Name dispute boils over: Julia Child foundation sues Williams-Sonoma
The late Julia Child’s charitable foundation is suing cookware retailer Williams-Sonoma over allegedly misappropriating the cooking legend’s name to drive traffic to its stores. Child, whose television shows and books inspired millions to try their hand at crafting French cuisine at home, founded the Montecito-based Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts in Read More →
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Investors sue Continental Wind Power
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San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito is suing a Ventura-based firm over a $3 million investment allegedly gone bad.
Read More →When the FTC calls: Phone on Hold founder shares story of his legal saga
For the past 14 months, Pete Turpel has lived a business owner’s worst nightmare. He carefully built up Phone on Hold Marketing Systems, which provides pre-recorded messages for firms to play while customers are on hold, over nearly three decades. And then last year, the Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit alleging that Turpel had Read More →
Read More →Amgen loses case before U.S. Supreme Court
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen has lost a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that would have made it much more difficult for shareholders of public companies to band together and sue firms when their leaders make false or misleading statements. In Amgen v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, the biotech giant sought to tighten the Read More →
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