All the headlines from our Retail Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 6 2017 // A Massachusetts appeals court used a recent case to warn auto insurers about the importance of taking retail book value into consideration early in the settlement process.While the court ruled in favor of defendant...
Jan 20 2017 // A Massachusetts appeals court used a recent case to warn auto insurers that it is important to take retail book value into consideration early in the settlement process.While the court ruled in favor of defendant...
Jan 17 2017 // Officials in Winston-Salem, N.C., say a kerosene and gasoline mix-up at a convenience store led to two fires, both at houses.The Winston-Salem Journal reports Winston-Salem Fire Department Division Chief Sandy Shepherd...
Jan 13 2017 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been ordered by a federal judge to pay $16.08 million to a former New Hampshire pharmacist in a gender bias case, but the amount is only about half what a jury awarded and may fall substantially...
Dec 22 2016 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay a former employee $75,000 to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed over the company’s alleged actions in regard to an employee at a store Hodgkins, Ill.The lawsuit...
Dec 9 2016 // The Los Angeles city attorney’s office is suing four retailers for allegedly duping shoppers into believing they got bigger discounts than they actually did.The Los Angeles Times reported that the lawsuit alleging...
Dec 5 2016 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of discriminating against gay workers by failing to offer health insurance benefits to their spouses.The settlement covers employees...
Oct 13 2016 // After a notable 50-year insurance career that has included starting and leading two highly successful insurance brokers, 79-year-old Patrick Ryan didn’t mince words when asked if he will ever retire:“No.”...
Sep 30 2016 // Police are looking for an employee of a Massachusetts Wal-Mart they say set three fires inside the store, forcing the disposal of all the food on the sales floor.Police say they identified the suspect through security...
Sep 22 2016 // An Arkansas judge has ruled Wal-Mart Stores Inc. investors may bring fraud claims against the retailer as a group, clearing a hurdle in a lawsuit over bribes it allegedly paid to help open new stores in Mexico.The ruling...
Sep 6 2016 // Rebuilding Cyber Insurance in the Wake of P.F. Chang’s vs Chubb Ltd.If the cyber insurance landscape seems like a confusing mess, you are not alone. In fact, the recent case of P.F. Changs v. Federal Insurance Co....
Aug 19 2016 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay a former, long-term employee at a Wal-Mart location in Illinois, $90,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Aug 3 2016 // Witnesses say a dog was at the wheel of a car that slowly crashed into a West Virginia Wal-Mart. Shoppers told WSAZ-TV that two dogs were in the car – one in the driver’s seat and one in the passenger’s seat...
Jul 25 2016 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executives and directors persuaded a federal appeals court on Friday to reject shareholder claims that they permitted and then covered up pervasive bribery by officials at the world’s largest...
Jul 22 2016 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is asking suppliers to remove formaldehyde, triclosan and six other substances from their products, part of an effort to eliminate controversial chemicals from household goods.The chemicals on the list...
Apr 21 2016 // Cyber-thieves see new credit card chip technology being adopted by U.S. retailers closing a lucrative window of opportunity to steal your data. So they want to move fast.“We’ve actually seen a number of...
Apr 15 2016 // New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, along with officials from attorneys general offices from seven other states and the District of Columbia, recently sent letters to a number of large retail companies...
Apr 12 2016 // A group of former Wal-Mart workers in Utah who said the company violated their right to self-defense by firing them for disarming suspected shoplifters has settled their lawsuit against the mega-chain.The workers argued...
Apr 4 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s bid to throw out a more than $150 million class action judgment over the retailers’ treatment of workers in Pennsylvania.The justices declined to...
Jan 29 2016 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc was ordered by a federal jury in New Hampshire to pay $31.22 million to a pharmacist who claimed she was fired because of her gender and in retaliation for complaining about safety conditions.The...