Food & Beverage Archive » January, 2014

Food & Beverage - January, 2014

105 articles

• Brand Battles: MLB, Seattle Seahawks, Hatfields & McCoys
• FTC New Year's Resolution: End Deceptive Weight-Loss Ads
• NZ Ag Groups Won't Support TPP Without Full Tariff Removal
• Pet Owners Denied Class Cert. In Toxic Dog-Treat Suit
• EU Panel Backs Plan To Ban Invasive Plants, Animals
• Mass. Soda Tax Proposal A Bitter Pill For Legislators
• NAD Sends Chicken Of The Sea's Dolphin-Safe Claims To FTC
• Workplace Culture: The Real Pathway To Change
• Caramel Coloring Puts Soda Cos. In Prop 65 Crosshairs
• House Passes $956B Bipartisan Farm Bill
• Chobani Can't Call Its Yogurt 'Greek' In UK, Court Rules
• High Court Decision In Pom V. Coke Could End Food Wars
• Melon Farmers Avoid Prison For Deadly Listeria Outbreak
• Syngenta Dodges Bayer's Suit Over Fungicide Patent
• Meat Groups Say Farm Bill Won't Quell Labeling Fight
• Travelers Found Liable For $2.4M Food Truck Settlement
• Bipartisan Farm Bill Deal May Save $23B Over Next Decade
• Calif. Agency Controls LA's Coastal Development, Court Says
• 'Natural' Labeling Row Remains FDA's Domain, Gruma Says
• Ralphs Hit With Class Action Over Decaf Coffee
• Monsanto Agent Orange Deal Faces High Court Challenge
• Tobacco Co. Hit With Possible $60M Excise Tax Bill
• Aaroma Not Liable For Diacetyl Consumer Claims: 3rd Circ.
• Synergy Auditor Can't Escape Suit Over Co.'s $1B Fraud
• Suits Say Pepsi, Goya Masked Caramel Color Content
• Beer Drinkers Can't Revive Anheuser-Modelo Monopoly Suit
• GrayRobinson Adds Former Alcohol Regulator To Miami Office
• Brazil Puts Limits On Monsanto-Bayer Licensing Deal
• FDA Analyzing Foods For Caramel Coloring Danger
• Krispy Kreme Signs 23-Unit China Development Deal
• Genetically Modified Food Labeling Bill Fails In NH House
• Unilever Escapes Most Claims In Butter Spray Class Action
• Food And Beverage Industry Outlook For 2014: Part 2
• Nestle Child Labor Ruling Blurs Alien Tort Law, 9th Circ. Told
• Mass. Budget Would Tax Candy, Soda, Online Travel Cos.
• Wells Fargo, Accounting Firm Settle $20M Malpractice Suit
• FDA Updates Mad Cow Disease Guidance For Medical Devices
• GAO Rejects Protest Of $16M USDA Contract
• High Bar For 'Natural' Class, Despite FDA Ambiguity
• Poland OKs Auchan's €1B Buy Of Metro's Eastern Europe Ops
• Jury Clears Abbott In Tainted Formula Injury Suit
• Gerber Still Faces Nationwide Class Action Labeling Claims
• AfDB Provides $70M For Agriculture In Benin
• Archer Daniels Faces Derivative Suit Over Ukrainian Bribes
• Mexico's Pemex Drops $475M To Buy, Revamp Fertilizer Plant
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, AB InBev, BASF
• Beam Investor Tries To Cork $16B Buyout By Suntory
• Commercial Drones Herald Product Liability, Privacy Suits
• 3 Cost-Cutting Resolutions Law Firms Can't Afford To Break
• DOL Squeezed Wage Settlements From Berry Farms: Judge
• Senate Sends $1T Federal Spending Bill To Obama's Desk
• Worker's OT Suit Launched In Wrong Court, Coca-Cola Says
• Ex-Arga Exec Told To Pay $42M For Ponzi-Related Losses
• Farmers Of Tainted Fruit Say Prison Sentence Is Excessive
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Tyson Foods, Elliott
• Sens. Say Trade Deal Should Open Markets To US Poultry
• Food, Farm Groups Ask Obama To Label GMOs
• 9th Circ. Throws Out Medical Marijuana Dispensary Suits
• Neb. Gov. Plans Agriculture Land Tax Relief In 2014
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Carlyle, Aeropostale
• Jury Clears Chinese Adviser On SEC Insider Trading Claims
• $1T Bill Ups Tech, Finance Budgets, Cuts ACA Funds
• Lumber Cos. Ask High Court For Dibs On $500M USTR Deal
• Jury Mulls SEC Insider Trading Case Against Chinese Adviser
• Monsanto Dodges Supreme Court Review Of Seed IP Case
• FDA Issues Beverage, Supplement Classification Guidance
• Deals Rumor Mill: UBS, Alcatel-Lucent, Dunkin' Donuts
• Jones Day Adds Food And Drug Partner From Akin Gump
• Dow's Fee Bid Must Wait For High Court Ruling, Judge Says
• (Foreign) Food For Thought: Risks From Chinese Imports
• Domino's Can't Toss Driver's Delivery Fee Claims
• Maine Gov. Inks Law Requiring GMO Food Labeling
• Cotton Cos. Want Arbitration Of Farmers' Contract Fight
• Diamond Foods Pays $5M To End SEC Walnut Fraud Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: Novartis, Statoil, Lanco
• SEC Expert Says Zhongpin Trader Left Digital Fingerprints
• DOL Wants Frito-Lay Suit Remanded Over OFCCP Mistake
• Judge OKs Seneca Foods' $148M Bid For Bankrupt Allens
• Ex-COO Wants $1M-Plus For Stock In Bankrupt Vodka Co.
• Lactalis Buys South India's 2nd-Largest Milk Producer
• Ind. Bad Faith Ruling Puts Claims Handling Under Scrutiny
• FDA Won't Define 'Natural' Food Despite Judges' Pleas
• Ben & Jerry's Sinks Class Cert. In 'All Natural' Label Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Mergermarket, Carlyle, Time Warner
• Twinings Can't Bag Antioxidant Tea False Ad Suit
• Colo. Outlines Marijuana Sales Tax Requirements
• Bogus Weight Loss Claims Cost Cos. $34M In FTC Settlements
• Yuhe To Pay $2.7M To Settle $40M Stock Offering Row
• Ocean Spray Defends 'No Added Sugar' Labels In Class Action
• Website Takedown Blocked In School-Lunch Cos.' IP Row
• Chinese Trader Relied On Inside Info, SEC Tells Jury
• Hershey Kills Attempt At 'Milkshake' Mark At TTAB
• DLA Piper Scores Texas Franchise Pro From Jackson Walker
• USDA Eyes Slaughterhouse Pigpens In Anti-Salmonella Plan
• Nestle Sells Joseph's Pasta Unit To Brynwood Partners
• Lawmakers Push To Slash Beer Excise Taxes
• Del Monte Loses Ore. Wage-And-Hour Class Action Appeal
• USDA Gives Initial Approval To Controversial Dow GMO Crops
• Bumble Bee Omega-3 False Ad Class Action Trimmed
• China To Revisit US Chicken Duties After WTO Loss
• 6th Circ. Revives Retailers' Milk Price-Fixing Suit
• How FDA Would Alter Use Of Antibiotics In Food Animals
• Axing Textile, Sugar Barriers Could Boost Trade, ITC Says
• The Year Ahead In Pro Bono
• Product Liability Cases To Watch In 2014