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Corporate Counsel

Amazon's Whole Foods Cart Could Include In-House Lawyers, Liabilities

Amazon wants to buy Whole Foods. But will it wind up picking up extra lawyers and extra liability in the deal?
5 minute read

The Recorder

Ninth Circuit Routes Apple Store Worker Suit Over Security Screening Pay to State Supreme Court

The Ninth Circuit asked the California Supreme Court to weigh in on whether state law requires Apple Inc. to pay workers at its retail stores for time spent waiting for security checks at the end of work shifts.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Costco's Touting of 'Tiffany' Rings Infringed Trademark, Court Rules, Posting $19M Judgment

A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that Costco must cough up more than $19 million for selling rings under the luxury jewelry maker Tiffany's trademark, which is more than $5 million over the jury award—in profits and punitive damages—in the case handed up last year.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Best Buy Employment Arbitration Agreement Held Unenforceable

A New Jersey appeals court has voided Best Buy's mandatory arbitration policy for workplace disputes based on the company's failure to obtain employees' assent to the terms.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Hall v. Myerson et al, PICS Case No. 17-1149 (C.P. Philadelphia May 25, 2017) Massiah-Jackson, J. (29 pages).

Plaintiff, who claimed he was wrongfully convicted of committing murder with a gun purchased from defendant's store, could not maintain a negligence action against defendant since the defendant gun dealer owed no duty of care to plaintiff. The court granted defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ackley v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Review, PICS Case No. 17-0714 (Pa. Commw. July 13, 2017) Hearthway, J. (10 pages).

Claimant was not entitled to unemployment compensation benefits where he made a knowing choice to leave his full-time position in favor of a part-time position with a new employer. The court affirmed an order finding claimant ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Circuit OKs Firing of Employee Over Allegedly Offensive Facebook Posts

Mindy Caplan, a district manager at Victoria's Secret, had shared two racially charged pictures on Facebook in 2014 and was fired shortly after.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Mendoza v. Nordstrom, Inc.

9th Cir.; 12-57130 The court of appeals a district court judgment dismissing a case. The court held that California department store employees failed…
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Barnes & Noble Education Joins Distributors' Fight Against Counterfeit Textbooks

B&NE adds its name to a growing list of distributors, including McGraw-Hill Education and Pearson Education.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Inside Amazon's Legal Department With GC David Zapolsky

In just over two decades, Amazon.com Inc. has gone from a startup based out of founder and chief executive officer Jeff Bezos' garage to one…
9 minute read

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