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Retail & E-Commerce - December, 2008

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• Former Sanlu Exec Pleads Guilty In Tainted-Milk Trial
• Hasbro Inc. Settles Easy-Bake Oven Suit
• 3rd Circ. Strikes Class Certification In Peroxide Suit
• DESA 1st-Day Motions Granted
• D-Link Dropped From Linex Wireless Patent Suit
• Constar Files For Ch. 11 Eyeing Debt-For-Equity Swap
• Goody's To Shell Out Over $7.5M To Ch. 11 Pros
• Diet Coke Plus Labels Make Misleading Claims: FDA
• Inverness Agrees To Sell Pregnancy Test Assets
• Starbucks Mistreated Pro-Union Workers: NLRB Judge
• Challenging The 'Pay' In Pay-To-Play
• Heater Maker DESA Files For Ch. 11 Again
• 9th Circ. Won't Reconsider Revival Of Gerber Case
• KFTC Hits Asian Paper Makers With $3.1M Cartel Fine
• Fry's Electronics Exec Hit With $65M Fraud Charge
• MillerCoors To Stop Selling Alcoholic Energy Drink
• Circuit City Cancels Lease Auction
• Parmalat's Founder Sentenced To 10 Years In Jail
• Guitar Center Can Talk To Workers In Wage Suit: Judge
• Court Agrees To End Whitehall Credit Card Program
• ITC Ruling On Duties Affirmed In OJ Anti-Dumping Suit
• Despite Statute, Rite Aid Worker Can Sue: Judge
• Trustee Opposes KB Toys' Employee Bonus Plan
• Ram Owner May Be Liable In Microsoft IP Suit: Judge
• Court Reverses Wal-Mart Win In Fatal Blaze Case
• Archway Creditors Oppose Faster Ch. 7 Conversion
• 11th Circ. Affirms $35.5M Family Dollar OT Verdict
• Best Buy Looks To Cut Costs By Thinning Ranks
• Lender Offers $50M For Control Of Kosher Meat Packer
• Court Upholds Reversal Of $20.5M Tobacco Damages
• Tyson Foods Puts Up Assets As Collateral
• Airborne Settles Multistate False Ad Probe For $7M
• Dairy Co-Op, Execs Settle Antitrust Suit For $12M
• Budvar Wins A Round In Epic Bud Trademark Fight
• Judge OKs $4.5M Deal In Suit Over Choking Death
• High Court OKs Use Of State Laws In Tobacco Suits
• Mattel, 39 States Strike $12M Deal In Lead Probe
• UK Judge Orders Fee Estimate In RIM-Visto Suit
• Stage Set For Venue Change In Konica Patent Suit
• Lowe's Can't Escape Idaho Age Discrimination Suit
• Trustee Taps Unsecured Creditors In Bally Ch. 11
• FTC Asks Court To Boot Whole Foods Counterattack
• Judge OKs 1st-Day Motions In KB Toys Ch. 11
• Greenberg Traurig, New Yorker Sued Over Search
• Ex-Server Crafts FLSA Case Against 'Top Chef' Judge
• $3M Starbucks Class Action Deal Gets Final Approval
• Flying Wii Remotes Targeted In Proposed Class Suit
• Pierre Foods Exits Ch. 11 As New CEO Takes Reins
• The Deputization Of State AGs Under CPSIA
• Variant Sues 13 In 2nd Web Marketing Patent Suit
• With Plan Cleared, Pierre Foods To Exit Ch. 11
• Jarden Wants Lehman Taken Off $1.5B Credit Deal
• Kyocera, GE Sued Over Digital Imaging Patents
• Bennigan's, Ponderosa Owner Hit With WARN Suit
• Cooper Tire Gets OK To Sue Attorneys For $184M
• Fla. High Court Keeps $545K Verdict Against Liggett
• LCD Makers Hit With More Claims In Price-Fixing Suit
• Tyson Says Huge E-Discovery Search Takes Time
• USPTO Nixes, Upholds Patents In Fairchild, PI Spat
• A Not So Merry Christmas For Retailers
• Class Gets OK In FLSA Suit Against Phillips Oil
• KB Toys Re-Enters Ch. 11, Plans To Close All Stores
• Chocolatiers Battle To Get Antitrust Cases Tossed
• Wal-Mart Limits Subrogation Rights Against Workers
• Top 10 ITC Developments For 2008
• DOJ May Still Charge 8 Sharp, LG Execs In LCD Probe
• Judge Denies Kraft's Bid For Sanctions Against P&G
• Google To Add Magazines To Online Database
• Court Keeps 3 Claims Alive In Firestone Tire Suit
• Class Action Over Pepsi Bottled Water Dismissed
• Texas High Court Orders GE Asbestos Suit Dismissed
• WFN To Stop Touting 'Disease-Fighting' Supplements
• Wal-Mart Settles Wages Class Action For $54M
• Publix Off The Hook In Aurora Organic Milk MDL
• Court Trims Damages In $3.75M Bic Lighter Suit
• EU States Call For Lights Out On Incandescent Bulbs
• 60,000 Bottles Added To StarCaps Diet Pill Recall
• General Mills Urged To Revise Yogurt Marketing
• WHO Calls For Stricter Melamine Limits
• Whole Foods Launches Counterattack On FTC
• Twinkie Maker Wins Approval For Reorganization Plan
• Trustee Objects To Pierre Plan's Liability Releases
• Linens 'N Things Outlines Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan
• Walgreen Recalls Teddy Bears For Melamine Risk
• Class Proposal Doesn't Stick In DuPont Teflon MDL
• Toy Cos. To Pay $1.8M To Settle Calif. Lead Claims
• Fed. Circ. Halts Stay In Coffee Container Patent Case
• Cleveland Sues 2 Cos. For $1.5M In Cleanup Costs
• Tweeter Gets OK To Convert To Ch. 7
• Plaintiffs Fight Apple Over Added Filing On IPod Class
• Coke Slammed With Race Bias Suit
• Rite Aid Settles Expired Goods Probe For $1.3M
• Bally Gets Operating Cash As Sale Talks Progress
• Consumer Groups Sue CPSC To Enforce Phthalate Ban
• J&J, CIBA To Head To Trial Over Contact Lens Patent
• Egg Workers Class Action Proceeds On State Claims
• Bratz Ruling Highlights Creative Worker, IP Pitfalls
• Nordstrom To Pay $60K For Selling Drawstring Clothes
• Conn. High Court Upholds Arbitration In Tobacco Spat
• Psystar Allows Additions To Apple Infringement Suit
• Gillette, Dorco Settle Infringement Suit Over Razors
• Saigon Grill Owners Arrested For Pay Fraud
• $90K In Damages Upheld In Famous Dave's OT Suit
• Tweeter Abruptly Shuts Down, Seeks Ch. 7
• Philip Morris Back In High Court Over $79M Damages
• Ch. 11 Deja Vu For Bally Total Fitness
• Bankrupt CEO Must Pay $4M In Camera Patent Suit
• Crocs, Skechers Settle Footwear Patent Fight
• Heat Wrap Patent Claim Against P&G Snuffed
• Swiss Regulator Probes Cosmetics Manufacturers
• Bioassays: A Foundation For Precautionary Principle
• Leiner Seeks To Buy Time To Appease IRS, Buyer
• Judge OKs Tweeter Utilities Payment Plan
• EEOC, LA Weight Loss Settle Sex Case For $20M
• More Landlords Balk At Circuit City DIP Deal
• Del. High Court Maintains $47.2M Dr Pepper Payout
• Energy-Meter Maker Enjoined In Infringement Suit
• Gristede's Plaintiffs Press For Class Certification
• Circuit City Creditors Balk At WARN Act Payments
• Year-Old FDA Plan Spurs Food Safety Efforts
• Poultry Giant Pilgrim's Pride Files For Ch. 11
• NL Not Liable For Lead Cleanup Costs: Court
• Apple Adds Digital Piracy Claim To Psystar Suit
• Despite Melamine, Infant Formula Safe: FDA
• HSBC Loses Appeal Over Boscov's Credit Cards