DOLLAR TREE, INC. 10-Q

Item 1. Legal Proceedings. From time to time, we are defendants in ordinary, routine litigation or proceedings incidental to our business, including allegations regarding: • employment-related matters; • infringement of intellectual property rights; • personal injury/wrongful death claims; • real estate matters; • environmental and safety issues; and • product safety matters, which may include regulatory matters. In addition, we are currently defendants in national and state proceedings and responding to the regulatory matters described in Note 2 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. These include several putative class action and other complaints that have been filed against, as well as regulatory investigations of, Family Dollar related to issues associated with our West Memphis, Arkansas distribution center, and various litigation matters involving certain products manufactured by third parties and sold in our stores. We will vigorously defend ourselves in these matters. We do not believe that any of these matters will, individually or in the aggregate, have a material effect on our business or financial condition. We cannot give assurance, however, that one or more of these matters will not have a material effect on our results of operations for the quarter or year in which they are reserved or resolved. Based on the information available, including the amount of time remaining before trial, the results of discovery and the judgment of internal and external counsel, we may be unable to express an opinion as to the outcome of those matters which are not close to being resolved and may be unable to estimate a loss or potential range of loss.