Legal

Staples may need to “Make More Happen” to resolve antitrust concerns about its proposed takeover of closest rival Office Depot. Several of Staples’ big corporate customers have told government regulators in recent days that they aren’t satisfied with the company’s proposed asset sales to win regulatory approval, The Post has learned.

U.S. officials announced a broad range of actions against nutritional supplement companies Tuesday, alleging some made deceptive claims about the effectiveness of their products. Shares of GNC, Vitamin Shoppe and Herbalife all fell earlier in the day after federal agencies, including the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission and Food and Drug Administration, announced they would…

Thanks to a new Speaker being named to the House of Representatives, eBay warned its sellers again about the online sales tax bill called the Remote Transactions Parity Act, and urged them to contact their legislators to tell them not to pass it. In a post on Tuesday, it briefed members of its eBay Main…

J.C. Penney said Wednesday that it's reached an agreement to settle a false advertising class-action lawsuit in California, making $50 million available in cash or store credit to customers. While the charge will be included in the third quarter that it’s scheduled to report on Friday, the quarter’s gross margin and earnings results “exceeded expectations,”…

A federal judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit initiated by Apple retail workers over bag-search practices at the company’s California stores. The ruling on Saturday by Judge William Alsup of Federal District Court in San Francisco came in a case in which employees sued to be reimbursed for the time taken by Apple to search their…

Lowe's Home Centers LLC will refund more than $1 million to customers who were overcharged flooring installation fees, according to a settlement reached with New York state. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Thursday that Lowe's, with 64 New York stores, overcharged 16,000 customers with a deceptive sales practice that it has since agreed to halt.…

A week after announcing its $9.4 billion acquisition of Rite Aid, Walgreens Boots Alliance said its contract with the smaller pharmacy chain “provides for divestments” of up to 1,000 stores if “required by regulators.” The nation’s largest drugstore chain, Walgreens, expects the number of divestments will likely be “less than half this number,” but the admission,…

JustFab, the online fashion retailer accused of deceiving customers with monthly subscriptions that are difficult to cancel, says it's reviewing its tactics and customer service practices. As reported by BuzzFeed, more than a thousand customer complaints about JustFab have been submitted to the Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission. The company last year settled…

A group of drivers for the new Amazon Prime Now delivery service filed suit against the company Tuesday, alleging they were denied overtime pay, workers’ compensation and mileage reimbursements. The workers say they were improperly classified as independent contractors instead of employees. The Prime Now service launched in Southern California last month and promises one- and two-hour…

The top prosecutor in Oregon took aim at GNC, the nation's largest vitamin and supplement retailer, accusing the Pittsburgh-based company of knowingly selling workout and fat-burning supplements spiked with illegal drugs. GNC, which this year settled with New York's attorney general over claims that its dietary supplements were impure, said the latest accusations are “without…