In today’s ecommerce-driven economy, brand owners face a relentless challenge: unauthorized resellers who flood online marketplaces with products that undermine brand value, confuse consumers and compromise quality standards. These resellers may operate in gray areas...
Costco Wholesale, known for its sales model which provides a wide array of products at significant discounts to its members, is facing allegations from Lululemon and L.A.B. Golf regarding unauthorized sales and product imitations. Lululemon, a premium athletic apparel...
After decades of dormancy, the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA), returned to the forefront of antitrust enforcement in early 2025—only to stumble swiftly. The RPA is an antitrust law that, at its core, prevents price discrimination among buyers that could harm competition....
Walmart recently updated its shipping and fulfillment policies to permit its third-party merchants to use Amazon’s Multi-Channel Fulfillment (“MCF”) when fulfilling orders placed through Walmart’s marketplace. With this critical change, Walmart is enabling sellers to...
The recently announced acquisition of beauty and skincare brand Rhode, founded by celebrity Hailey Bieber in 2022, for $1 billion by veteran cosmetics brand e.l.f. Beauty, marks a pivotal moment in the rapidly evolving beauty industry. What would be one of the largest...
In today’s volatile global trade environment, tariffs have become a double-edged sword for brands. Intended to protect domestic industries, tariffs often lead to unintended consequences that pose significant challenges for brand owners—especially in the online...
FinCEN Narrows CTA Reporting Requirements On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule to significantly narrow the applicability of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) reporting rule to apply solely to foreign...
On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Treasury threw a new twist into the ongoing Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) enforcement saga by announcing that it will not enforce any fines or penalties against any U.S. citizens or domestic reporting companies that fail to...
Beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) are once again back in effect. In the latest in a line of dizzying decisions surrounding the CTA, in Smith v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. District...
In a significant development for businesses in the eCommerce space, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the Second Circuit's decision in Zembrka v. American Girl LLC, a case that allowed for the exercise of personal jurisdiction over a foreign company...