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Byline: Brian Lupo Is the use of deadly force by police justified? On Wednesday, Nov. 29, Sacred Heart University hosted a talk as part of its Human Journey Colloquia series. [...]

Byline: Brian Lupo Former Sacred Heart University English professor, now a professor emeritus and poet-in-residence, Jonas Zdanys, has been nominated for the Lithuanian National Prize in Culture & the Arts [...]

Byline: Brian Lupo Red's social media post on Instagram encouraged fellow seniors to join them before home football games for a beer and a limited edition Red's Class of 2024 [...]

Contracting parties may have to disclose an intention to terminate the contract, despite the existence of a clear contractual provision allowing for unilateral termination. Under the duty of honesty in [...]

Byline: Megan Lupo, Special to North Jersey Record After Helen LaCarrubba graduated from Farleigh Dickinson University with a degree in medical technology, she saw a job posting at the NJ [...]

Byline: Elisa Ung, Megan Lupo and Rafaela Teixeira Plain vanilla, chocolate and strawberry can only do it for so long. Sometimes a little extra is needed to hit the spot [...]

Byline: Megan Lupo, Special to North Jersey Record Carlos Polanco has delivered the game ball before Game 1 of the 2017 World Series, garnered nationwide praise from newspapers and colleges [...]

What's the News? In October 2014, California Attorney General Kamala Harris released the California Data Breach Report, the state's most recent analysis of data security threats facing businesses and consumers. [...]

Video game developer Activision Blizzard, Inc. recently won a key victory in the ongoing battle over the right of publicity when a California state court judge dismissed former Panamanian dictator [...]

A former student of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) recently suffered a decisive blow in her lawsuit against her alma mater and Barnes & Noble, Inc. (Barnes & Noble), [...]

Fashion designers' retail pricing and promotional strategies have quickly evolved in the last decade, with Internet channels dramatically altering distribution and sales tactics. Many designers craft tactics to carefully differentiate [...]

US fashion companies owned by foreign parent companies routinely encounter transfer pricing issues. In order to comply with the Internal Revenue Service and avoid potential audits, they have to ask, [...]

Two Women's Shapewear Marketers Settle FTC Charges of Deceptive Weight Loss and Slimming Claims What's the News? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently settled with two separate marketers of women's [...]

FTC Brings First Case Under Federal Negative Option Law What's Making News? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently brought its first case under the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act (ROSCA), [...]

The News The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced changes to the 'Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise' Rule (a.k.a., the Mail Order Rule) aimed at updating the Rule for the [...]

What Happened? The outdoor sporting goods company Bass Pro recently agreed to pay $6 million to settle claims that it violated California privacy laws. Specifically, Bass Pro faced a potential [...]

The Fourth Circuit in McAirlands Inc. v. Kimberly-Clark Corp. recently held that ownership of a utility patent does not necessarily preclude a claim in trade dress rights, particularly where the [...]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on September 23, 2014 that it recently completed a nationwide advertising review that resulted in warning letters to more than 60 advertisers. The review, [...]

What's the News? Thanks to a recently announced change to Facebook's 'Platform Policy,' it will soon become more difficult for companies to get consumers to 'like' their Facebook page as [...]

This past summer, Lacoste launched a mobile app, Lacoste City Tennis, that is part matchmaker and part personal assistant. Users can find a hitting partner and an open court to [...]

A flurry of recent class action lawsuits is forcing clothing retailers to rethink their marketing tactics for outlet stores. In the last few months, lawsuits have been filed against a [...]

What's the News? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently settled with L'Oréal USA Inc. over charges that the company made deceptive claims regarding the benefits of two of its products. [...]

The US Supreme Court recently agreed to consider a seemingly technical trademark question that could have a potentially big impact for brand owners. Specifically, the Supreme Court will consider whether [...]

A recent lawsuit in Washington State suggests that so-called 'crowdfunded' fundraising campaigns could be in for greater scrutiny from consumer protection regulators. 'Crowdfunding' -- in which projects are funded by [...]

According to the American Apparel & Footwear Association, 97.5 percent of apparel sold in the United States is made internationally, making it important for fashion brands to implement strategic decisions [...]

What's Making News? After a spate of high-profile data security breaches, many legislators, businesses, and consumers are asking what can be done to prevent such security lapses and who should [...]

What's New? One of the world's most consumer protective spam laws recently went into effect in Canada on July 1, 2014, and many companies operating outside of Canada are learning [...]

What Made News? A group of merchants and restaurants, including Netflix Inc., California Pizza Kitchen Inc., and Ralph Lauren Corp., are fighting back in federal court against a Delaware lawsuit [...]

Last week, Macy's and Foot Locker became the latest retailers to be forced to defend allegations that they illegally collect personal information from California shoppers. In two separate suits filed [...]

The French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A. (LVMH) recently settled its long-running court battle with eBay, Inc. over the online auction website's alleged distribution of counterfeit [...]

Attention West Hollywood (WeHo) shoppers, new furs are no longer for sale in WeHo! A federal court recently dismissed constitutional challenges to the City of West Hollywood's (WeHo) city-wide ban [...]

Earlier this month, Lacoste re-signed a deal to outfit the ATP World Tour staff at all pro tennis events through 2015, a partnership that is just one component of the [...]

News you can use from around the fashion industry: The Perpetual Dilemma Of The Luxury Brand: How To Sell Without Desecrating Your Name [The New Yorker] Major Fashion Brands Can [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled last week that Aereo, an online video streaming service, violates the federal Copyright Act by performing copyrighted works publicly without the permission of the copyright [...]

On May 29, 2014, U.S. District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California denied preliminary approval of a proposed settlement between Defendant Aeropostale Inc. and named Plaintiff Portia [...]

In the second of a two-part episode of Fashion Counsel, partner Anthony Lupo talks with Jennifer Estabrook, Executive Vice President, Business Operations at Fila, about shop-in-shops, Instagram, and what the [...]

What Made News? Major retailers from Apple to Lucky Brand to J. Crew are being sued for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide point of [...]

What Made News? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently won a significant victory in federal court in its ongoing efforts to hold businesses accountable for their data security practices. The [...]

Two women's apparel companies alleged to have systematically imported goods into the United States without declaring their full value recently settled a civil customs fraud lawsuit with the US Attorney [...]

In the year since the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that retailers cannot collect ZIP codes from consumers using credit cards, the number of class actions alleging that retailers have [...]

Avoid Making Litigation News Costly class action lawsuits, often filed in California, have made business difficult for fashion companies for a number of years. But the law is changing and [...]

In 2008, Mary Ann Verdugo passed away after suffering a heart attack while shopping at a Target store in Pico Rivera, California. Her family sued Target for not having an [...]

What Happened? Keds, LLC has filed suit against Vans, Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts for trademark infringement, unfair competition, trademark dilution, and breach [...]

What Made News? Urban Outfitters is facing yet another putative class action lawsuit over its practice of collecting customers' ZIP codes in connection with credit card purchases at its retail [...]

Last year, Italian sportswear company Fila passed its 100-year anniversary. Owned and operated out of South Korea, Fila is a global brand that has carved out a niche in a [...]

News you can use from around the fashion industry: Artist and Designer Aitor Throup Joined Dutch Denim Label G-Star Raw as a Creative Consultant. [Business of Fashion] Kate Moss For [...]

$75 Million Per World Cup Sponsor 'When Brazil hosts the World Cup later this year, it will be like having the Super Bowl every day for an entire month,' AdAge [...]

News you can use from around the fashion industry: Mobile App, House Account, Lets Shoppers Browse and Buy from Far-Flung Boutique Shops. [Wall Street Journal] Japan's Fast Retailing Co Ltd, [...]

News you can use from around the fashion industry: Zappos Is Piloting a Personal Shopping Service on Instagram. [Fashionista] Golden Gate Reports 9.5% Stake in Women's Retailer Ann Taylor. [Bloomberg] [...]

In an ongoing dispute between rival aluminum foil manufacturers Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. (Reynolds) and Handi-Foil Corp. (Handi-Foil), a federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia recently ruled that [...]