March 21, 2019
"Nothing much has changed" in an amended complaint from a customer claiming L.L. Bean Inc.'s switch from a century-old lifetime warranty to a one-year return policy violates consumer protection laws, prompting an Illinois federal judge to dismiss the suit for good on Wednesday.
October 31, 2018
L.L. Bean Inc. has again urged an Illinois federal judge to toss a proposed class action over the changing of its "lifetime" return policy to a one-year return policy, saying the named plaintiff hasn't tried to get a refund and is only claiming a hypothetical injury in his amended complaint.
August 14, 2018
A California federal judge on Tuesday tossed with leave to amend a proposed class action that claims new limits on L.L. Bean Inc.'s century-old lifetime warranty violate consumer protection statutes, saying during a hearing the allegations are "hugely hypothetical" and the suit "makes no sense."
June 29, 2018
L.L. Bean Inc. escaped allegations that it wrongly ditched its popular "century-old" warranty for one lasting only a year when an Illinois federal judge said late Thursday that the man who launched a putative class action over the claims had no standing to do so.