Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

The major U.S. container ports are headed into what is expected to be a major slowdown after another very busy and challenging year.

Retailers who sell cigarettes are going to have to make way for some new signs.

A strike that would have halted nearly 7,000 freight trains and dealt a blow to the nation’s supply chain heading into the holidays has been averted.

Consumer spending should remain strong even as its rapid pace continues to slow.

The U.S. House on Wednesday afternoon approved a bill to avert a nationwide freight rail strike by imposing a labor agreement between rail companies and their employees.

The impacts of the strike remain unchanged, with the likelihood of a strike occurring and the pressure on Congress to intervene have both increased.

With the risk of a national freight rail strike increasing, the National Retail Federation wants Congress to take action.

The country’s two largest drug store retailers have struck tentative deals totaling about $10 billion to settle the many lawsuits brought by states, local governments, and tribes over the companies’ alleged mishandling of prescriptions for opioid painkillers.