Judge gives Estée Lauder green light to expand counterfeit lawsuit against Walmart

[ESTĒE LAUDER store at Beijing Daxing International Airport] Robert Way A California district court judge rejected Walmart’s (WMT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/WMT]) bid to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Estée Lauder (EL [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/EL]), ruling that the retail giant could face claims that it sold counterfeit cosmetics and even expanding the scope of the case beyond the 17 products tested for authenticity. Last February, Estée Lauder (EL [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/EL]) filed a lawsuit against Walmart (WMT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/WMT]) for facilitating the sale of counterfeit versions of its licensed products by its namesake banner, La Mer, Le Labo, Clinique, Aveda, and Tom Ford.