Insights on Fashion & Retail Law

Consumer Products Industry Group Co-Leader and New York Fashion Lawyer Michelle Mancino Marsh was quoted by BuzzFeed discussing the prevalence of design theft in the fashion industry, the importance of proactive legal measures for design protection, and the value of anti-counterfeiting programs in educating public and law enforcement about identifying knockoffs.

ArentFox Schiff is proud to announce the firm has been recognized by the 2024 JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards, which acknowledges top authors and firms for the visibility and engagement their thought leadership earned among readers in select subjects during the past year.

ArentFox Schiff LLP is proud to announce that the firm’s Trademark practice group and nine attorneys have been ranked in 2024 WTR 1000 – the World’s Leading Trademark Professionals, the definitive guide for Trademark practitioners around the globe.

On December 5, 2023, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a precedent-setting decision in favor of the prominent skateboarding footwear and apparel brand, Vans.

The fashion and retail industry experienced another year of considerable change in 2023.

Join Angela Santos as she leads a captivating panel for the International Bar Association, spotlighting prominent leaders in the Fashion & Retail industry. The panelists will deep dive into understanding ESG, with a targeted focus on the intricacies existing within the supply chain.

Chairman Anthony V. Lupo was quoted by Quartz about the concerns of the authentication practices of resellers.

Chairman and Fashion & Retail Law Industry Team Leader Anthony V. Lupo was quoted on the industry reaction to the Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act.

Chairman Anthony Lupo will sit down with the famous footwear entrepreneur and designer, Stuart Weitzman, for the Young Jewish Professionals (YFP) Fireside Chat.

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce the election of 16 new partners, effective January 1, 2024.

ArentFox Schiff successfully represented Alexander Wang Inc. in an $81 million copyright infringement and unfair competition suit in the US District Court for the Central District of California, and in an appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

ArentFox Schiff is advising famed French fashion designer Christian Louboutin, known for his red-soled shoes, in a joint lawsuit filed with social media giant Meta against alleged counterfeiter Cesar Octavio Guerrero Alejo.

The International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference is the leading conference for legal professionals worldwide to meet, share knowledge, build contacts, and develop business.

Beware not only of “hallucinations,” but inadvertent disclosure of proprietary info and copyright protection as well.

ArentFox Schiff’s Chairman Anthony Lupo, AI, Metaverse & Blockchain Industry Group Co-Leader Dan Jasnow, along with Associates Felicia Xu and Emily Caylor, have co-authored an article for Retail Leader on the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the fashion industry.

In the latest episode of Fashion Counsel, AFS Chairman Anthony V. Lupo is joined by Thomas Crispi, AFS Product Liability and Mass Torts Practice leader, to discuss how retailers and manufacturers can anticipate potential product issues and have a plan in place to handle US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) inquiries, class actions, and probable liability. 

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce that Firmwide Co-Managing Partner Cristina Carvalho has been named to Washingtonian’s 2023 list of the “Most Powerful Women in Washington.”

Generative AI is a rapidly developing technology that will revolutionize the way business is conducted.

ArentFox Schiff advised Draper James, the fashion and lifestyle brand founded by actress Reese Witherspoon, in its majority-ownership stake acquisition by Consortium Brand Partners (CBP).

Artificial intelligence promises to transform the way we live and work and its impact will undoubtedly stretch to every business sector across the globe. This next generation of technology brings exciting possibilities and unknown legal risks.

For better or worse, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming the way we live and work. Retail and fashion companies that fail to embrace AI likely risk losing their current market share or, worse, going out of business altogether.

Since 2021, states and the federal government have been pushing to provide consumers with more information about the parties with whom they transact.

ArentFox Schiff Chairman Anthony V. Lupo was quoted in an in-depth case study, “The Complete Playbook for Generative AI in Fashion,” by Business of Fashion about the opportunities and risks artificial intelligence (AI) brings to the fashion industry.

Against the backdrop of increased government scrutiny of fashion supply chains, including recent Congressional inquiries and CBP detentions of cotton products and apparel, New York lawmakers reintroduced a 2023 version of 2022 Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act.

A class action complaint filed recently against Foot Locker, Inc. in New York alleges that the footwear retailer is misleading consumers into believing that products are scarce or about to sell out, when that is not in fact the case.