- newDeceptive Retail Pricing by Big Names Continues to Drive Lawsuits, Despite Mixed Results
"These filings are going up and we are handling a lot of them," Stephanie A. Sheridan, an executive committee member with Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, said. "And there are a lot more threat letters that are out there. Without revealing the…
- 10 hours ago 26 Apr 24, 7:38pm -
- GM Legal Chief Joins Highest-Paid Ranks After Helping Clean Up Cruise Crisis
Craig Glidden worked through a plateful of challenges last year, including the UAW strike and fallout from a self-driving car crash that badly injured a pedestrian.
- 3 days ago 24 Apr 24, 4:29pm -
- Dutch Grocery Giant Hires CLO for Sprawling US Empire
Kim Lyda is taking the legal reins of Ahold Delhaize USA, whose more than 2,000 groceries operate under such brands as Food Lion, Giant Food and Stop & Shop.
- 3 days ago 24 Apr 24, 5:55am -
- Victoria's Secret Proxy Reveals Milestone for Its Legal Chief
Melinda McAfee took the legal reins of the lingerie maker in 2021 after serving as legal chief of Express for 19 months and ascending the legal ladder at Abercrombie & Fitch over the course of 13 years.
- 3 days ago 23 Apr 24, 7:17pm -
- FTC Fights $8.5 Billion Fashion Merger, Saying It Would Lift Prices, Hurt Workers
The deal, announced in August, would combine Tapestry's Coach, Stuart Weitzman and Kate Spade brands with Capri Holdings' Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo and Versace labels.
- 4 days ago 23 Apr 24, 12:32am -
- 'We Fight': The Dallas Firm That Won $45M Talc Verdict Refused Johnson & Johnson's Settlement Offer
Friday's verdict against Johnson & Johnson, in Chicago's Cook County Circuit Court, is the first for a mesothelioma victim since two failed talc bankruptcies last year—and a groundbreaking win for Dallas-based Dean Omar Branham Shirley.
- 4 days ago 22 Apr 24, 11:35pm -
- CLO to Retire After Helping Auto Dealership Giant Triple Revenue
George Villasana is giving up the legal reins of Asbury Automotive after helping it complete one of the biggest dealership buyouts in history—the $1.2 billion purchase of Tim Koons Automotive in Washington, D.C.
- 5 days ago 22 Apr 24, 12:58pm -
- Florida Jury Sides With Johnson & Johnson in First Post-Bankruptcy Talc Verdict
Thursday's verdict comes in the second ovarian cancer trial since Johnson & Johnson's failed talc bankruptcies last year.
- 7 days ago 19 Apr 24, 7:39pm -
- Lowe's Lavished New CLO Juliette Pryor With $8M in Sign-On Bonuses
The home-improvement giant is Pryor's second employer in four years to woo her aboard with cash and stock sign-on awards totaling at least $6 million.
- 8 days ago 19 Apr 24, 2:59pm -
- NJ Supreme Court's Recent Consumer Fraud Act Decision Misses the Mark
A fictitious pricing claim is not about actual value, it is about what the retailer represented the value to be to induce the purchase.
- 8 days ago 19 Apr 24, 5:19am -