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Whalen V. Bluestem Brands INC
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This is the public record summary for Civil court case 01767, indexed by Open Public Records on December 1, 2014. The case is filed by Whalen against Bluestem Brands, INC. (Florida). Below you'll find enrichment from multiple authoritative business sources including OFAC sanctions, the state Secretary of State business registry, OpenCorporates, SEC EDGAR filings, CFPB consumer complaints, the Better Business Bureau, live news indexing, and 0 related cases in our 12.9-million-record archive.
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Deep Web Search · Bluestem Brands, INC. 4 MATCHED
We checked press coverage for Bluestem Brands, INC. and surfaced 4 relevant articles (out of 10 total) that mention the name and share geographic or legal context with this case. Below also: deep-search links across 12 platforms.
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Jiaxing Mengdi Import & Export Co., Ltd. v. Bluestem Brands, Inc.
Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:57:00 GMT ✓ Matches:
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Bluestem Brands, owner of Fingerhut and several lifestyle apparel brands, was hit with a breach-of-contract lawsuit on Oct. 22 in Minnesota District Court. The complaint, filed by Larson King and ...…
Gotten et al v. Bluestem Brands, Inc.
Tue, 22 Nov 2022 13:40:00 GMT ✓ Matches:
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Bluestem Brands, parent company to e-commerce sites including Fingerhut, was hit with a class action on Tuesday in California Northern District Court for claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.…
Report: Bluestem Brands For Sale, Could Fetch $1B
Sat, 05 Apr 2014 17:00:00 GMT ✓ Matches:
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Bluestem Brands, Inc., an Eden Prairie-based home goods retailer that sells products online and through catalogs, is reportedly up for sale—and it could be valued at as much as $1 billion. Bain ...…
Fingerhut owner Bluestem Brands files Chapter 11, may be sold
Wed, 11 Mar 2020 08:36:00 GMT ✓ Matches:
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Mar 11, 2020, 9:05am EDT Updated: Mar 11, 2020, 11:36am EDT Sam Black | MSPBJ Bluestem's Eden Prairie, Minnesota headquarters. Bluestem Brands Inc., the Minnesota company that owns the Fingerhut ...…
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📰 Recent News — Bluestem Brands, Inc.
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Revelio Labs
May 6, 2026
Bluestem Brands files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
St. Cloud Times
Mar 10, 2020
Bluestem Brands, Inc. Merges with Capmark Financial Group, Inc.
faegredrinker.com
Feb 8, 2020
Fingerhut owner Bluestem Brands files for bankruptcy; Cerberus may acquire - Bizwomen
The Business Journals
Mar 11, 2020
Quad/Graphics inks new $450 million printing contract with Bluestem Brands
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sep 21, 2017
Bluestem TCPA Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
Class Action Lawsuits
Aug 20, 2021
Bluestem, operator of Fingerhut, sold for $565M
Star Tribune
Sep 29, 2014
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