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Retail & E-Commerce - December, 2009

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• TracFone Sues Alleged Cell Phone Traffickers
• CVS Caremark Hit With Shareholder Derivative Suit
• Claims Trimmed In McDonald's Whistleblower Suit
• USDA Plans To Require Nutritional Labeling For Meat
• Pizza Hut Drivers Seek Class Cert. In Wage Suit
• Teamsters Lose Appeal Of 2-Member NLRB Order
• Generation Brands' $20M DIP Financing Gets OK
• Shareholder Hits Revlon Execs With Stock Swap Suit
• KitchenAid Blocked Third-Party Mixer Attachments: Suit
• Polaris Recalls ATVs Over Steering Hazard
• Ikea Recalls High Chairs Over Risk Of Falling Children
• Eddie Bauer Pitches Proposal For Ch. 11 Exit
• Apple Gift Card Action Survives Dismissal Bid
• Atari Launches Counterattack In 'D&D' License Battle
• Rite Aid Asks 3rd Circ. To Assess Similarity Of Class
• CIT Gives Frozen Dessert New Tariff Classification
• $290M Award, Injunction Against Microsoft Upheld
• Whirlpool Hit With $1M Judgment In Title VII Case
• Class Cert. Sought In Suit Over 'Snake-Oil' CVS Item
• Cipriani Waitstaff Sue Over Unshared Service Charges
• Court Clips Fraud Claim In Adelphia Bondholder Suit
• Chinese Paper Co. Wins Injunction On Duties
• Commerce Sets Dumping Margins For Chinese Pencils
• Pool Maker Latham Dives Into Prepack Ch. 11
• Court Backs RJR Win In Star Patent Trial
• Plaintiffs Call Out Objectors To $85M Wal-Mart Deal
• OfficeMax Sues Ex-Workers Who Joined WB Mason
• DLA Piper Ex-Partner Opens Anti-Counterfeiting Firm
• US, China Strike Deal Over 'Famous' Export Subsidies
• TreeHouse To Swallow Sturm Foods For $660M
• Film Producer Drops Class Claims In Warhol Suit
• Fall Hazard Worries Spark Infant Car Seat Recall
• Mervyn's Fights Citigroup For Return Of Rent Payments
• Samsonite To Pay $1M To Settle FLSA Class Action
• Samsung Devices Infringe Kodak Camera Patents: ITC
• CPSC Extends Kids' Product Testing Enforcement Stay
• Web Co. Seeks Sanctions Over Dell Deposition Failures
• 4th Circ. Upholds Termite-Killer Antitrust Dismissal
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Point Of Novelty Test For Anticipation
• Fed. Circ. Sends Nintendo Wii Patent Case To Wash.
• Reddy Ice Blasts Shareholder Fraud Claims
• Shoe Companies Go Toe To Toe Over Design Patent
• Payday Lender's Arbitration Bid Denied By 8th Circ.
• Equal Maker Merisant's Amended Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed
• Kimball Claims Byrd Amendment Bars Free Speech
• Fed. Circ. Lifts Ban On Disputed Vending Machine IP
• Appleton, NRC Lose Contribution Bid In River Cleanup
• New Balance, Louis Vuitton Give Shoe Feud The Boot
• Apple Settles Ex-Genius Bar Worker's OT Action
• NY Starbucks Baristas' Tip-Sharing Suit Tossed
• Cash4Gold Fraud Suit Plaintiffs Postpone Class Bid
• AT&T Wins Case Over Phone Bill Surcharge
• Pepsi, Coke Bottle Up Powerade False Ads Dispute
• Mead Johnson Seeks New Trial In Baby Formula Suit
• Grupo Modelo Brews Contract Suit Against JV Partner
• Essilor Scoops Up US Eyewear Firm For $565M
• Albertsons To Pay $8.9M To End EEOC Bias Suits
• Senators Reject Drug Importation Measure
• Spanish Warnings — Are We There Yet?
• AT&T, T-Mobile Win Bid To Nix Sales Tax Class Action
• Paul Hastings Hit With $55M Malpractice Suit Over Loan
• Injunction Denied In Supplement Trade Secret Row
• Strangulation Risk Prompts Window Shade Recalls
• Commerce Affirms Anti-Dumping Rate On Furniture
• 2nd Circ. Revives GNC Class Actions Over Ephedra
• Cohiba Cigar Trademark Suit Flares Up Again
• House Backs Bill To Turn Down Loud TV Ads
• Samsung, Others Hit Over Open Source Software Patent
• ITC To Review Findings In Whirlpool, LG Fridge Fight
• Apple Defuses IPhone Antitrust Discovery Feud
• WellNx Diet Pill Marketing Fraud Suit Survives
• Vt. High Court Certifies Honeywell Thermostat Class
• Circuit City Ramps Up Recovery Effort With $19M Suit
• China Takes WTO Dispute Over Tire Tariffs To Next Level
• Home Depot Light Fixture Suits Stayed For Deal Talks
• FTC Alerts Homeowners To Bogus Drywall Fixes
• Don't Play With Little Miss Matched Pajamas: CPSC
• Preparing For And Reacting To A Recall
• Texas High Court Dumps $14M Whirlpool Fire Verdict
• Chinese Paper Co. Says ITA Crossed Line With Duties
• Rite Aid Asst. Managers Win Conditional Cert.
• P&G To Pay €320M For Sara Lee's Ambi Pur Unit
• ITC To Investigate Honeywell, Garmin GPS Devices
• Insurer Claims It Settled Over Bratz Legal Fees
• Chi Mei To Pay $220M After Copping To LCD Price-Fixing
• House Moves Measure To Help GM, Chrysler Dealers
• P&G's Crest Whitestrips Targeted In Patent Suit
• Exxon Franchisees Decry Company's Pricing Policies
• Bratz Dolls Get Stay Of Execution From 9th Circ.
• Toy Exec Demands Sanctions In Slip 'N Slide Row
• 2nd Circ. Lets Milberg Keep Cut Of $750M Xerox Deal
• LG Electronics Fights To Keep DOE Energy Star Labels
• Dillard's Opposes General Growth's Ch. 11 Plan
• Commerce To Keep Duties On Korean Co.'s Polyester
• Bratz Maker Pleads For Corporate Life Before 9th Circ.
• Riddell Throws Flag Over Football Apparel Duties
• Bayer Recalls Alka-Seltzer Gel Caps Over Mislabeling
• Court Upholds $3.1M Judgment In Baseball Patent Suit
• US Supports Countervailing Duties For Chinese Ribbon
• EU Extends Review Of Kraft Bid For Cadbury
• Parking Attendants Win Class Cert. In FLSA Suit
• HP Ink-Jet Printer Consumers Move For Class Cert.
• Olympus Settles Overtime Class Action
• Home Depot Wants ERISA Class Action Tossed
• Phone Card Customers Lose Class Certification Bid
• Home Depot Asks CIT To Stay 38 Lighting Duty Suits
• Welch Says Insurers Must Defend Juice Marketing Suits
• Senate Bill Seeks Increase In Bottled Water Label Info
• JC Penney Settles Wage-And-Hour Suit For $7.5M
• FedEx Drivers Win Bid To Collect IRS Audit Info
• Diet Tea Maker Told To Cough Up $2M For False Ads
• Case Study: Starbucks V. Wolfe's Borough Coffee
• Simon Property Lands Prime Outlets In $2.3B Deal
• Retaliation Claims Added To Sleepy's FLSA Suit
• Nutritional Sourcing Can Sell Blockbuster Stores
• Worker Dropped In Coca-Cola Hostile Workplace Suit
• CPSC Investigating Zhu Zhu Pet Toys
• Discovery Disputes Continue In Milk Antitrust MDL
• EBay, Craigslist Square Off In Trial Over Stock Purchase
• Generation Brands Files Prepack To Cut $150M In Debt
• Verizon Wireless Must Explain Termination Fees: FCC
• Unilever Settles Potassium Supplement Suit For $1.4M
• Judge Trims Claims In Coffee Cos.' Merger Dispute
• ITC To Determine If Imported Stools Violate 337
• Unilever Yanks Slim-Fast Canned Drinks
• Kraft Makes Takeover Case To Cadbury Shareholders
• ITC Starts Review Of Chinese Ironing Table Duties
• Distributor Settles OT Class Action For $3.6M
• 2nd. Circ. Ruling Extends Charbucks Trademark Spat
• Target Counsel 'Desperate' In Gazebo Import Spat: US
• Last Defendants Dropped From Cigarette Antitrust Suit
• UK Fur Broker Must File Ch. 15 To Stay Suit: Judge
• Targeting Product Endorsements In Advertising
• Wal-Mart To Pay $40M To End Mass. Wage Action
• $203M Kickback Verdict For SC Johnson Upheld
• Anheuser-Busch InBev Hit With ERISA Class Action
• Helmet Labeling Class Suit Comes Up Short
• PBM Wins $13.5M In Baby Formula Advertising Suit
• Emblaze Targets Apple Over IPhone Video App
• Footwear Importer Challenges Sex-Based Duty Rates
• Liz Claiborne Sued For $20M Over Nixed Perfume Deal
• Blockbuster Users Cut From Online DVD Rental MDL
• Barnes & Noble Can Release Disputed Nook E-Reader
• Bakeries, Not PBGC, Responsible For $60M In Benefits
• Court Enforces Dismissal Of Kraft OT Class Action
• 'Camelflage' Padded Undies Trigger Trademark Suit
• Crib Maker Stork Craft Faces Slew Of Suits After Recall
• 7th Circ. Finds Wal-Mart Not Negligent In Suicide Case
• 'Coke Classic' Buyers Seek Cert. In HFCS Action
• Court Cuts Residents' Claims In Distillery Odor Suit
• 21 States Win $25M Settlement In Vitamin Suit
• Tyson Workers Win Class Certification In OT Suit
• ITC Begins Sunset Review Of Chinese Furniture Duties
• ITC Launches Review Of Chinese Crepe Paper Duty
• Packaged Ice Defendants Seek To Delay Settlement
• Diet Pill Makers Seek False Advertising Coverage
• Anthropologie, Forever 21 End Bitter Copyright Feud
• Unilever Hits Back At 'I Can't Believe It's Not Butter' Suit