Law360, New York (August 30, 2012, 2:13 PM ET) -- A New York state judge refused Thursday to block J.C. Penney Co. Inc. from moving forward on wide-ranging product deal with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., handing jilted Macy's Inc. a defeat in its attempt to stop the TV personality from taking her product designs to its retail nemesis.
J.C. Penney can go ahead with its deal to sell Stewart-branded products in its stores that aren't the types of products covered by Macy's deal with the design maven, even though Stewart's company has already been prohibited...