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Retail & E-Commerce - May, 2012

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• Court Has Domain When Foreign Firm Flouts Order: Fed. Circ.
• Slimness Of Bloomberg Soda Ban Could Doom Legal Claims
• Nordstrom Can't Halt Wage Action During 9th Circ. Appeal Fight
• Nestle Settles Trademark Battle With Water Co.
• Costco, Diamond Pet Foods Sued Over Salmonella Outbreak
• Renew De Beers Diamond Antitrust Judgment, 2nd Circ. Told
• Jones Day Helps Flowers Foods Gobble Lepage In $370M Buy
• Nike To Unload Cole Haan, Umbro Brands
• Whole Foods Escapes Wild Oats Consumer Antitrust Suit
• NY Bill Would Make Carriers Disclose Insurance Commissions
• Commerce Finds Samsung, LG Get Unfair Washer Subsidies
• Minn. High Court Stubs Out Philip Morris 'Lights' Row
• Publishers Call DOJ's E-Book Price Fixing Claims 'Innuendo'
• Commerce Says Vietnam Subsidized Wire Hanger Exports
• FDA May Shut Down Spice Co. Over Salmonella, Insects
• American's Antitrust Trial Against Ticketing Firm Delayed
• Labor Dept. Beats Trade Groups' Tip Rule Challenge
• Best Buy Defeats Vacation Day Pay Suit By SoCal Managers
• CVS Can't Shake Pharmacists' Damages Claim In Wage Suit
• McDonald's Escapes Class Claims In Race Discrimination Suit
• Benihana Investor Sues To Nix $296M Angelo Gordon Buyout
• P&G Sued Over Olay 'Anti-Aging' Skin Care Claims
• Texas Co. Says Cybex Stole Secrets, Muscled Competition
• 6th Circ. Burns 'Texas Toast' Crouton Mark As Generic
• Wal-Mart Withholds Background Check Info, Suit Says
• Nike Trounces Clothing Co.'s IP Suit By Showing First Use
• Syms Ordered To Reopen Ch. 11 Talks With Creditors
• 3rd Circ. Snubs Appeal in Arizona 'All Natural' Drink Suit
• Sycamore Partners Shelves $215M Talbots Purchase Offer
• ACE Objects To Hostess' ADR Plan For Tort Claims
• Pom Strikes Back With Ad Campaign In FTC Health Claim Row
• EEOC Loses Bid For Broad Genetic Bias Probe Of Nestle
• EU Court Tosses MasterCard Intercharge Fee Appeal
• Europe's Antitrust Regulators Urge Food Sector Scrutiny
• Shareholder Says $890M Lane Bryant Sale A Lousy Fit
• General Mills To Pay $857M For Brazilian Food Co.
• Cost Plus Investor Blasts Bed Bath & Beyond's $494M Bid
• Weil Aids Silver Lake, Partners' $1.25B Travel Co. Buy
• Fast-Food Chains Back Debit Card Fee Rule Challenge
• Lindt Can't Trademark Chocolate Bunnies In EU
• Nebraska Book Gears Up For Ch. 11 Confirmation
• Syms Creditors Look To File Competing Ch. 11 Plan
• NJ Panel Advances Bill Speeding Class Cert. Appeals
• White House Orders Gov't Agencies To Take Data Mobile
• Ferrara Pan, Farley's & Sather To Unite As Sweets Leader
• Martha Stewart Says Macy's Can't Freeze JC Penney Merch Deal
• Denim Importer Settles Fight Over NAFTA Duty Treatment
• 3rd Circ. OKs Wal-Mart's Appeal Of Cert. For Warranty Class
• CPSC To Require Audits Of Children's Product Testing Groups
• UK Teddy Bear Co. Sues J&J Unit Over Misleading Zyrtec Ad
• Oaktree To Sink $225M Into Diamond Foods' Rebuilding Plan
• 5th Circ. Cans Challenge To Coke's 41-Year-Old Root Beer Buy
• EU Adopts Plan To Strengthen Consumer Protection Rules
• Md. Bans Use Of Pfizer Affiliate's Chicken Feed Additive
• Ocean Spray Should Ditch Negative V8 Claims, NAD Says
• Chinese Vitamin Maker Pays $10.5M To Bow Out Of Cartel Case
• Crossmark Reaches $1M Deal To End Wage Class Action
• Big Lots Bigwigs Hit With $37M Insider Trading Suit
• CalSTRS Punishes Wal-Mart Board Over Bribery Scandal
• Kirkland Helps Angelo Gordon With $296M Benihana Buy
• TSA Stores, ACE American Fight Prince Sport's Licensing Deal
• Gucci Wins $5M Judgment In Guess Knockoff Suit
• Avon Urges Judge Not To Let Its Former Counsel Rep Foe
• Bill To Extend Leegin's Reach To State Claims Fails In Kan.
• ITC Rules Kodak's Camera Preview Patent Is Invalid
• Mattress Firm Pays $1.6M To Put OT Class Action To Rest
• Investor Challenges $1.1B PF Chang's-Centerbridge Deal
• Pom Juice Ads Were Misleading, FTC Judge Says
• Adidas Loses Injunction Bid As Herbalife Logo Battle Ends
• Suit Chews Out Kraft, Cadbury Over Sugarless Gum Ads
• Pepsi Exits False Ad Suit Over SoBe 'All Natural' Labels
• SEC Digs Into Chipotle's Hiring Practices
• Bloomberg's Fair Use Defense Beats Swatch Analyst Call Suit
• Samsung, Others Accused Of Ripping Off Video Indexing Patents
• NY PSC, Verizon Take Heat Over Wireline Service Plan
• Burberry Wins $180M In Damages Against Knockoff Sites
• Royal DSM Forks Over $534M For Fish Oil Extract Co.
• Canada High Court Takes On 3rd Indirect Buyer Antitrust Case
• De Beers Tells 2nd Circ. Antitrust Suit Is Too Late, Vague
• Judge Keeps Faulty Deck Class Action In Federal Court
• Akin Gump Recruits 2 Jones Day Tech Attys For LA Office
• Trademark Claim Revived In Trojan Condom Antitrust Row
• Wal-Mart Widens Internal Probe Of Overseas Bribery
• 9th Circ. Revives Pom's False Ad Suit Against Coke
• Carrefour Antitrust Fine Upheld In Polish Court
• Japanese Retailer Leads $100M Investment In Pinterest
• Adidas Says Skateboard Co. Sells 3-Stripe Knockoffs
• Cox Ties Set-Top Boxes To Cable Service, Suit Claims
• WTO Panel Finds US Tuna Labeling Rules Unfair To Mexico
• Schumer Says 'Extra Virgin' Test Bad For NY Olive Oil Biz
• Specialty Products' Asbestos Creditors Float Ch. 11 Plan
• Jenny Craig OT Suit Going To Arbitration Post-Concepcion
• Merrill, Goldman Accidentally Release Short-Selling Docs
• Kansas' Take On Leegin Shows Risks Of Vertical Price Deals
• Skechers To Pay $50M To End Slew Of Toning Shoe Ad Claims
• White Castle Jabbed With Trademark Suit Over Online Ads
• Judge Can't Believe Butter Class Suit Against Ralphs
• Consumer Group Urges FDA To Dump NuVal Nutrition Ratings
• Avon Stock Skids After Coty Yanks $10.6B Buyout Bid
• Suit Blasts Chobani Greek Yogurt's All-Natural Claims
• Crocs, Investors Work Out $9M Deal In Fraud Class Action
• Naked Juice Gets 'All-Natural' Class Action Stripped Down
• LongHorn Steakhouse Sued By Tiny Texas Rival Over Marks
• Best Buy Chairman Out After Staying Mum On Ex-CEO
• Weil Steers Golf Town's $97M Buy Of Major US Golf Retailer
• Game Co. Says 'Call of Duty' Unfairly Uses 'Delta Force' Marks
• KPS Capital Cooks Up Bid To Buy Hostess
• Force-Fed Foie Gras Violates Law, Threatens Health: Suit
• Ikea Faces $1M Faulty Candle Suit In Fed. Court
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Revive Oprah 'Own Your Power' IP Suit
• Papa John's Accused Of Wiping Evidence In Spam Text Suit
• Apple Ordered To Testify In Motorola IP Battle
• General Mills Fruit Snack Mislabeling Suit Survives
• Kan. Bill Would Extend Leegin Reach To State Antitrust Claims
• 17 States Seek To Join E-Book Price-Fixing Suit Against Apple
• Apple Gets IPhone Signal Strength Suit Shut Down
• Alleged Texting Scammers Put Up $2M To End Texas AG's Suit
• Stock Loan Scandals May Not Be Enough To Draw SEC's Ire
• Reed Smith Wants Other Firms To Pony Up In Trademark Spat
• 2nd Circ. Defends Starbucks' Pro-Union Pin Limiting Policy
• Cislo & Thomas Can't Nix Malpractice Suit Over Sunbeam Deal
• PBGC Urges Teamsters, Hostess To Mind ERISA In Deal
• Bankrupt Tennis Line Prince Scores $15M Licensing Deal
• L'Oreal Loses Botox Trademark Fight In EU
• 'Pink Slime' Meat Co. AFA Sued For Canning Workers
• Coty Boosts Avon Bid Past $10.6B, Sets Deadline
• Insurers Sue Car Parts Maker Hennessy Over Asbestos Claims
• 6th Circ. Sides With Maker's Mark In Wax Seal Trademark Row
• Geek Squad Accuses Best Buy Of Wage And Hour Violations
• Calif. Court Won't Revive 7-Eleven Payroll Suit
• SNR Denton Aids Pernod Ricard On Manhattan HQ Lease
• Bed Bath & Beyond To Pay $495M For World Market Parent
• Travelers Slams Hearsay In $2.5M Assault Coverage Row
• Simon Property Challenges Betsey Johnson's Liquidation Sales
• Consumers Defend $250M AT&T Settlement In 9th Circ.
• Groupon Prevails In Groupion Trademark Dispute
• Judge Consolidates Suits Over Gerber Probiotic Claims
• Starbucks Steamed Over 'Charbucks' Ruling, 2nd Circ. Hears
• 4th Circ. OKs $1M Verdict In Cookware Trade Dress Feud
• Fendi Should Get $30M In Knockoff Damages, 2nd Circ. Hears
• 11th Circ. Won't Touch Home Depot ERISA Case
• Tempur-Pedic Again Survives Price-Fixing Allegations
• Concepcion Doesn't Validate Unconscionable Contracts: Panel
• Asahi Pours Out $1.5B For Beverage Maker Calpis
• Judge OKs Calif. Class In Ikea ZIP Code Collection Suit
• NewPage Creditors Seek Court Approval To Sue LBO Lenders
• L'Oreal Says Hair Serum Plaintiffs Lack Standing To Sue
• $540M Debt Swap Gives Hedge Fund Majority Stake In Barneys
• Shareholder Tries To Stamp Out Shoe Giant's $2B Deal
• 9th Circ. Says RJ Reynolds Promotion May Count As Contract
• Asahi Stays Vague On Rumored $1.25B Beverage Co. Deal
• Insurer Says It Shouldn't Pay In Sandra Bullock Ad Suit
• Legislators Urge USTR To Protect Glassware Jobs In TPP
• Diamond Expands Recall Of Dog Food Linked To Salmonella
• Memory Card IP Antitrust Suit Timely, Samsung Tells 9th Circ.
• EBay Escapes Suit Over Automatic Bidding Service
• Imperial Sugar Investor Sues To Block $78M Sale
• Pepsi Creator's Heirs Seek Rights To Found Formula Docs
• Costco Says Class Claims In Sex Bias Action Still Fall Short
• Inventor Accuses Sorenson Capital Of Holding Out On Royalties
• Sycamore Bumps Offer To $215M For Struggling Talbots
• Retroactively Applying AIA Provision Legal, Fed. Circ. Rules
• Hangover Reliever Can't Swallow Opponent's Discovery Delay
• 1st Circ. Gives U-Haul Price-Fixing Suit Another Look
• Leegin Doesn't Preempt State Antitrust Claims: Kan. High Court
• Hostess Wins OK To Drop Contracts With Bakers Union
• Sharon Osbourne Loses Bid To Nix HSN Jewelry Suit
• Funeral Home First Penalized By FTC For Withholding Prices
• Salmonella Outbreak In 9 States Tied To Dog Food
• Wal-Mart Customer Says Oil Change Stickers Are Deceptive
• Samsung, LG Want NAFTA Review Of Mexican Fridge Imports
• French High Court Partially Reverses EBay Counterfeit Ruling
• Attys Convince Judge That Size Matters In Gap Trademark Suit
• Judge Kicks Robins Kaplan Off Best Buy IP Suit
• PAGA Action Withstands Nordstrom's Legal Broadside
• Kashi Can't Call Cereal With GMOs All Natural, Suit Says
• Coke's 'Zero' Brand Can Be Trademarked, TTAB Rules
• Bigelow In Hot Water Over Tea's Antioxidant Claims
• Groups Fear Obama Order Sends Excessive Power Overseas
• NewPage Seeks More Time For Ch. 11 Plan Amid Creditor Row
• Genomma Abandons $834M Prestige Brands Bid
• NY Bill Would Ban Credit Card Surcharges At Gas Stations
• 6th Circ. Upholds Class In Whirlpool Moldy Washer Suit
• Bed Bath & Beyond Can't Topple Seating Class Action
• Bright Food Takes $2B Bite Of PE-Owned Cereal Co.
• Cheese Distributors Deny Charges Over Contaminated Product
• Parlux Wants Internet-Recruited Shareholder Sanctioned
• $5M Punitive Award Reversed In Philip Morris Engle Suit
• Sharper Image Fights Attys' Bid To Up Fees In Gift Card Row
• Suit Over 'Real Housewives' Star's Margarita Ads Pared
• DS Smith Offers Antitrust Fixes To €2B SCA Purchase
• Staples, Target, OfficeMax Accused Of Skirting Pencil Duties
• Wage Suit Claims Taco Bell Stiffs Workers
• Costco's Recorded Calls Invaded Customer Privacy, Suit Says
• Proskauer Rose Aids Lane Bryant Buyer In $890M Deal
• NutraSweet, Others Settle Aspartame Antitrust Suit
• Crayola Offers Refunds To Scrub Out Suit Over Bubble Stains
• Big Biz Hails Obama's Order To Align International Regs
• Citing Smith V. Bayer, 7th Circ. Allows Sears Dryer Suits
• Pension Funds, Labaton Take Lead In Netflix Securities Suit
• Prince Sports Faults Into Ch. 11, Serves Plan To Cut Debt
• Texas Roadhouse Pays $5M To End Server Tip Suit
• Commerce Stands By Zeroing In Vietnamese Shrimp Fight
• Keds, Payless Parent Jumps At $2B Takeover Bid
• Weil Gotshal Aids PE Firm's $1.1B Takeover Of PF Chang's