Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit February 20, 2008, 06-3842 (HA2003 Liquidating Trust v. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC)

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

HA-LO Industries made and sold “promotional products” — items such as coffee mugs bearing company logos that could be given to employees or used to advertise the firms’ businesses. In the 1990s HALO began to explore ways of making sales through electronic commerce rather than a traditional sales force.