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Federal Appellate Panel Sends TJX Case Back To Court, Move Likely To Cost TJX Millions More
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April 2nd, 2009
When a federal appellate ruled on Monday (March 30) that it was sending a small part of one of the civil lawsuits involving TJX's death breach back to the district court, it was a very narrow decision. But the act of sending it back and allowing for discovery to start again is likely to force TJX to spend millions more, according to attorneys watching the case. Perhaps even more importantly, the ruling is likely to slightly alter the risk-cost balance of retail security, putting just a little more pressure on chains to invest in their security operations.
It is true that discovery can be frightening for typical companies involved in class-action civil lawsuits, but for TJX, it can be positively terrifying. Throughout two trials, TJX showed itself to be far more worried about revealing thus-far-unreleased security details than monetary payments or almost anything else.
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April 2nd, 2009 at 8:53 pm
So TJX had to get people in by giving them a discount if the spent MORE money with them in the last round. Now the lawyers (sorry, ‘attorneys’) are after more fees.
Sheesh.