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Retail & E-Commerce - January, 2014

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• Ex-Armani Exec's Libel Claims Axed In Sex Harassment Suit
• Wal-Mart, Apple, Others Pledge To Aid Long-Term Jobless
• JC Penney Appeals $3.1M Atty Fee Award In Texas
• Family Dollar Wants High Court To Tackle Pay Bias Action
• Brand Battles: MLB, Seattle Seahawks, Hatfields & McCoys
• Tobacco Companies Sue NYC To Kill Coupon, Discount Ban
• Flushmate Offers $18M To Settle Exploding Toilet Class Action
• Family Dollar Dodges Manager's Pa. Overtime Class Action
• General Mills Sues IRS Over $6M Interest Refund
• Senate Dems Target Cybercrime With Data Security Bill
• 57 Reps. Continue Push For State Sales Tax Deductions
• Mott's Gets 'No Sugar Added' Labeling Claims Cut Down
• Lawmakers Push Neiman Marcus For Docs On Data Breach
• Mass. Soda Tax Proposal A Bitter Pill For Legislators
• Costco Illegally Employs Optometrists In Stores, Suit Says
• Biz Groups Push Congress To Renew Trade Preferences
• Australian Dept. Store David Jones Spurns Merger Talks
• Men's Wearhouse Open To Padding $1.6B Jos. A. Bank Bid
• Workplace Culture: The Real Pathway To Change
• Target Execs Slapped With Investor Suit Over Data Breach
• 7th Circ. Upholds $17M Award To Inland Over Mall Loan
• Aeropostale To Pay $15M To Settle Shareholder Suit
• Take-Two Beats 'Grand Theft Auto' Online Delay Gripe
• Judge Mulls 'Extraordinarily Large' Fees In $53M IPhone Deal
• Wal-Mart Evades TCPA Suit Over Junk Texts
• Costco, Diamond Pay $2M To Settle Dog Food Salmonella Suit
• Holder Confirms Target Breach Probe, Warns Of Cyberattacks
• EU Doles Out $155M In Fines For Foam Price-Fixing Cartel
• Chobani Can't Call Its Yogurt 'Greek' In UK, Court Rules
• Ross Stores Can't Escape Janitors' Wage Class Action
• Neiman Marcus, Michaels Stores Sued Over Data Breaches
• Hartford Sued Over Dior Competition Claim Coverage
• Fla. Diet Cookie Co. Fights $2.8M Award To Walgreens
• Blackstone Buys $200M Crocs Stock, Receives 13% Ownership
• Chase, BofA Replace 15.3M Cards After Target Breach
• Whirlpool Walks Away From ITC Refigerator Duty Row
• The Bitcoin Boom: IRS Mum On Digital Currency
• JC Penney Beefs Up Poison Pill To Preserve $2B Tax Breaks
• IRS Liens Divested In Tax Sale, Bank Tells Pa. Court
• Frederick's Of Hollywood Hit With Shareholder Class Action
• K&L Gates To Pay $23.8M To End Malpractice Suit
• Challenge To $1.2B OfficeMax-Office Depot Merger Dropped
• 2nd Circ. Backs Bloomberg's Fair Use In Swatch Call Case
• GE Hit With FLSA Class Action By Service Techs From 4 States
• Tiger Global Sinks $500M Into Top Brazilian E-Retailer
• Singapore Unveils Tax Treatment Of Virtual Currencies
• J&J Urges FDA Deference In Baby Wash False Ad Action
• South Africa Ends 5-Year Supermarket Antitrust Probe
• Michaels Stores Warns Of Possible Data Breach
• Ann Taylor Made Out Like A Bandit In Co-Tenancy Dispute
• Settlement Of Riddex False Ad Claims Gets Green Light
• Brand Battles: Sprint, Cartier, Viacom
• CPSC Defends Proposal To Revamp Product Info Disclosures
• WTO Sets Panels In US Trade Rows With Mexico, S. Korea
• Garmin To Face Majority Of Claims In Faulty Battery Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Roberto Cavalli, Jana
• Global Payments Puts Up $420M For Payment Processing Co.
• Samsung, Judge Take Aim at Apple Damages Expert In IP Fight
• Motorola's Foreign Injury Claims Against LCD Makers Tossed
• Insurers Win Reversal Of $2.8M Award To Flare Co.
• Neiman Marcus Says Up To 1.1M Cards Affected By Hack
• Convenience Store Resists Activist Pressure For Exec Change
• TTAB Refuses Nestle's 'Stay Strong! Stay Active!' Trademark
• Justices Urged To Back Early Patent-Eligibility Rulings
• Unilever Escapes Most Claims In Butter Spray Class Action
• EBay Dismisses PayPal Spinoff As Icahn Calls For Vote
• Travelzoo Dodges Derivative Suit Over 2009 Asset Sale
• Alibaba, PE Partner Sink $171M Into Drug Data Venture
• ConAgra, Trader Joe's Hit With $60M Suit Over Pretzel Sales
• EBay, PayPal Hit With Suit Over Prosthetics Listings
• Shareholders Lose Bid To Block $270M Costa Sale
• Mass. Budget Would Tax Candy, Soda, Online Travel Cos.
• Big Tobacco, US Ask Judge To OK Deal On Confessional Ads
• JC Penney Can't Shake TCPA Suit Over Robo-Texts
• Deals Rumor Mill: Xstrata, Bain Capital, IBM
• Duane Reade Ruling Threatens Employers, 2nd Circ. Told
• Excel Sued For Texas Mall's Lack Of Wheelchair Access
• $150M Suit Over Fire-Prone Dehumidifiers Stands
• Target, Best Buy Fight To Keep Chinese CRT Co. In MDL
• Suits Tossed In Japanese, Korean Battery Price-Fixing MDL
• What Restaurant Franchisors Can Learn From Saladworks
• Clothing Co. Dots Files For Ch. 11, Shutting 30 Stores
• Blind Customer Sues Build-A-Bear, Others Over POS Machines
• NLRB Says Arbitration Pact Sans Class Waiver Still Unlawful
• Finish Line Scores Win In Inventory Sales IP Row
• DOJ Wants Customer, Employee Data For Bazaarvoice Fixes
• American Apparel To Pay $4.8M To Exit Investor Suit
• Ross Not Responsible For Janitors' Low Wages, Co. Says
• Apple Faces Consumer ZIP Code Collection Class Action
• Pur Shakes Injunction Bid In Pom Wonderful Trademark Spat
• KKR Stakes €100M To Italian Vending Machine Co.
• Mondelez Adds Activist Investor Peltz To Board
• Nestle Hit With False Ad Suit Over 'All Natural' Fruit Bars
• Activist Picks 2 Retail Vets For Jos. A. Bank Board
• Wausau Rejects Starboard Request As Proxy Fight Looms
• Pearson, McGraw-Hill Target Hotfile With Copyright Suit
• DC Circ. Appears To Side With Fed In Fee Limits Row
• Brand Battles: Sony, Microsoft, Pinterest, Ringo Starr
• Jos. A. Bank Spurns Sweetened $1.6B Men's Wearhouse Bid
• Bluestone Told To Chart More TVs In Best Buy Patent Row
• EU Asked For Input On Cadbury, Nestle Kit Kat IP Clash
• Tiffany Can't Kill Costco's Trademark Genericide Claim
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, AB InBev, BASF
• Starboard Eyes Proxy Fight For More Wausau Board Seats
• Commercial Drones Herald Product Liability, Privacy Suits
• Amazon.com — Friend Of Merging Retailers
• 3 Cost-Cutting Resolutions Law Firms Can't Afford To Break
• Winn-Dixie Urges 11th Circ. To Revive Lease Exclusivity Suit
• Lancome Asks TTAB To Approve Beauty Product Mark
• CPSC Floats Changes To Product Info Disclosure Rules
• Belle Foods Ch. 11 Deal Stiffs Some Creditors, Court Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Tyson Foods, Elliott
• Hair Salon's 'Blow Dry' Mark Denied Over Prior Use
• 7th Circ. Won't Hear Applebee's Class Cert Appeal
• NLRB Targets Wal-Mart Over Strike-Related Firings
• Visa, MasterCard Facing New Suit Over Merchant Fees
• Toys R Us Bid Echoes FTC's OfficeMax-Office Depot OK
• San Francisco Atty, NY AG Coordinate Probes Into Monster
• L'Oreal, EBay Strike Pact To End Counterfeit Goods Scuffle
• Wal-Mart Can't Get Win On Joint-Employer Status
• Poland Fines Watch Importers For Retail Price-Fixing
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Carlyle, Aeropostale
• Tencent Invests $193M In Chinese Warehouse Developer
• Tax Court OKs Deducting Payments To RAC Insurer
• Visa Tries To Block Home Depot Suit Over Swipe Fees
• Miami Hookah Co. Says Fla. Agency Applies Tax Unfairly
• Target Data Breach Probe Expands To Neiman Marcus
• Target Knew Of Data Risks In 2007, New Class Action Says
• $2.2B Jones Group Offer Shortchanges Investors, Suit Says
• Severence Pay Subject To FICA Taxes, US Tells High Court
• Ex-Aeropostale Exec Can't Beat Convictions For $350M Plot
• ITC Ordered To Review Fridge Duty Findings
• After $16B Beam Buyout, Smaller Booze Deals On Horizon
• Lowe's HR Managers Win Conditional Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Beanie Babies Billionaire Skirts Jail Time For Tax Dodge
• Activist Wants 2 Jos. A. Bank Board Seats Amid Buyout Push
• Objector To $53M IPhone Warranty Deal Can't Depose Atty
• Pom-Coke High Court Battle Extends Far Beyond Juice
• Beastie Boys, Monster Fail To Reach Deal In IP Row
• High Court Denies Cert. In Bic Lighter Defect Suit
• Justices Nix Rail Co. CSX's Appeal In Flood Preemption Case
• Neiman Marcus Reveals Payment Card Data Breach
• MGA Refiles Bratz Trade Secrets Case Against Mattel
• Suntory Seals $16B Deal For Whiskey Maker Beam
• NY Fund Backs Men's Wearhouse's $1.6B Jos. A. Bank Buyout
• Germany Fines 5 Breweries $145M In Price-Fixing Probe
• Brand Battles: Huffington Post, Snapchat, T-Mobile
• 9th Circ. Wrongly Expanded Securities Act, Justices Told
• Bankrupt Loehmann's Executive Bonuses Get Shut Down
• Supreme Court Will Hear Pom's Juice Label War With Coke
• Big Tobacco Reaches Partial Deal On Confessional Ads
• O'Connor Capital Pays $146M For Fla. Luxury Mall
• CVC Capital Unloads $216M Stake In Beauty Retailer
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Blackstone, Saudi Aramco
• Credit Card Mailings Were Legal, Target Tells 7th Circ.
• IRS Releases Final Rules On Sales-Based Royalties
• Target Now Says Data Breach Impacts 70M Customers
• Domino's Can't Toss Driver's Delivery Fee Claims
• Leahy Floats Cyber Fix As Target Breach Fallout Continues
• 9th Circ. OK With Costco's Final Paycheck Deductions
• Gift Card Swap System Isn't Abstract, Fed. Circ. Told
• Toys R Us Asks FTC To Retool Long-Standing Antitrust Order
• Affinity Labs Loses Audio Link Patent Appeal In Fed. Circ.
• United Spirits Mulling Whisky Sale To Appease Regulators
• US Wants In On Whistleblower Suit Over Apparel Duties
• NJ Court Revives Cigarette Wholesaler's Competition Suit
• AmEx Appeals $7.2B Interchange Fee Settlement
• Calif. Says 'Zapper' Software Cost It $210M In Tax Revenue
• Rite Aid Can't Charge For Health Records, Pa. Justices Told
• Neutrogena Sunblock Label Suit Not Preempted, Judge Says
• DOL Wants Frito-Lay Suit Remanded Over OFCCP Mistake
• Covington Nabs $2M In Fees In Quiksilver Infringement Suit
• Travelocity Dodges $20M IP Suit Over Hotel Map Display
• Redbox Users Urge 9th Circ. To Revive Privacy Class Action
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Cosmetics Co.'s Marks In Hugo Boss Fight
• US Urges Prison Time For Tax-Evading Beanie Babies Creator
• Diageo, Diddy Team Up Again On High-End Tequila JV
• Saks Settles OT Suit After Blocking Class Cert. Bid
• 4th Circ. Rules Swatch Can't Block Rival's 'Swap' Trademark
• Best Buy Wants TVs Excluded In Bluestone Patent Suit
• Ind. Bad Faith Ruling Puts Claims Handling Under Scrutiny
• Christmas Tree Shops Pays $1.3M To Exit OT Class Action
• Derivative Suit Targeting Aeropostale Board Gets Tossed
• Loehmann's Inventory, IP Sales Get Bankruptcy Judge's OK
• Japanese Aloe Co. Not Entitled To $47M Tax Refund: Judge
• Wal-Mart Says Pharmacist Was Fired For Forgery, Not Drugs
• TTAB Says Pactiv Can Drop Trademark, Duck Fraud Claim
• Philip Morris Wards Off Class Cert. In False Marketing Case
• Website Takedown Blocked In School-Lunch Cos.' IP Row
• TTAB Won't Let Man Trademark Indian Tribe Name
• Pa. Lawmakers Press Congress To Pass E-Commerce Tax Bill
• DLA Piper Scores Texas Franchise Pro From Jackson Walker
• LBF Accuses Rivals Of Using Marks To Redirect Traffic
• Calif. Appeals Court Affirms Plastic Bag Ban As Precedent
• Affinity Labs Asks Fed. Circ. To Revive Audio Link Patent
• Guess Hit With TCPA Class Action Over Text Messages
• Men's Wearhouse Unveils $1.6B Hostile Bid For Jos. A. Bank
• Wal-Mart Sex Bias Claims Not Time-Barred, 6th Circ. Hears
• Uesco Asks High Court To Weigh Spam-Fax Class Cert.
• Trustee Challenges Bankrupt Loehmann's Exec Bonuses
• Houston Asks Justices To Overturn City Seal Trademark Ban
• Polartec Hits Lamour With Suit Over Wicking Fabric Patent
• Express Accused Of Making Blind Customers Reveal PINs
• Deal Nets Cox Enterprises Nearly 100% Stake In AutoTrader
• Deals Rumor Mill: Wing Hang, Vodafone, Telefonica
• Taiwan Antitrust Watchdog Fines Apple On IPhone Pricing
• Combi Recalls 33K Child Seats With Weak Harnesses
• Jos. A. Bank Ups Takeover Defense, Men's Wearhouse Circles
• Retailers Plan To Appeal $7.25B MasterCard, Visa Fee Deal
• Judge Recommends Trimming Claim In EEOC Sex Bias Suit
• Novartis Jacked Up Painkiller Prices, Class Action Claims
• Credit Union Hits Target With Data Breach Class Action
• Panasonic, Whirlpool Strike $48M Compressor Cartel Deal
• Beanie Babies Creator Wants No Prison Time For Tax Evasion
• 3 More States Must Now Pay Amazon Sales Taxes
• 9th Circ. Asks Calif. High Court To Clarify Seating Rules
• Boston Firm Snags 5 Downtown Buildings From Fidelity
• Peak Rock Nabs Honey Co. Groeb's Successor After Ch. 11
• Home Depot Joins Row Over AU Optronics' LCD Price-Fixing
• Wal-Mart Coupon Tax Suit Sent Back To Pa. State Court
• Martha Stewart, Macy's Settle Fight Over JC Penney Sales
• Cheap Financing Will Keep Bankruptcies Down In 2014
• Product Liability Cases To Watch In 2014
• Tax Legislation To Watch In 2014