Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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June 3, 2021, Los Angeles, CA – Buried in Amazon's Conditions of Use (COUs) agreement was a binding arbitration clause forcing buyers, marketplace sellers, and infringed trademark-owners to utilize arbitration to settle disputes. The practice allowed Amazon to skirt the traditional court system and dodge plaintiffs aiming to launch big class-action lawsuits against the e-commerce juggernaut. The requirement was effective, burdening plaintiffs with an arbitration structure that is financially c...
April 29, 2021, Los Angeles, CA – Amazon has long skirted liability for third-party sales of dangerous, fake, and fraudulent products, leaving injured consumers without recourse or compensation. California Appellate Court Judge John S. Wiley Jr. agreed in a recently published decision, "The Amazon is the world's largest river. Amazon.com supposedly chose its trademark because it aimed to create the world's largest river of commerce. Amazon.com can control what it created." Application of s...
March 31, 2021, Los Angeles, CA – Amazon continues to destroy the retail economy, retail workers, and related services despite hundreds of lawsuits that expose its dangerous business practices. Undeterred by pending legislation, executive orders, and just plain common sense and ethics, the website grabs the retail dollars previously injected into local economies and support trades and turns them into higher salaries for Amazon management and inestimable wealth for CEO Jeff Bezos. The profits a...
February 2, 2021, Los Angeles, CA – The U.S. e-commerce business keeps on growing. Online shopping due to COVID-19 has contributed significantly to the growth and to the proliferation of counterfeit products available on Amazon, eBay, and Walmart. "Many consumers are ... unaware of the significant probabilities they face of being defrauded by counterfeiters when they shop on e-commerce platforms," reads a January 2020 Department of Homeland Security report (PDF) recommending measures that w...
December 9, 2019, Los Angeles, CA – Amazon repeatedly makes its illusory public claim that counterfeits are not allowed on Amazon, but that is a lie. Amazon is a voracious seller, enabler, and facilitator of an inexhaustible supply of counterfeit, fraudulent, and replica products. 200,000 brands are fighting Amazon fakes, and now one manufacturer, exhausted from endless warnings and complaints, is taking the e-commerce gorilla to the mat. Maglula, Ltd., which makes popular magazine loaders for f...
December 3, 2020, Los Angeles, CA – The California Supreme Court refused to review Amazon's appeal of an appellate court ruling holding Amazon liable for injuries caused by third-party products sold on its website. The high court also denied Amazon's request to have the case depublished. "This means the opinion will remain the only published appellate decision in the country holding Amazon strictly liable for a product sold on its marketplace," said attorney Jeremy Robinson, representing p...
Consumers love a good deal and will flock to the internet for Black Friday bargains. However, online-shopping may be risky, dangerous, and little, if any, actual value. A Red Points survey found that 68% of consumers were worried about buying fake or low-quality goods online. The Counterfeit Report, an award-winning consumer advocate and industry watchdog, has removed over 400 million counterfeit items offered on e-commerce websites, including Amazon, Walmart, Wish, Newegg, eBay and Alibaba....
November 18, 2020, Los Angeles, CA - Amazon has added another goal in slugging its way to retail dominance; Amazon launched its own online pharmacy to deliver prescription drugs. Amazon, already laced with fraud and scams, and having fumbled its counterfeit enforcement practices for retail goods, is adding a pharmacy counter to its virtual store. Amazon acquired startup PillPack in 2018 that presorted medicines and shipped them to customers' homes in 49 states. The acquisition gave Amazon state...
November 13, 2020, Los Angeles, CA – The European Union formally charged Amazon with antitrust violations for abusing its dominance in online shopping and using non-public data gathered from sellers to make informed decisions on its own products. A second probe focuses on whether Amazon favors its own retail offers or those of marketplace sellers who use its logistics and delivery services. The criteria Amazon uses to select products featured in its prominent "Buy Box" are also scrutinized. A...
October 13, 2020, Los Angeles, CA – Consumers looking to Wish.com may be attracted to its brand-name products offered by China sellers at a fraction of retail. Shipping may take weeks, or over a month for customers who prioritize savings over speed of delivery. However, many items are counterfeit, fake, or replica products, a common issue among major e-commerce sites including Amazon, eBay, and Walmart. Wish announced it filed a confidential draft to go public with the SEC, a tactic that d...
October 6, 2020, Los Angeles, CA – Amazon is fighting back against a landmark California Appeals Court decision that held the e-commerce giant strictly liable for dangerous products sold on its website. Amazon appealed to the CA Supreme Court arguing that the court took an "unprecedented leap" when it found that Amazon was not shielded from liability for dangerous products that injure or kill consumers. The decision parallels the same liability that exists for manufacturers, distributors, and b...
A U.S. Federal Court lawsuit, Maglula, Ltd. v. Amazon.com, names global-giant Amazon (AMZN) as the direct seller of its counterfeit products. Maglula's lawsuit alleges they repeatedly warned, then purchased counterfeits of their trademarked and patented products from Amazon as a direct seller through Amazon's platforms. Maglula found that Amazon even sold returned counterfeit Maglula merchandise to third-party liquidation-centers for resale. What is particularly concerning is that many...
