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