
Legal

Hundreds of Groupon sales department employees have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company charging it failed to pay overtime. The suit demands back wages for the past three years plus punitive damages for nonpayment of overtime.
French fashion brand Lacoste has asked Norwegian police to ban mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik from wearing its clothes during court appearances. His choice of clothes has been described as a nightmare for the French company's exclusive image.
Amazon cut a tentative deal with legislative leaders that would allow it to postpone collecting sales taxes from Californians for another year. The company in turn would drop its battle to overturn the state's new law that required it and many other out-of-state online retailers to collect the taxes.
A former Borders employee is attempting to represent a class of about 300 workers in suing the bankrupt retailer for not giving proper notice of impending mass layoffs.
While many other retailers are increasing the number of outlet stores they operate, J.C. Penney is getting out of the business altogether. The retailer has reached a deal to sell 19 of its outlet stores to SB Capital. The department store chain made the decision to get out of operating the stores at the same time it is closing its print catalog business.
The United States Postal Service has long lived on the financial edge, but it's never been as close to the precipice as it is now: the agency is so low on cash that it won't be able to make a $5.5 billion payment due this month and may have to shut down entirely this winter unless Congress takes emergency action to stabilize its finances.
Amazon.com is offering to bring thousands of jobs to California as it tries to back away from confrontation over the state's new internet sales tax law. The online retailing giant proposed opening six distribution centers that would employ a total of 7,000 Californians, according to sources with knowledge of the offer.
Apple was slow to act against the booming counterfeit industry in China and other Asian countries, according to cables obtained by WikiLeaks. The technology giant eventually organized a team in March 2008 to curtail the explosion of knockoff iPods and iPhones, according to an electronic memo from the Beijing embassy dated September 2008.
A decades-old requirement that retailers put a price tag on each item they sell is no longer beginning today. Instead of putting price stickers on each item, stores can now use other forms of price marking, such as clearly displaying signs on shelves or making price scanning available to customers.
An investigation continues into whether Kansas State University's online merchandise store is skirting sales tax law. Now some state legislators also are beginning to question its online practices. In early August it was reported that purchases made by Kansas residents at the "K-State Official Online Store" weren't being charged any sales taxes.