Legal
January 22, 2016 at 10:33 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc unlawfully retaliated against workers who participated in strikes in 2013 and must offer to reinstate 16 dismissed employees, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled on Thursday. Administrative Law Judge Geoffrey Carter said in a ruling posted on the board's website that the U.S. retailer violated labor law by "disciplining or discharging several…
January 21, 2016 at 10:05 am
Barneys New York has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a black man who said he was racially profiled while shopping at the luxury Manhattan department store and questioned by police about a purchase, according to court documents filed on Tuesday. Trayon Christian, a technical college student from Queens, had sued Barneys and the city…
January 18, 2016 at 9:34 am
An Amazon.com customer sued the marketplace over allegations that it charged him for its Amazon Prime program without his consent, according to the Courthouse News Service. "Gregory Harris filed the suit Wednesday against Amazon.com, alleging unfair competition and violations of consumer law and the federal Electronic Transfer Act," according to the Courthouse News Services story.…
January 15, 2016 at 11:05 am
A class-action lawsuit that's been dragging on since 2010 and has seen its share of complications is coming to a close. Zepeda vs. PayPal deals with the unpopular practice of holds that PayPal placed on sellers’ funds. PayPal has denied all allegations of wrongdoing and liability. The parties have reached a preliminary settlement in what…
January 15, 2016 at 10:51 am
The board of American Apparel Inc. has rejected a $300 million takeover bid from investors who support the return of ousted Chief Executive Dov Charney, according to a person familiar with the matter. The rejection of an offer from Hagan Capital Group and Silver Creek Capital Partners is yet another dramatic turn for the Los Angeles…
January 13, 2016 at 10:34 am
Amazon.com failed to report at least 26 work-related illnesses and injuries in a New Jersey warehouse last year, a federal agency said, the latest indication that low-wage employees who rush to fetch online orders often bear the pain of the speedy, convenient delivery of goods. The web retailer faces a $7,000 fine and demands to change…
January 12, 2016 at 10:07 am
Joyce Leslie, a 69-year-old women’s clothing retailer with 47 stores in the New York metropolitan area, has filed for Chapter 11 reorganization. The company lacks a “sophisticated e-commerce platform” to compete in today’s market, it said in court papers.
January 8, 2016 at 9:48 am
Troubled retailer American Apparel Inc. has received a takeover bid of more than $200 million from an investor — part of a plan that would return ousted Chief Executive Dov Charney back to the company, according to a person familiar with the situation. The Los Angeles clothing manufacturer, which filed for Chapter 11 protection in October,…
January 8, 2016 at 9:36 am
Wal-Mart Stores, the world's largest retailer, faces a lawsuit in Pennsylvania claiming store employees negligently allowed an underage, intoxicated customer to buy a box of bullets later used to commit three murders. The lawsuit, filed in Philadelphia by families of the victims, seeks compensatory and punitive damages from Wal-Mart and several employees at its Easton, Pennsylvania,…
January 4, 2016 at 10:40 am
As the nation’s retail pharmacies move deeper into the business of providing healthcare services, they now want pharmacists to be paid by Medicare to immunize the nation’s seniors. Under legislation that's gaining rare bipartisan support and momentum in the U.S. House and Senate, particularly for a Congressional health bill, pharmacists would be paid to administer…
