Lawyers Circling Tween Brands
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With earnings badly missing management's guidance, it's now snowing lawsuits at Tween.
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The two young lawyers who have taken on the defense of alleged child abductor Michael Devlin are eager but they're being seen as underdogs in a costly and complex case.
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Faced with a protracted sales slump, U.S. record labels are tapping into the tween scene after Walt Disney Co became the unlikely hitmaker of the year with chart toppers like "Hannah Montana" and "High School Musical."
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Magnetic toys have been ubiquitous at birthday parties for years. Now they are also appearing in lawsuits.
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Some aggrieved investors are turning  to lawyers to pursue possible legal claims stemming from losses  at two Bear Stearns Cos.  hedge funds that were  virtually wiped out from large, illiquid bets on risky  mortgages.
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Social-networking sites are all the rage with kids. Now a lawsuit accuses the most popular one of not doing enough to protect them from predators
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Behind its playful image, the kids' clothing store means business.
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This fall, teens who want the 411 on skinny jeans will have fewer teen monthly fashion bibles to flip through. But the moves by Elle Girl and Teen People to pull the plug on their publications and focus on their Web sites don't seem to bother 14-year-old Devon Brodsky.
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Just a few years ago, the Wet Seal Inc., a chain of mall-based specialty stores, was the darling of teenage customers. Not anymore.
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Firms including Viacom, Walt Disney and Myspace unite to set guidelines to protect copyright online.
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A year ago, my colleague Katie Hafner wrote a story about the growing number of lawsuits facing Google. The cases ranged from copyright claims, to challenges to Google&#8217;s use of other companies&#8217; trademarks in its advertising system, to complaints about how some Web sites were ranked in Google&#8217;s search results. It now looks like some people [...].
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New York designer Zac Posen wants a law to protect his fashion designs from knockoffs even though he says imitations are not such a bad thing because they help promote growing brands like his.
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There is a developing under-age music circuit in New York, where bands too young for driving licenses have CDs, Web sites and managers.
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Ads in video games are becoming a lucrative area for firms trying to reach young people.
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Lawyers in Los Angeles are expected to hit them with a battery of questions on everything from their jobs to their television viewing habits.
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Is this just a case of a stodgy old-media company trying to hang out online with the cool kids?
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In a weeklong stream of appearances on news programs, Theodore and Andrew Speaker have made effective use of numerous tactics from the plaintiffâs lawyerâs playbook.