Sentences with phrase «action against retailers»

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Shopping Actions may help big retail chains fight back against the Amazon threat.

There are also potential class action lawsuit filings against the retailer in California and Rhode Island.

A U.S. judge certified a class action against Target brought by several banks over the retailer's massive data breach.

They also said Mallinckrodt was aware of enforcement actions the agency had taken against distributors for failing to report the inordinate amounts of painkillers they were shipping to retail customers in states such as Florida.

Noting Walmart's ongoing high - profile fight with credit company Visa, and recent news that consumers in the U.K. are preparing a 19 billion - pound ($ 24.5 billion USD) class action lawsuit against MasterCard alleging unfair practices, he added, «Whether retailers are large or small, when credit card and related transaction fees for merchants run rampant, it directly and immediately increases the cost of doing business.

Indeed, class actions were filed against major parmesan cheese retailers and distributors just days after the news broke.

Farmers For Action (FFA) has heralded a draft agreement between the farmers and processors as a «step in the right direction» but has vowed to continue its campaign against retailers and milk processors.

See, for example, Lucille Keen, «ACCC sues petrol retailers, Informed Sources» (Financial Review, 20 August 2014), Ben Butler, «ACCC takes action on petrol pricing» (Sydney Morning Herald, 21 August 2014), Annabel Hepworth, «Petrol giants face legal test on prices» (The Australian, 21 August 2014) ACCC takes BP, Caltex, Woolworths, Coles Express, 7 - Eleven and Informed Sources to Federal Court» (news.com.au, 20 August 2014), Michael Janda, «ACCC launches legal action against Informed Sources and retailers over alleged petrol price sharing» (ABC News, 21 August 2014) and Simon Thomsen, «Competition Watchdog Takes Fuel Big Boys To Court Over Alleged Price Fixing» (20 August 2014).

The ACCC has launched an action against Coles alleging unconscionable conduct in relation to its Active Retail Collaboration program.

The ACCC's action against Coles could force more retailers to bake from scratch using bread pre-mixes — significantly increasing their costs — or stop marketing par - baked bread as being «baked in store.»

In the last two years, however, lawyers on his staff took action against an adoption agency that refused to work with same - sex couples and a major retail chain that showed a pattern of discrimination against transgender job applicants.

In recent years, most major retailers have had to take unpopular action against books and authors that were mislabeled.

This isn't the first time Amazon has taken this kind of boycott - action against a publisher for not agreeing to its terms, but it's also not the first time any book retailer — online or otherwise — has refused to stock, discount, sell, or promote a specific publisher's works.

These allegations have come up in the past and they stem mostly from the fact that Amazon relies on author honesty instead of vetting each uploaded ebook; the online book retailer also has only course of action against stolen content, which is namely to wait for complaints from consumers or authors, then remove the ebook from its catalog.

Moreover, the slow process has been a disappointment; in the time it's taken for the EU to come to any sort of action against Amazon, countless small book retailers have already suffered.

Retail investors shouldn't just assume a seal of approval from the SEC because it hasn't brought any action against a company, for example.

We're eager to work with lawmakers to take action against illegal breeding — but outlawing retail pet sales isn't the answer.

The complaint filed by The Humane Society of the United States also urges the USDA to take enforcement action against Purebred Breeders for failing to obtain a license in light of recent changes to federal regulations that require retailers who sell puppies to consumers sight - unseen to obtain a federal license.

The Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) is mobilizing the industry to take action against the ban by creating online resources to assist retailers in getting the word out.

The Humane Society of the United States asks the Federal Trade Commission to bring enforcement action under federal consumer protection laws against 17 retailers for false advertising of fur garments.

And because of that, one of the most effective ways to fight against this cruel industry is to start at the consumer level through education and legislative action like retail bans.

And no other criminal background, however violent, or even action taken against the breeder or retailer for animal neglect or abuse that did not result in a conviction, is sufficient to deny a license.

He came to prominence as a critic of obscenity in media, especially sex and violence in videogames, and as an attorney attempted to take legal action against publishers and retailers selling violent games.

Successfully resolving claims against clients for over 25 years on terms favorable to clients, including technology vendor contract disputes and other commercial litigation, lease disputes for national and regional companies, and early resolution of several class action claims against national retailers and international travel company.

Defeating conditional certification of a national FLSA collective action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging unpaid overtime for all nonexempt employees of a national furniture retailer and getting claims dismissed against the individual defendants;

He also has experience defending national and multi-state class action lawsuits brought against fashion, retail, and food and beverage clients.

Meanwhile, in August of 2015, Mr. Paniccia, a retail investor with a much smaller stake in MDC's common shares, commenced a proposed securities class action against MDC and certain of its officers in Ontario under Part XXIII.1 of the Ontario Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S. 5.

Represented gas retailers against an oil & gas company in a breach of contract action alleging and proving that the company did not set the price it charged the gas retailers for gasoline in accordance with their contracts.

In Nintendo, the video game giant brought copyright and technological protection measure (TPM) infringement actions against a Waterloo retailer of unauthorized devices and Nintendo games that could be played on Nintendo consoles and Wii (I will discuss only the console technology here).

Represented a certified class of consumers in the nationwide «hot fuel» class action against the oil industry for selling retail gas to consumers without adjusting the price to take account of lower fuel content of higher temperature gas.

To initiate a legal action against a manufacturer, retailer, or supplier, it is often important to retain the assistance of a skilled accident attorney.

Successful High Court action in defamation against a well known leisure retailer following publication of defamatory statements against an individual.

We have extensive experience defending class claims in antitrust, securities and derivative actions, as well as class consumer fraud, breach of warranty, contract, environmental tort and other regulatory claims against manufacturers, retailers, financial institutions and insurance carriers.

Served as lead counsel for the defendant and obtained reversal by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals of a district court's order certifying a 29 - jurisdiction class action alleging consumer fraud by a Fortune 50 retailer, and subsequently successfully moved for dismissal with prejudice of named plaintiff's claims and obtained a nationwide injunction against future attempts to certify a class based on similar allegations.

Los Angeles partner and leader of our fashion practice Staci Riordan is quoted in this article discussing a dropped legal action against her client, fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M).

The firm defended class actions against a national retailer having allegedly failed to abide by the low prices stated in its ads and against a manufacturer alleged to have sold defective home appliances.

Third, and unsurprisingly, class action firms quickly launched several class cases against Loblaw and other competing retailers.

Obtained dismissal of US securities shareholder class action brought against the UK's largest retail bank regarding alleged fraud in connection with acquisition of HBOS during 2008 financial crisis

In that sense, Google's Shopping Action could help brick and mortar retailers in their fight against Amazon.

The Shopping Action program will give Google and its retail partners new tools to compete against the retail giant in these categories as it gives online shoppers access to a «universal cart», whether they are shopping on their desktop, mobile phone or through a voice - first device.

And unlike traditional legal actions the FTC took against credit bureaus and reporting agencies, these more recent lawsuits target check authorization services, banks, retailers, grocers, and many other kinds of businesses.

«Class Action Lawsuit against Major National Online Retailer Underscores Need to Comply with the FCRA»