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1. MetLife Resolves TQP Data Encryption Patent Suit

Friday, Mar 19, 2010

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. has become the latest defendant to settle in TQP Development LLC's wide-ranging patent infringement battle over online encrypted data transmission.

2. Calif. Inks $1.2M Deal With Rite Aid, Others

Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010

A federal judge has approved a $1.25 million settlement that ends allegations from the California attorney general that Pro's Choice Beauty Care Inc., Rite Aid Corp., Target Corp. and others sold “pollution-causing” hair products that exacerbate respiratory illness.

3. TQP Hits New York Mellon, Others Over Data Patent

Thursday, Mar 11, 2010

Patent-holding company TQP Development LLC is suing a host of corporate giants, including The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Delta Air Lines Inc., Walgreen Co., Target Corp., Time Warner Inc., UBS AG and The Allstate Corp., for allegedly infringing its patent for an encrypted data transmission system.

4. AmEx Loses Bid To Toss Drugstores' Antitrust Suits

Thursday, Mar 04, 2010

A federal judge has refused to toss five consolidated complaints brought by Rite Aid Corp., CVS Pharmacy Inc., Walgreen Co. and two other drugstores alleging that American Express Co. violated federal antitrust laws by imposing anti-competitive rules on merchants.

5. Parallel Targets Orbitz Over Web Site Patents

Wednesday, Feb 24, 2010

Patent-holding company Parallel Networks LLC has filed suit against Orbitz Worldwide Inc. over two patents covering systems to manage Web site generation.

6. Fraud Suit Against Walgreens Dismissed Again

Friday, Feb 19, 2010

A federal judge has dismissed for a second time a suit accusing Walgreen Co. of scheming to overcharge third-party payors by improperly filling prescriptions for two generic drugs.

7. Walgreen To Snap Up Duane Reade For $1.1B

Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010

Drugstore heavyweight Walgreen Co. has reached a deal to acquire New York-based pharmacy chain Duane Reade Holdings Inc. in a cash transaction valued at $1.075 billion, including the assumption of debt.

8. CAT Goes On Prowl Again Over Gift Card Patent

Tuesday, Feb 09, 2010

Patent-holding company Card Activation Technologies Inc. has slapped nine retailers — including Macy's Inc., Blockbuster Inc. and Starbucks Corp. — with a lawsuit accusing them of deliberately infringing a patent covering a method for processing debit transactions with a countertop terminal.

9. Parallel Drops Web Patent Spat V. Google, Amazon

Monday, Feb 08, 2010

Patent-holding company Parallel Networks LLC has dropped its infringement suit against Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc. and Kayak Software Corp. over a patent related to the way Web site servers handle data requests from lower speed Internet users.

10. Cephalon To Buy Swiss Drugmaker Mepha For $590M

Monday, Feb 01, 2010

Cephalon Inc. has agreed to pay about $590 million (622.5 million Swiss francs) for the privately held Swiss pharmaceutical company Mepha AG, the companies announced Monday.

11. Class Cert. Sought In Suit Over 'Snake-Oil' CVS Item

Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009

The plaintiffs in a class action alleging that CVS Pharmacy Inc. has fraudulently marketed a product it claims can prevent or reduce the risk of catching the common cold are seeking certification of a nationwide consumer class.

12. CPSC Investigating Zhu Zhu Pet Toys

Monday, Dec 07, 2009

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is reportedly investigating the popular Zhu Zhu Pet toys after a consumer watch group reported that they contain dangerous levels of contaminants.

13. Wal-Mart, CVS Win Bid To Toss Drug Overcharge Suit

Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009

A federal judge has dismissed without prejudice a putative class action brought by employee health funds accusing Walgreen Co., CVS Pharmacy Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and others of overcharging customers for generic drugs.

14. Calif. AG Warns Sears, Others Over Lead-Tainted Toys

Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009

California's attorney general has targeted several major retailers — including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp. and Sears Roebuck & Co. — for selling children's products that contain illegally high levels of lead, advising the stores to pull the products immediately.

15. Walgreen's Tissue Subject To Dumping Duties: CIT

Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009

The U.S. Court of International Trade has ruled that the tissue paper Walgreen Co. sells as part of its gift bag sets falls within the scope of an anti-dumping duty order on certain tissue paper products from China.

16. Target Halloween Flashlights Cause Scare

Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009

Trick-or-treaters hoping to spook friends with flashlights that cast ghostly shadows will have to find other ways to dig up scares following a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warning to steer clear of two types of Halloween-themed flashlights from Target Corp. that can overheat and cause burns.

17. Conn. Yanks Lead-Ridden ‘Punky Witch’ Costumes

Friday, Oct 23, 2009

Some children in Connecticut who were planning on donning witch attire this Halloween will have to restyle their costumes, after the state’s consumer protection watchdog recalled Walgreen Co.’s “Punky Witch” costumes on Friday for violating federal lead standards.

18. Philip Morris Drops Fight Over SF Tobacco Sales Ban

Friday, Oct 16, 2009

Cigarette giant Philip Morris USA has abandoned its legal challenge to San Francisco’s law prohibiting tobacco sales at pharmacies, prompting praise from city officials who have strongly backed the regulation’s constitutionality.

19. Walgreen Sued Over Reneging On $1.4M Buyout Offer

Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009

A store owner in Oklahoma has sued Walgreen Co. alleging breach of contract and fraud claims related to a $1.44 million buyout agreement the drugstore chain later rescinded.

20. Rite Aid Moves To Dismiss ‘Redundant’ OT Suit

Friday, Oct 09, 2009

Rite Aid Corp. has moved to dismiss a putative overtime class action filed by a former drugstore employee, saying it is identical to another class action filed earlier.