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Retail & E-Commerce - January, 2008

104 articles

• Paper Maker's Employees Get Class Certification
• Fedders Gets Green Light To Sell HVAC Unit
• EU Sues States Over Minimum Resale Price Laws
• Fisher-Price Faces Suit Over Exercise Device Patent
• Manufacturer Agrees To Settle Cancer Cluster Case
• Lowe's Home Faces Six FLSA Suits
• Rite Aid, Eckerd Face FLSA Suit
• Squire Sanders Snaps Up IP Expert Wayne Jones
• Judge OKs Twinkie Maker's Disclosure Statement
• Fined By EU, Glass Cos. Face U.S. Antitrust Suit
• Smithfield Foods Gets OK For RICO Suit V. Union
• Dispute Derails Lead-Tainted Toy Train Settlement
• Lawmakers Call On Mattel To Recall More Toys
• Trouble Brews For Canadian Competition Bureau
• Price Tag Too High For U.K. Price-Fixing Class Action
• 9th Circ. Reverses Costco's Win Against Liquor Board
• Wal-Mart Employee's Retaliation Case To Proceed
• It's Official - Huntington Beach Is "Surf City"
• Interstate Earmarks Funds For Creditors
• Product Safety Initiative Should Go Global: FDA
• Coca-Cola Hit With New Race Discrimination Suit
• Creditors Object To Interstate Bakeries Plan
• Bankruptcy Court OKs Fraud Suit Against Lawyers
• Wal-Mart Cleared Of Sex Offender's Bias Claim
• Nellson Files 150 Suits Seeking Repayment
• Best Buy Faces Another Suit Over Unpaid Work Time
• Court Breathes New Life Into Suit Against Ikon, GE
• Following Recalls, EC Tightens Toy Safety Rules
• Whirlpool Attacks LG Over Refrigerator Patents
• Judge Gives Early OK To Hancock Fabrics Settlement
• Appeals Court Says T-Mobile Can't Require Arbitration
• Credit Card Plaintiffs Dealt Discovery Setback
• Health Co. Urges FDA To Ditch Calif.'s Proposition 65
• Solvay Decries $23M Deal For Bleach Cartel Cohort
• Discount Chain Hit With Store Manager FLSA Suit
• Printing Co. Enters Ch. 11 With Over $1B In Debts
• RC2 Corp. Class Action Chugs To A Close
• Appeals Court Strikes $1.5M Verdict In Spanking Case
• Judge OKs Musicland Liquidation Plan
• NYC Fast Food Chains To Serve Up Calorie Counts
• Shell, Pier 1 Face Magnetic-Strip Patent Suit
• Court Approves Marcal's Proposed Asset Sale
• Fedders Creditors Ask To Sue Insiders, Others
• EC To Propose New Toy Safety Directive
• Parmalat Defendants Call On Stoneridge
• House Bill Aims To Improve Import Safety
• LG Washing Machines Gather Mold: Suit
• ConAgra Food Safety Exec Gets Pink Slip
• Sara Lee Must Turn Over Info To Union: Appeals Court
• Twinkie Maker Receives No Rival Plans
• New Chapter Unfolds In Harry Potter Copyright Case
• Fired Wal-Mart Sex Offender Can't Add Bias Claim
• Union Looks To Block Marcal Asset Sale
• Judge Bats Down Document Request In Urethane Case
• Topps Liquidation Leaves Only Scraps For Creditors
• Amid Staunch Objections, FDA OKs Cloned Food
• FTC Tries For 11th-Hour Stay Of Whole Foods Merger
• Lawyers "Duke" It Out Over Effects Of Wal-Mart Case
• Starbucks' Bid To Decertify Class Action Fails
• EU Vows To Keep Close Eye On "Frankenfoods"
• Wal-Mart Settles Suit Before High Court Showdown
• DHL Among Freight Cos. Nabbed In Price-Fixing Suit
• Duane Reade Tries To Nix Class Action Bid
• Class Action Over Bowflex Moved To Federal Court
• L'Oreal Hit With Class Action Over Lead In Lipstick
• Wal-Mart Shifts Wage Suit To Federal Court
• Eyeing Asset Sale, Marcal Amends Plan
• One Window Shuts For Interstate Bakeries
• Usana Cleared By SEC, Still Faces Shareholder Suits
• Org. Calls On Importers To Head Off Faulty Products
• Marcal Creditors Seek Permission To Sue NexBank
• Starbucks Summary Judgment Bid Moot: Judge
• Class Action Says Ipex Sold Faulty Tubing
• Tyson Faces Gender Discrimination Class Action
• Patent Suit Finds GPS Navigation System Makers
• Sears Hit With Suit Over Customer Data Breaches
• Payout Of $295M De Beers Settlement Nears
• Growing "Cosmeceutical" Industry Faces Liability
• Levitz Gets Go-Ahead To Use $47M In Cash Collateral
• $13M Payday For Lawyers In Paint Price-Fixing MDL
• U.S. Trustee Chilly Toward Fedders Asset Sale Plan
• Steak House Burned By Harsh Sanctions, Judge Rules
• Kodak, Matsushita End Suit With Licensing Pact
• Apple, EU Expected To Resolve Antitrust Case
• Ill. Opposes Marcal's Bid For Tax-Free Sale
• Hershey, Mars Plotted To Fix Chocolate Prices: Suit
• Parties In Tainted Pet Food MDL Continue Talks
• "Mom" Isn't Discriminatory, Court Rules
• Former Buca Executives Bury SEC Charges
• Washer Woes Stem From Misuse, Whirlpool Asserts
• Global Home Ch. 11 Plan To Go Up For Vote
• ITC Decides To Listen In On Bose Headphone Case
• Whittier Farms Tied To Listeria Outbreak
• FLSA Cases Against KFC Consolidated
• Illegal Tying Is Core Of Apple's Business: Suit
• Diamond Pet Foods Settles Class Action For $3.1M
• Fujifilm Digital Camera Class Action Set To Continue
• LG Nears Class Action Deal Over "Defective" HDTVs
• Stand 'N Seal Plaintiffs Win Judge's Support For Trust
• FLSA Suit Against Kraft To Move Forward
• AT&T's "Triple Play" A Foul Pitch: Antitrust Suit
• Meat Packers Claim Tyson Shortchanged Them
• Netflix, E*Trade, Wiley Nabbed In Web Patent Suit
• Court Partly Upholds Splenda Packaging Decision