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• Florida Disability-Rights Group Claims Benchmark Settlement with Retail Firm.

  - 2001-07-19

  By Chern Yeh Kwok, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 19--Access Now Inc., a disability-rights group from Florida, says its proposed class-action settlement with May Department Stores Co. sets a benchmark for the retail industry. But other disability groups nationwide...

  Tags: Litigation, Macy, May Department Stores Co., settlement

• Rhode Island, 26 Other States Settle Lawsuit with May Department Stores.

  - 1998-11-02

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 3--Rhode Island and 26 other states yesterday announced they have reached a $22-million settlement with the May Department Stores Co. for allegedly unlawfully trying to collect debts from customers who had declared bankruptcy. Based in St....

  Tags: agreement, attorney, bankruptcy, lawsuit, Litigation, Lord & Taylor, May Department Stores Co.

• May, Penney's seal deal for Woodies units.(May Department Stores Co., J.C. Penney Co., Woodward & Lothrop Inc. units)(Brief Article)

  - 1995-08-30

  NEW YORK FNS -- The May Department Stores Co. and J.C. Penney Co. Inc. have completed their purchase of 24 department stores from the Woodward & Lothrop Inc. chain, W&L said Tuesday. As reported, May and Penney's teamed up to buy 24 of W&L's 29 department...

  Tags: bankruptcy, J.C. Penney Co. Inc., Litigation, May Department Stores Co.

• May Co., Penney's winning bidders for Woodies chain; offer of $589 million tops Federated-led bid by $21 million.(May Department Stores Co., J.C. Penney and Co. Inc., Woodward & Lothrop Inc., Federated Department Stores Inc.)

  - 1995-08-09

  A bankruptcy court has declared that the joint J.C. Penney & Co Inc/May Department Stores Co bid for Woodward & Lothrop Inc (W&L) will give W&L creditors the best deal. Penney's and May Co bid $589 million cash to acquire 24 of W&L's 29 stores, beating by $21 million a...

  Tags: creditor, Federated Department Stores Inc., Litigation, May Department Stores Co., Penney

• May, Penney's bid for Woodies still higher than Federated. (May Department Stores Co., J.C. Penney Co. Inc., Woodward & Lothrop Inc.; Federated Department Stores Inc.)(Brief Article)

  - 1995-08-08

  NEW YORK FNS -- May Department Stores Inc. and J.C. Penney remained the highest bidders in the Woodward & Lothrop Inc. sweepstakes late Monday, less than 24 hours before a bankruptcy court hearing to determine the winning offer for the department store chain. May and Penney's,...

  Tags: bankruptcy, creditor, Federated Department Stores Inc., J.C. Penney Co. Inc., Litigation, May Department Stores Co.

• Federated may up W&L ante. (Federated Department Stores; acquisition battle for Woodward & Lothrop)

  - 1995-08-07

  Federated Department Stores and May Department Stores could engage in a bidding war for bankrupt department store chain Woodward & Lothrop (W&L). On Jul 27, 1995, May and J.C. Penney made a joint bid that exceeded Federated's previous bid by $58 million. Experts expect Federated to better the May/Penney offer....

  Tags: acquisition, analyst, bankruptcy, creditor, Litigation, Macy, May Department Stores Co., Philadelphia, Washington

• Federated expected to up the bid for Woodies stores; May/Penney's bid is currently $58 million higher.(Federated Department Stores Inc., Woodward & Lothrop, May Department Stores Co., J.C. Penney Co.)

  - 1995-08-01

  Federated Department Stores and May Department Stores Co./J.C. Penney Co. are competing to acquire the bankrupt Woodward & Lothrop Inc (W&L), operator of 29 department stores, 3 W&L furniture stores and one John Wanamaker furniture store. Federated offered $568 million for 11 W&L stores to be converted into Macy's and...

  Tags: Federated Department Stores Inc., J.C. Penney Co. Inc., Litigation, Macy, May Department Stores Co.

• May, Penney's outbid Federated in battle for Woodies Stores; top first bid by $58 million. (May Department Stores Co., J.C. Penney Co. Inc., Woodward & Lothrop Inc.)(Brief Article)

  - 1995-07-28

  NEW YORK FNS -- The battle for the assets of Woodward & Lothrop Inc. heated up Thursday when the May Department Stores Co. and J.C. Penney Co. Inc. submitted a stunning bid that tops by $58 million an earlier purchase offer by a group led by Federated...

  Tags: creditor, Federated Department Stores Inc., J.C. Penney Co. Inc., Litigation, May Department Stores Co., Penney

• May Department Stores, J.C. Penney File Bide for Department Store Chain.(Originated from Philadelphia Daily News)

  - 1995-07-28

  July 28--The May Department Stores Co. of St. Louis and J.C. Penney Co. of Plano, Texas, filed a joint bid yesterday to buy the assets of bankrupt Woodward & Lothrop Corp., which owns the John Wanamaker chain. The bid promises to save 13 of the Wanamaker...

  Tags: bankruptcy, job, Litigation, May Department Stores Co.

• May Co. to sell 4 McCurdy's in Rochester, N.Y., to Bon-Ton. (May Department Stores Co., Bon-Ton Stores Inc.) (Brief Article)

  - 1995-03-07

  NEW YORK FNS - May Department Stores Co., which last November was barred by a federal judge from purchasing four Rochester, N.Y.-area McCurdy & Co. department stores, agreed Monday to sell the stores to an area rival, The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. In an out-of-court settlement...

  Tags: Bon-Ton Stores Inc., Litigation, May Department Stores Co., Rochester