The Retail Law Resource Center offers retail in-house counsel invaluable legal insights and unique opportunities to build meaningful peer-to-peer relationships. From on-demand CLE webinars and litigation risk updates, to benchmarking surveys, compliance training tools and invitations to connect through committees, councils and exclusive events, the NRF Retail Law Resource Center is the go-to hub for retail lawyers and legal professionals who want to stay in the know.
Network with retail GCs and legal leaders
The NRF General Counsels Forum is specifically designed to bring together retail legal leaders to network, collaborate and learn from one another about the top legal issues facing the industry. This group is exclusively for NRF members with titles relating to senior counsel, general counsel, chief legal officer, senior executive, SVP or EVP.
The forum meets twice a year. Meetings provide the opportunity to hear from subject matter experts, share information and best practices, and network with other GCs and industry leaders.
More ways to connect with industry peers
Explore additional groups to connect, network and learn from retail industry leaders and experts.
Lawyers Committee
Employment Law and Benefits Committee
Privacy Committee
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council
ADA Task Force
Patent Troll Legislative Working Group
Upcoming retail law events
NRF Retail Law Summit
March 4-6, 2025 | Free virtual event
Elevate your legal expertise in the retail industry at the NRF Retail Law Summit. Join us for three days of immersive learning. The best part? It's FREE, on demand and, if eligible, you can earn CLE and SHRM credits. Designed specifically to tackle the unique legal challenges faced by retail organizations, this annual virtual Zoom event is a must-attend for in-house attorneys, risk and compliance officers, HR professionals and legal counsels.
Retail law resources
Watch this new members-only retail legal webinar hosted by NRF and Williams-Sonoma’s Danielle Hohos, California Retailers Association board chair, to learn more about the latest updates on PAGA reform.
There's been a historic agreement reached to reform the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) to create a better, fairer system for workers and employers. The latest agreement comes after months of discussions between the Newsom administration, legislative leaders, labor advocates and other stakeholders. If passed by the legislature, it would reform PAGA to ensure workers retain a strong tool to bring forth labor claims and receive fair compensation, while limiting lawsuits that hurt employers and employees.
This members-only resource for retailers operating in California provides a guide to help implement and comply with the new California workplace violence prevention law.
Review briefs and track legal cases impacting the industry
NRF’s representation of retailers extends to the courts as laws and regulations often become the subject of litigation. NRF has filed lawsuits of its own, joined retail companies or other trade associations in doing so, and has filed amicus briefs in a number of lawsuits where the retail industry has an interest.
Browse legal briefs NRF has filed, and view our Litigation Risk Trackers to track weekly legal cases.
National Retail Federation partnered with Harbor to conduct a retail law department benchmarking study, providing insights into a wide range of topics including departmental challenges and priorities, legal spending and staffing, outside counsel and vendor management, technology use and adoption, and AI use cases.
NRF and Harbor also conducted a pulse survey on litigation, uncovering top litigation risks for NRF retail members, strategy and risk management insights, technology enablement use and more.
Member survey: Have you received a patent or mass arbitration demand letter?
NRF is compiling data on patent and other IP-related demand letters that members are receiving. Members may submit information about demand letters that you receive anonymously.
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