September 6,
2013 by in Industry, Legal 
The state of Delaware has filed a consumer fraud case against The Amish Mill, a furniture store in Wilmington, Del.
The fraud case and a cease-and-desist order—banning some practices and undisclosed fees—also names Michael D. Wharton, who owns the store.
"We're acting to protect consumers by ensuring they get what they pay for and to hold this business to account for its obligation to provide the products it sold and promised to deliver," Beau Biden, Delaware Attorney General, said.
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Source: Delaware Online
September 4,
2013 by in Bedding, Industry, Legal, Product
The federal agency that enforces workplace discrimination complaints has sued Carolina Mattress Guild, accusing the company of subjecting black employees to a racially hostile work environment and unlawfully firing an employee who complained about racial remarks that included the "N-word."
The mattress manufacturer and distributor is being sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
According to the EEOC complaint, from as early as June of last year through about Aug. 9, 2012, Ricky Clark, a truck loader, and other black employees, were subjected to unwelcome derogatory racial comments and slurs by a white employee at Carolina Mattress Guild.
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Source: High Point Enterprise
August 30,
2013 by in Industry, Legal
Tiffin, Ohio-based Ameriwood Inds. has been fined $50,000 by the Occupational Safety and Health Adminisration for unsafe equipment.
OSHA said the company failed to use energy-control procedures on foam cutting machines, putting workers at risk.
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Source: Toledoblade.com
August 29,
2013 by in Industry, Legal
Two of the country's largest home-furnishings manufacturers, including Ashley Furniture Industries Inc., have been dealt a pivotal blow in a 10-year legal battle that once threatened to spark a civil war in the domestic industry.
The U.S. Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit ruled Aug. 19 in a 2-1 vote that Ashley and Ethan Allen Operations Inc. are not entitled to receive duty payments from a successful anti-dumping case against a group of Chinese wooden-bedroom furniture manufacturers.
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Source: The Winston-Salem Journal
August 8,
2013 by in Industry, Legal
The share price woes at Furniture Brands International have drawn the attention of a law firm specializing in shareholder litigation.
August 2,
2013 by in Industry, Legal
The International Sleep Products Association has partnered with Legal Label Inc., on an updated and expanded electronic version of the Manual of Labeling Laws.
July 16,
2013 by KansasCity.com in Industry, Legal
Lighting and furniture supplier GuildMaster has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to importing thousands of lamps with counterfeit safety certification labels.