas, which planned to build and run 25 TA Express locations, lost its franchise agreement shortly after the travel center chain was acquired by BP.

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Retail 52

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 5, 2024

Wholesalers are a bridge between retail agents/brokers and the markets that provide the specialized coverages that retailers need for their most challenging risks. This post is part of a series sponsored by Dyad. Their success hinges on two crucial factors: …

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Retail Insurance 98

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 3, 2024

McGriff, a large retail insurance brokerage headquartered in Charlotte, announced it has acquired Amity Benefits, an employee benefits brokerage based in Tampa. Amity, founded in 2017, has specialized in the auto dealer space. The acquistion will expand McGriff’s capabilities in …

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Complex Discovery

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

retail industry, impact American jobs, and alter strategic approaches for major players such as Amazon and Walmart. As this policy unfolds, the potential ripple effects will resonate across sectors, from logistics to retail, making it a critical development for cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery professionals to monitor.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The program will service more than 400 business classes across eight industries, including restaurants, offices, wholesale, habitational, lessor risks, retail, service, and artisan contractors. SureChoice Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange in partnership with SageSure launched a non-admitted business owners policy in California.

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Retail 105

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

American Eagle Outfitters sued Amazon.com on Wednesday, accusing it of intentionally infringing the clothing and accessories retailer’s “Aerie” and “Offline by Aerie” trademarks by directing customers to knock-off merchandise. In a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, American Eagle said …

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 27, 2024

The home-improvement retailer will no longer participate in surveys for … Lowe’s Cos. is scaling back its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, the latest American company to end such initiatives following a series of activists attacks on firms that promote DEI.

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Retail 116

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 18, 2024

Security leaders should be exercising every available option to upgrade their security posture, and cyber insurance policies could make or break the resiliency for many organizations across nearly all industries — K-12 education, retail, healthcare, manufacturing and more. Just last …

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 20, 2024

This latest acquisition further expands and strengthens SRG’s retail pillar, Specialist Risk … Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance intermediary, announced the acquisition of Anthony James Insurance Brokers, subject to regulatory approval. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 20, 2024

As digital communication becomes the norm, retail insurance agents, wholesalers, MGAs, carriers and insurtechs increasingly turn to video … The insurance industry, traditionally rooted in face-to-face interactions and extensive documentation, is undergoing a significant transformation with the rise of video marketing.

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Insurance Retail 52

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

retail broker McGriff, an affiliate of private-equity backed TIH (formerly Truist Insurance Holdings), had $1.3 Marsh McLennan says it has a deal in place to acquire McGriff Insurance Services for $7.75 billion, funded by cash and debt financing. billion …

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Insurance Retail 89

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 12, 2024

With eleventh hour guidance from the state, Maine gun retailers on Friday began requiring a three-day wait period for gun purchases under one of the new safety laws adopted following the state’s deadliest mass shooting. Maine joined a dozen other …

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Retail 103

Insurance Journal

JULY 16, 2024

civil rights agency investigating claims that the online retailer discriminated against pregnant warehouse workers. A New York federal judge has ordered Amazon.com to comply with a subpoena from a U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield in Manhattan late Thursday rejected …

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Subpoenas Retail 110

Complex Discovery

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

As the largest supermarket merger in American history, this case is more than just a business transaction—it’s a high-stakes conflict that pits the Federal Trade Commission’s concerns about competition and consumer welfare against Kroger’s ambitions to enhance its competitive standing against retail giants.

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Retail Precedent Legal Precedent Technology 82

Legal Dive

OCTOBER 10, 2024

retail unit. The bank will pay $1.8 billion to the Justice Department, $1.3 billion to FinCEN, and growth will be restricted in the bank’s U.S.

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Retail 52

Securities Docket

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against three companies purporting to be market makers and nine individuals for engaging in schemes to manipulate the markets for various crypto assets being offered and sold as securities to retail investors.

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Retail 52

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 6, 2024

Based in Fort Worth, Benefield has over 11 years of combined retailer, carrier … Brown & Riding, headquartered in Dallas, named Wes Benefield to its national management and professional liability practice as senior vice president and broker, D&O, E&O and cyber.

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 18, 2024

Friedlander manages 10 workers’ comp safety groups, underwritten by NYS Insurance Fund — workers’ comp safety groups for retailers, wholesalers, restaurants, … Workers’ Compensation Programs Market Detail: Friedlander Group Inc.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

From artificial intelligence (AI) systems for retail checkout to improved mRNA drug delivery, these innovations have been chosen for their likeliness to make a significant real-world impact in 2024 and beyond.

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Retail Technology 98

Legal Dive

AUGUST 1, 2024

The retailer sued Seven Eleven Law Group last November for using its name and its green-and-white color scheme.

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Retail 59

Legal Dive

JULY 11, 2024

The retailer retreated from its diversity and climate goals after an “anti-woke” protest on social media — and ignited a backlash.

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Retail 52

Securities Docket

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Steinhoff International Holdings NV’s former chief financial officer was handed a five-year jail term, making him the most senior executive to be imprisoned by a South African court over an accounting scandal that led to the near-collapse of the global retailer.

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Securities Docket

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

million to settle charges for overvaluing approximately 4,900 largely illiquid collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) held in 20 advisory accounts, including 11 retail mutual funds, and for executing hundreds of cross trades between advisory clients that favored certain clients over others.

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Retail 52

Securities Docket

JULY 1, 2024

His legions of retail traders — tracking @TheRoaringKitty on X and u/DeepF——ingValue on Reddit — didn’t wait to find out. Perhaps PET? Group Co.) Or, quite possibly, the company that was co-founded by Ryan Cohen, GameStop Corp.’s s current chief executive, CHWY?

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Retail 52

IP Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2022

AlexSam asserted that "[t]he '608 Patent covers a variety of important technologies relating to the debit card industry," and "[t]he multifunction card system disclosed in the '608 Patent enabled consumers and retailers to use existing point-of-sales devices, the existing banking infrastructure, and a bank identification number (BIN) to perform financial (..)

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Construction Retail Technology Litigation 119

Securities Docket

AUGUST 27, 2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled charges against Plutus Lending LLC, which does business as Abra, for failing to register the offers and sales of its retail crypto asset lending product, Abra Earn. The SEC also charged Abra with operating as an unregistered investment company.

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Retail 52

Securities Docket

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

According to the SEC’s order, from May 2021 through February 2024, Nationwide, NPA, and Blue Point collectively asked 11 retail clients to sign confidentiality agreements in connection with payments made by the entities to the clients’ investment accounts.

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Retail 52

IP Watchdog

JULY 22, 2022

In the district court high-volume litigant M4Siz roped in more retailers, including Abercrombie and Fitch, Under Armor, Victoria’s Secret, and J Crew, bringing the total defendant count to 31; and more semiconductor litigation bloomed, with multiple campaigns filing against Micron and TI this week alone.

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Litigation Retail 110

Securities Docket

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

home improvement retailer Lowe’s Cos. The CBC’s report was based on surveys, conversations and meetings with Fortune 500 leaders. In recent weeks, a string of high-profile companies including automaker Ford Motor Co., and motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson Inc. Others to announce pullbacks include Tractor Supply Co., Deere & Co.

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Retail 40

Securities Docket

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Relationship investment scams, including those involving crypto asset investments, pose a risk of catastrophic harm to retail investors, and the threat is increasing rapidly as these scams become more popular with fraudsters,” said Gurbir S. These charges are the SEC’s first enforcement actions alleging these types of scams.

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Retail 52

Securities Docket

JULY 1, 2024

passive stake in the online pet food and product retailer. shares spiked as much as 29% in premarket trading Monday after Keith Gill — known online as “Roaring Kitty” — disclosed a 6.6% Shares of Chewy and Petco Health and Wellness Co. briefly soared last week after Gill posted a cartoon image of a dog on X.

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Retail 40

Securities Docket

AUGUST 1, 2024

The July 19, 2024 CrowdStrike Outage, which has been called the “largest outage in the history of information technology,” disrupted airlines, hospital, hotels, banks, retail businesses, and many other critical cogs in the wheels of commerce. billion.

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Retail Technology 40

Practice of Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Amazon Dominates Audiobook Market Since it purchased Audible for about $300 million in 2008, Amazon has been the dominant retailer of audiobooks in the United States, accounting for over 60% of domestic audiobook purchases. For example, Amazon may decide to give those books reduced visibility and promotional opportunities on its retail sites.

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Retail Precedent 40

Securities Docket

JUNE 21, 2024

District Court Judge Analisa Torres who, in a parallel case in the Southern District of New York (SDNY), ruled that XRP did not meet all the prongs of the Howey Test when sold directly to retail participants on crypto exchanges.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The panelists included small business owners, internet platform advocates, academics and retail store representatives.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Accordingly, it is quite common for brand owners to reach a literal dead end in their investigations of third-party sellers.

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Retail 69

Securities Docket

JUNE 27, 2024

or whatever, and you get your shares at a slightly different price from the one that you saw on the screen, and you say “ah that’s fine” or “oh well, slippage,” and you understand that pressing the buttons on your retail brokerage’s website is not an exact science but it’s good enough.

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