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Appeals Law 

Diamond Rings

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 BRIEF
costco, jewelry, New York, Second Circuit, Trademark

The Second Circuit vacated a $21 million award granted to Tiffany & Co. on its trademark claims against Costco’s use of the word “Tiffany” on point-of-sale signs for diamond engagement rings. Costco has presented a triable question as to whether it used the word “Tiffany” in good faith.

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Appeals Civil Rights Employment 

Panel Hears Disability Bias Case of Deaf Ex-Costco Worker

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 IZZY KAPNICK
11th circuit, costco, disability, discrimination, Florida, verdict

A deaf former Costco employee is challenging a judge’s decision to toss out a jury verdict that awarded her $775,000 on her disability discrimination claim against the popular supermarket chain. ​

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Business Government International 

Company Making Costco Pajamas Flagged for Forced Labor

October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
apparel, China, costco, Customs and Border Protection, human rights, Labor, shipping, slavery

The Trump administration is blocking shipments from a Chinese company making baby pajamas sold at Costco warehouses after the foreign manufacturer was accused of forcing ethnic minorities locked in an internment camp to sew clothes against their will.

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Business International 

Costco Cuts Short China Debut as Shoppers Swamp Store

August 27, 2019August 27, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
ap6, China, costco, retail

Costco was forced to cut short the opening day of its inaugural mainland China outlet due to safety worries Tuesday when huge crowds of bargain-hunters swamped the store in suburban Shanghai.

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Appeals Business Civil Rights Courts Law 

Costco Ducks Slave Labor Claims in 9th Circuit

July 20, 2018 MATTHEW RENDA
costco, Ninth Circuit, slavery

The 9th Circuit held on Friday that Costco could not be held liable for selling products that may have been partially produced by slave labor, saying the plaintiff did not rely on the company’s representations about policing human rights abuses in its supply chain.

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Consumers 

Costco Defeats Class Action Over Watery Canned Chicken

January 12, 2018January 12, 2018 LORRAINE BAILEY
Class Action, costco, food, retail

A federal judge dismissed a class action accusing Costco of defrauding consumers by packing its house brand of canned chicken with more than 40 percent water.

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Business 

Costco Cleared in Suit Over Sources of Luxury Products

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 DIONNE CORDELL-WHITNEY
costco, deceptive practices, Fraud, Minnesota, Ponzi, retail

A federal judge ruled Monday that Costco is not responsible for the millions of dollars an investment company lost in a resale plan devised by a convicted Ponzi schemer.

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Business 

Costco Owes $19M for Knockoff Tiffany Rings

August 14, 2017August 14, 2017 ADAM KLASFELD
costco, jewelry, New York, NYC, Trademark

Costco owes more than $19 million, a federal judge ruled Monday, for selling engagement rings it named after the storied jewelry shop Tiffany’s.

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Business Consumers 

Costco Accused of Hiding Sources of Luxury Products

April 25, 2017April 26, 2017 DIONNE CORDELL-WHITNEY
costco, Deceptive trade, Fraud, investors, Minnesota, Ponzi

An investment company says it lost millions over Costco’s use of shady middlemen to erase the true origin of luxury goods for its treasure-hunt promotions, a tactic used because luxury manufacturers won’t sell directly to the warehouse-club retailer.

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Consumers Personal Injury 

Product Liability

February 23, 2017February 23, 2017 ROBERT KAHN
costco, product liability

A man claims  in court he was injured by an EKO Living 80L/21G Motion Sensor Trashcan that he bought at Costco.

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Business Courts 

Costco Ducks Suit Over Slave-Harvested Prawns

January 25, 2017May 24, 2017 NICHOLAS IOVINO
Asia, costco, Labor, Thailand

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed with prejudice a class action claiming Costco sold prawns harvested with slave labor, despite the company’s policy banning human rights abuses in its supply chain.

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Business Government 

Costco Settles Charges of Lax Drug Oversight

January 19, 2017January 20, 2017 MATT REYNOLDS
costco, drugs, Settlement

Costco Wholesale has agreed to pay $11.75 million to settle federal claims that it improperly filled prescriptions for controlled substances that likely allowed some prescription drugs to enter the black market.

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