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Retail & E-Commerce - September, 2013

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• Furniture Brands' Creditors Argue For $280M KPS Bid
• Woman Gets 3 Years For Helping Smuggle Chinese Honey
• Safeway Rehashed Doryx Antitrust Claims In New Suit: Judge
• Belle Foods Gets OK For $16M Sale Of 43 Grocery Stores
• 1st Circ. Says RI Anti-Tobacco Laws Don't Bar Free Speech
• Hostess Unions Lose Fight To Prioritize Pensions
• US Blasts Ex-Aeropostale Exec's $25M Foreiture Opposition
• Fresh & Easy Grocery Chain Seeks Sale In Ch. 11
• Friendly's Sues To Wipe $9.3M In Pre-Bankruptcy Debt
• Target, Others Say Swipe Fee Deal Doesn't Bar Antitrust Suit
• KKR Stays Hot In Asia With Chinese Appliance Co. Buy-In
• Cosmetics Maker Can't Shed Claims Of Bogus 'Organic' Labels
• Four Loko Maker Wins 2nd Shot At Nixing Wrongful Death Suit
• Consumers Urge High Court To Deny Washer Class Challenge
• Calif. Issues Toxic Chemical List In Push For Safe Products
• Beats Secures $500M From Carlyle, Plans To Buy Out HTC
• Victoria's Secret Says CIT Misclassified Bra-Shirt Hybrid
• Shuanghui To Pare Campofrio Stake To Avoid Forced Buyout
• Unilever Says Paul Mitchell Stole 'Queen for a Day' Mark
• Feds Charge Two Brothers Over Deadly Cantaloupe
• 7th Circ. Affirms Ex-Motorola Engineer's IP Theft Conviction
• Texas Court Opens Door For Challenge To Tax Audit Rules
• Fed. Circ. Remands Dispenser IP Case On Obviousness Issue
• Diamond Settles Suits Over Pringles Flub For $120M
• RJ Reynolds Asks 11th Circ. For Attys' Fees After Trial Win
• Bimbo Bakeries False Labeling Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• US Trustee Rips Breakup Fee In Furniture Brands Ch. 11 Sale
• Kroger Wins Calif. Appeal Of Butter Label Dispute
• Hair Products Buyer Always Planned To Sue, Aveda Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Icahn, Apax, Oaktree Capital
• Weil Steers $4B Grohe Sale, Japan's Biggest German Buy
• Joh A. Benckiser Claws Way To Dutch Coffee Squeeze-Out
• Chilean High Court Slashes $10M Whirlpool Antitrust Fine
• Fla. Court Grants New Trial In $20M RJ Reynolds Case
• CPSC Commissioner Skeptical Of Voluntary Recall Rule
• Procter & Gamble Says Pringles Labeling Suit Won't Fly
• 'Rudy' Drink Investor To Pay $5M Over Alleged Stock Scheme
• Bankrupt Reliance Off The Hook For Pa. Warranty Claims
• Toys R Us Wants Times Square Tax Suit Revived
• Va. Student Newspapers Triumph Over Booze Ad Prohibition
• Rite Aid Pays $12.3M To Escape Toxic Waste Disposal Suit
• Brynwood Closes $400M Fund, Its Largest
• JCP Rumors Won't Stop Martha Stewart Ruling, Judge Says
• Marlboro Lights Smokers Get No Restitution For False Claims
• Odwalla Says Cane-Juice Labeling Claims Not Quite Ripe
• Indirect-Purchaser Class Certified In Cathode Ray Tube MDL
• Ex-Wal-Mart Worker Asks High Court To Revive ERISA Suit
• Rite-Aid, Wal-Mart Can't Shake Glucosamine False Ad Suit
• Dole Can't Dodge Frozen Fruit Mislabeling Class Action
• Wal-Mart Gets Dukes Members' Class Bias Claims Nixed Again
• Mead Johnson Seeks $13M False Ad Coverage In 7th Circ.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Twitter, TPG Capital, KKR
• 3 Tips To Keep Gift Cards From Bestowing Legal Trouble
• Smithfield Shareholders Approve $7B Shuanghui Takeover
• Capmark's Confirmed Ch. 11 Plan Bars Fillmore's $50M Suit
• ITC Opens Patent Probe Into Kenmore Grills
• UK Ukulele Maker Seeks Escape From SpongeBob IP Suit
• Cargill To Pay $5M In 'Natural' Sweetener False Ad Deal
• Best Buy Techs Win Partial Class Cert. In Unpaid Wages Suit
• Sanyo To Pay $10.7M For Battery Price-Fixing After Guilty Plea
• Indonesia Picks WTO Fight Against Australian Tobacco Law
• Boston U. Sues Canon, Blackberry Over Semiconductor Patent
• Abercrombie Settles Bias Suits On Hijabs In The Workplace
• Tobacco Cos. Want FDA Menthol Report Tossed
• Ohio Sen. Presses USDA On Chinese-Chicken Import Plan
• ITC Says Gulf Shrimpers Not Harmed By Foreign Imports
• Kodak Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Printer Ink
• On 2nd Try, Chobani Gets Yogurt Labeling Suit Tossed
• Hitachi-LG's $26M Price-Fixing Deal Gets Judge's OK
• Apple Fights Class Cert. In Personal Data Leak MDL
• Luxury Giant LVMH Takes Majority Stake In Shoe Designer
• Groupon Must Face Shareholder Suit Over Stock Drop
• FCC Handset Ruling Shafted Small Carriers, DC Circ. Told
• FDA Teams Up With NIH To Stake $53M On Tobacco Research
• Deals Rumor Mill: RBS, Univision, Versace
• UK Watchdog Provides Support For Bra Price-Fixing Claims
• Vornado Offers Remaining JC Penney Shares
• Home Depot Can't Escape Rivals' Power Tool Antitrust Suit
• LG, Sears Falsely Marketed Defective Washers, Suit Says
• Starboard Drops Opposition To $7B Smithfield Takeover
• 4 Ways To Make Sure Comments On Agency Rules Count
• Safeway Customers' Cert. Bid On Hold In Recall Warning Suit
• Dems Eye Overhaul Of Food Labeling Regs
• Goldman Pays $7.5M To Exit Old Suit Over 1999 Toy Co. IPO
• Recovering Atty's Fees: Is A Procedural Victory Enough?
• Rue21 Shareholders Greenlight $1B Private Equity Buyout
• 'Recluse' Cigar Maker Targets Rival In Trademark Suit
• Carl's Jr. Bilks Managers Out Of Overtime, Suit Says
• Fed. Circ. Revives Orbis Bid For Fees In Buckhorn IP Case
• Robins Kaplan Attys Seek $18M In LCD Antitrust Case
• Kmart Can't Dodge Ex-Pharmacy Worker's FCA Suit
• Retailers Blast SEC's 'Conflict Minerals' Disclosure Rule
• Late July Faces False Ad Suit Over 'Evaporated Cane Juice'
• NCAA Says High Court Ruling Bars Athletes' Antitrust Suit
• OfficeMax Can't Shake $31M Lumber Mill Cleanup Row
• Arrow Capital Nabs Retail-Focused Fund Manager BluMont
• OfficeMax CEO Drops Out Of Race To Run Merged Company
• Victoria's Secret IP Suit Lacks US Threat, Thomas Pink Says
• Billabong Settles On $543M Centerbridge, Oaktree Lifeline
• Safeway Hit With Class Action Over 'All-Natural' Products
• Fla. Court Asked To Reopen Colombian Native's Engle Suit
• Apple Escapes Patent Suit Over Mobile Display Tech
• E-Books Judge Nixes Apple's Bid To Depose Expert
• Dr. Martens Maker Sues Retailer Over Alleged Knockoffs
• Biz Groups Back Tobacco Cos.' Engle Appeal In High Court
• Walgreens Backs Private Health Exchange For 160K Workers
• Deals Rumor Mill: Smithfield, BNP Paribas, Heron Tower
• Light Bulb Maker Takes $21M Hit In FTC False Ad Suit
• SF DA, NY AG Praise Apple's New IOS 7 Security Features
• Beanie Baby Billionaire Will Cop To UBS Account Tax Dodge
• Catterton Closes 2 Funds With $2.1B In Total Commitments
• Rainmaker Q&A: DLA Piper's Stasia Kelly
• EEOC Says Chicago Eateries Refused To Hire Black Workers
• 'Living Wage' Bill Highlights New Worker Rights Battleground
• Commerce Asks FCC To Make Carriers Unlock Cellphones
• Apple Must Surrender Employee Emails In Swipe Patent Row
• Car Designer Don Yenko's Heirs Sue Over Knockoffs
• Rent-To-Own Co. Can't Slip Pa. Spyware Class Action
• Safeway Adopts Poison Pill In Face Of Investor's Stock Buy
• Battery Price-Fixing Conspiracy 'Implausible,' Sony Says
• Dems Push FDA To Issue E-Cigarette Regulations Quickly
• Top NY Court Upholds 'Cocky' Corporate Lawyer's Suspension
• FTC Notches 2nd Victory In Bogus Text Message Crackdown
• Sycamore Pays $54M For Aeropostale Minority Stake
• Deals Rumor Mill: Repsol, Lloyds, Total
• Bill To Rein In Prop 65 Suits Tees Up Bigger Reform Push
• LG Reaches $25M Deal With Cathode Ray Indirect Purchasers
• Bimbo Foods, NJ Distributors Settle Contract Suit
• Fed. Circ. Affirms US Win In Del Monte Tuna Tariff Fight
• Vt. Grocer Settles AG's Suit Over Slow Data Breach Response
• Oakley Accused Of Stealing Clothier's 'Sweat It Out' Slogan
• Kombucha Maker Locked Workers In Plant, Suit Says
• Consumers Lose Antitrust Suit Over AB InBev, Modelo Merger
• EU Court Cuts $271M From Wabco Bathroom Cartel Fine
• Calif. Court Revives Suit Against AT&T Over Obsolete Phone
• 6th Circ. Asked To Revive Cleanup Suit Against GSK, Coke
• Vornado Chairman Resigns From JC Penney Board
• OfficeMax Patrons Revise Fee Calculation In ZIP Code Suit
• Paul Hastings, Kirkland Guide Starwood's $1.6B Mall Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Twitter, BlackBerry, KKR
• Reliable Evidence Required To Show Class Ascertainability
• Mayer Brown Reps Packaging Corp. In $2B Deal For Rival
• Ill. Court Reverses Sears Win In Tax Overcharge Suit
• Advent-Led Group Jumps On Java Train With Coffee Bean Buy
• Whole Foods Sued For Documents In Calif. Pesticide Probe
• Mass. Supremes Back $21M Toys R Us Slide Death Verdict
• Bodybuilding Supplements Lack Touted Ingredients, Suit Says
• Wal-Mart Charged Premium For Migraine Meds, Suit Says
• 10 Reasons You Should Value Your Chief Compliance Officer
• Striped Shoes Can't Be Trademarked, Tommy Hilfiger Says
• Apple Fights For Access To E-Books Damages Expert
• Merchants Blast $7B MasterCard, Visa Fee Deal
• Judge Calls Hudson's Bay Class Counsel Fight 'Unseemly'
• Rite Aid Job Applicants Win Round In Background-Check Suit
• DC Mayor Vetoes Wage Bill Aimed At Big-Box Stores
• Inventor Cracks Open Beer-Can IP Suit Against MillerCoors
• Sears Gets Fined Over 'Come Back Cash' Chiseling
• Deals Rumor Mill: EDF, Mitsubishi, Barry Diller
• Debt Cos. Misled Victoria's Secret Cardholders, Suit Says
• $7.1B Smithfield Deal Gets Backing Of Top Proxy Adviser
• Keurig Appeals Rival Cup Maker's Patent Win To Fed. Circ.
• Lingerie Co. Sues Shaver Maker Over 'Skintimate' Brand
• Boiron Faces New False Ad Suit Over Homeopathic Flu Drug
• Fed. Circ. OKs Commerce's Profit Cap Figures In Duty Review
• NCAA Players' Antitrust Suit Lacks A Conspiracy, EA Says
• 6th Circ. OKs Appeal Of Post-Dukes Wal-Mart Bias Claims
• OneBeacon Sues To Avoid Covering Retailers' Privacy Suits
• Fed. Circ. Gives Fuzzy Slipper Patent Suit 2nd Life
• Wal-Mart's Cart Full Of Violations And A Model Settlement
• Deals Rumor Mill: Advent International, Versace, Telefonica
• Kellogg's $4M Deal OK'd In Brain-Boosting Cereal Ad Suit
• Hudson's Bay Breathes Easy As Saks Go-Shop Expires
• Without Higher Bid, Dole Opts For $1.6B CEO Buyout
• Merchants To Face Off Over $7B Interchange Fee Deal
• Zeroing Faces Novel Test In WTO Row Over Washer Duties
• AT&T Buys $1.9B Worth Of Verizon Spectrum
• Payless Hit With OT Suit In Pa. Over Fluctuating Workweek
• Poland Joins Probe Of HP Over Possible FCPA Violations
• Moldy Chobani Yogurt Caused Illnesses, Suit Says
• Hallmark Stole 'North Pole City' Trademark, Suit Says
• Activist Fund Increases Stake In Flagging Clothier Chico's
• Deals Rumor Mill: TPG, Rosneft, Tesco
• FTC Wins $10M, Shuts Down Alleged Debt Relief Scammer
• Converse Says Footwear Maker Copied Chuck Taylor Design
• Albertson's Didn't Pay Overtime Wages, Suit Says
• Dealmakers Buoyed As CFIUS Separates Pork From Nukes
• Cracker Barrel Asks 7th Circ. To Lift Kraft's Sales Ban
• Kia Asks Texas High Court To Toss Faulty Airbag Claim
• Neiman Marcus Sale Fetches $6B, Scuttles IPO Plans
• 11th Circ. Refuses To Review Fla. High Court Engle Ruling
• Panda Express Hit With Suit Over 'Delicious' Trademark
• Godzilla Creator Attacks Brewery Over 'Mechahopzilla' Beer
• Smithfield Sale Won't Threaten US Security, CFIUS Finds
• Fed. Circ. Kicks Suit Against Heinz Packaging To 3rd Circ.
• EEOC Says Kmart Ditched Disabled Worker Over Urine Sample
• CFPB's Credit Report Warning Puts Retailers On Notice
• Kering Nabs Minority Stake In NYC-Based Luxury Brand
• ITC Closes Probes Of Indonesian, Thai Shrimp Subsidies
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Johnson & Johnson, KKR
• Barnes & Noble Dodges Suit Over PIN Pad Data Breach
• Cracker Barrel Injunction Should Stay, Kraft Tells 7th Circ.
• Kennedy Wilson Drops $388M for UK Shopping Centers
• Korean Cos. Sued Over Ramen Noodle Price-Fixing
• Subway Can't Trademark 'Footlong' For Sandwiches
• Uncertainty Remains Over Scope Of Calif. Safe Chemical Push
• Apple Shakes 2 Infringement Claims In MobileMedia IP Row
• Apple, E-Books Plaintiffs Scuffle Over Discovery Scope
• Wal-Mart Says Coupon Tax Suit Should Stay In Fed. Court
• Critics Of $7B Visa, MasterCard Deal Say Expert On Their Side
• Deals Rumor Mill: Suntory, America Movil, TDR Capital
• Kenneth Cole's $160M Go-Private Deal Sound, Judge Rules
• Safeway Settles With EPA Over Refrigerator Leaks
• Thai Nat'l Pays $5.2M To End Smithfield Insider Tips Case
• Judge OKs Orchard Bankruptcy Deal With Lenders, Creditors
• Amazon Asks High Court To Nix NY's 'Amazon Tax'
• S. African Watchdog Bars Academic Book Chain Tie-Up
• Fla. Appeals Court Backs $33M Award For Smoker's Widow
• PE Firms Recapitalize World's Biggest Denny's Franchisee
• Ex-Dukes Members Fight To Keep Wal-Mart Bias Suit Alive
• Apple Among 15 Cos. Sued Over Computer Security Patent
• Millstone PE Unit Swallows St. Louis Roast Beef Chain
• Deals Rumor Mill: Commerzbank, KKR, BlackBerry
• Hedge Funds Line Up For JC Penney Shares After Ackman Exit
• Visa, Mastercard Deals Inked At Expense Of Class, Court Told
• Target Recalls Floor Lamps Over Fire, Shock Hazard
• Family Dollar Slams Grocer's Price Undercutting Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: Glencore, Warburg Pincus, Apax
• Bridgepoint Puts Up $770M To Acquire AHT From Quadriga
• ConAgra Butter Labeling Suit Not Preempted, Judge Says
• Ill. Appeals Court Nixes Class Cert. In Spam Fax Suit
• Kid Clothing Giant's Investors Urge Approval Of $3M PwC Deal
• Monster Again Looks To Crush Energy Drink Labeling Suit
• Snooki Hits Perfumer With Trademark Suit Over Knockoff
• Madison Dearborn Nets $1.75B In Sale Of Yankee Candle