Judge Robert Payne of the Eastern District of Virginia has granted a joint proposal for a long-term supply agreement with respect to Steves and Sons Inc. and Jeld-Wen, and the five-year legal battle between the two companies. On Monday, May 16, the court modified a divestiture order that came out of a private merger challenge […]

The lawsuit between Steves and Sons Inc. and Jeld-Wen continues with Steves and Sons filing an objection to the report and recommendation for the sale of Jeld-Wen’s Towanda, Pa.-manufacturing plant. Lawyers for Steves and Sons did not mince words, opening the objection with the statement that, “Steves and Sons, Inc. didn’t fight this battle for […]

A case against door manufacturer Steves and Sons Inc. (Steves) will have its day in court, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found that a district court erred in granting summary judgment. The case includes state law disability discrimination and retaliation claims filed against the company by an ex-employee, as well […]

After a court-appointed Special Master raised concerns about sharing certain information with Steves and Sons Inc. (Steves) amid a court-ordered divestiture process, U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne rescinded those requirements last week. At the urging of Special Master and former U.S. District Judge Lawrence F. Stengel, Judge Payne agreed that Steves shouldn’t be given […]

After a U.S. Court of Appeals upheld an order for door and window manufacturer Jeld-Wen Inc. to sell its Towanda, Pa.-based manufacturing plant, a court-appointed Special Master overseeing the process raised concerns about sharing certain information with Steves and Sons Inc. (the plaintiff in a case leading to divestiture). Former U.S. District Judge Lawrence F. […]

An order filed this week by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied a request by Jeld-Wen Inc. for a rehearing en banc, after the court upheld a ruling requiring the door and window manufacturer to divest of its Towanda, Pa.-based manufacturing plant. A petition for rehearing en banc asks a […]

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Court filed a decision last week, upholding an order for door and window manufacturer Jeld-Wen Inc. to divest of its Towanda, Pa.-based manufacturing plant. In an opinion filed Thursday, a panel of three judges upheld the original ruling, stemming from a trial-by-jury process in 2018, […]

The legal battles between Jeld-Wen Inc. (Jeld-Wen) and Steves and Sons Inc. (Steves) is heating up once again. According to court documents, there has been movement in two separate lawsuits between both parties. According to a notice of withdrawal, Steves announced that it was withdrawing a motion that had accused Jeld-Wen of continuing to impose […]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to drop in at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Va., this Friday, taking the mic for a brief five-minute advisement period amid a remote hearing. After the court set two tentative dates for oral arguments in an appeals case filed by Jeld-Wen Inc., […]

A decision by Jeld-Wen to ration doorskins in 2019 has come back to bite the company amid the already trying times of COVID-19. The door and window manufacturer announced March 30 that it would suspend operations at some locations due to the impacts of the virus. In the meantime, Senior U.S. District Judge Robert E. […]