Content about Company Legal Issues

December 27, 2012

Sherwin-Williams says its packaging is being infringed by Wooster Brush Co. and has sued the competitor to cease and desist.

An article in Crain’s Cleveland Business describes the lawsuit brought by Sherwin-Williams against Wooster Brush.

December 3, 2012

Deutsche Bank Securities to pay $20 million to LP

In a Dec. 3 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Louisiana-Pacific (LP) announced it will receive a $20 million payment from Deutsche Bank Securities to settle a lawsuit between the two companies. Deutsche Bank Securities will pay the sum without admitting any liability or wrong-doing, and LP will dismiss the legal proceedings with prejudice. Each company will release the other from all claims and liabilities arising out of the sale and purchase of the auction rate securities.

August 30, 2012

Report: Fischer Hardware in Virginia will close

A small-town Virginia hardware store that is involved in a lawsuit with its co-op will close Friday, according to a report in the Washington Post.

October 6, 2011

Roseborough joins Home Depot's senior leadership team

The Home Depot named Teresa Wynn Roseborough executive VP, general counsel and corporate secretary. She will join the company’s senior leadership team and report to Frank Blake, chairman and CEO.

Roseborough will be responsible for leading The Home Depot’s legal department, as well as its government relations and corporate security services functions. She will assume her new role Nov. 7.

March 9, 2011

Sitting down on the job: the lawsuit

Two recent court cases in California, one involving Home Depot and the other 99 Cents Only Stores, have given employees the right to sue their employers for “suitable seating,” according to summaries of the cases published in Mondaq.

September 16, 2010

Briggs & Stratton files counterclaim in patent case

At issue is Exmark’s 863 Patent, which covers multi-blade mowers equipped with baffles between blades,...

February 10, 2010

CertainTeed to settle class action lawsuit

CertainTeed has announced its intention to settle a class action lawsuit over a line of asphalt shingles manufactured from 1987 to 2005. The organic shingles, made with a felt reinforcement material, were allegedly subject to premature failure or did not perform up to the expectations of end users.

October 9, 2008

Appeals court dismisses Home Depot classaction

The appellate court unanimously ruled that the class action did not meet the “stringent” requirements...

August 26, 2007

Huber breaks ranks on OSB la

J.M. Huber has agreed to a $2 million settlement in a lawsuit accusing nine oriented...

August 22, 2007

Class action lawsuit to proceed against Lowe’s

A state appeals court will allow California workers to sue Lowe’s for alleged unpaid overtime...

August 15, 2007

Huber settles OSB lawsuit

The first of a group of OSB producers being sued for price fixing has agreed...

August 9, 2007

D.R. Horton sued over lending practices

The lawsuit seeking class action status, filed by a customer of the home builder, alleges...