Food & Beverage Archive » May, 2014

Food & Beverage - May, 2014

154 articles

• Class Cert. OK'd In Dole 'All Natural' Labeling Suit
• Hedge Fund, Bob Evans Farms Spar Again Over Board Picks
• Insurer Sues To Avoid Covering Capt. Morgan Trademark Row
• Brand Battles: Monster Energy, The Avengers, 'Sasquatch'
• EEOC Drops Appeal In JBS Prayer Break Case
• Shearer's Rice Chips Not Really All Natural, Class Says
• Fresh & Easy Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Disclosure Statement
• CIT Upholds Review Of Vietnamese Shrimp Dumping Order
• Taxation With Representation: Tax Counsel On The Deal
• Can Bankrupt Law Firms Claw Back 'Unfinished Biz' Profits?
• Lawyer Says Ex-Client Sent Nasty Emails To Stolen Contacts
• 7th Circ. Won't Rehear Poultry Workers' Don, Doff Suit
• Bankrupt Quantum Foods Gets OK To Hire Liquidation Agent
• FDA, Consumer Group In Settlement Talks Over GRAS Rules
• Wash. Farms Dodge EEOC Human-Trafficking Suit
• Tyson Foods Serves Up $6.8B Rival Offer For Hillshire
• Diamond Foods Beats All-Natural Chip Labeling Suit For Now
• Duty To Defend Follows Facts, Not Theory Of Recovery
• USDA Must Act On Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella, Suit Says
• DBCP Claims Against Dole Tossed Over Class Action Tolling
• GCs Question If Partners Are Worth The Cost
• Fla. AG Urged To Not Challenge Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
• 5 Insights From Ingram Micro's Lily Hughes
• Hershey Targets Mars, Nestle Importer Over Candy IP
• Deals Rumor Mill: Guggenheim, Facebook, GE
• Nestle Spends $1.4B On Valeant Skin Care Rights
• Safeway Can't Shrink Fee Award In Calif. Wage-Hour Action
• Calif. Class Wins Certification In Almond Milk Labeling Row
• And Now A Word From The Panel: What's Good For America?
• Insurer Seeks To Limit Liability For Hepatitis A Outbreak
• 7th Circ. Urged To Revive Grant Thornton Malpractice Suit
• PACA And Bankruptcy: What Secured Lenders Must Know
• Whole Foods Says 'Natural' Foods Suit Doesn't Pass Muster
• R&R Ice Cream To Buy Aussie Food Co. From Pacific Equity
• Pilgrim's Pride Makes $6.4B Offer For Hillshire Brands
• 5 Insights From MetLife General Counsel Ricardo Anzaldua
• Judge Says Texas Should Be Able To Storm 'Alamo' Beer Row
• Calif. Soda Warning Bill Back On Table
• Industry Groups Demand TPP Deal Cutting All Beef Tariffs
• California Senate Panel Clears GMO Labeling Bill
• ABC, Diane Sawyer Can't Escape $1.2B 'Pink Slime' Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Areva, ADM, Roberto Cavalli
• Investor Can't Stop Vote Over $20M Morgan's Foods Sale
• Jury Finds Monsanto PCBs Not To Blame For Cancer Cases
• Late July False Ad Class Action On Ice As FDA Weighs Rules
• FDA Wants More Input On Transported Food Safety Rules
• 5th Circ. OKs Rancher's Cash Accounting Method
• 5 Insights From Hewlett-Packard GC John Schultz
• Coca-Cola Moves To Consolidate Labeling Class Actions
• China's Bright Food Buys 56% Stake In Israeli Dairy Co.
• Whole Foods Hit With Delivery Tips Class Action In NY
• Unilever Unit Nets $2B In Sale Of Ragu, Bertolli Brands
• Iowa Extends, Boosts Biodiesel Tax Credits
• Will Antitrust Reviews Of Supermarket Deals Change?
• Egg Farm Execs Charged Over 2010 Salmonella Outbreak
• The Trial Lawyer's Guide To A Winning Direct Examination
• US Foods Pays $297M To Put Price-Scam Class Action To Bed
• Peanut Corp. CEO Wants Salmonella Victims Off Limits At Trial
• 5 Insights From Caterpillar Chief Legal Officer Jim Buda
• Beef Supplier Must Face Cargill's $26M E. Coli Outbreak Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alstom, PHH, Helios
• Quantum Foods' Ch. 11 Stays Afloat With Revived $60M DIP
• 8th Circ. Revives Antitrust Suit Targeting SuperValu, C&S
• Committee Sends HHS Chief, Trade Nominees To Full Senate
• Conagra, Cargill To Sell Mills In DOJ Settlement Over JV
• Cane Juice Labeling Suit Tossed After Judge's Reversal
• Petco To Stop Selling China-Made Treats Amid Safety Issues
• Retailers To Fight Chocolate Price-Fixing Loss In 3rd Circ.
• CFTC Shortchanged In House Panel's Spending Bill
• The No-Nonsense New Yorker: Justice Jeffrey K. Oing
• 5 Insights From Prudential General Counsel Susan Blount
• Crown Royal Cites 'Rampant' Confusion In Whiskey TM Row
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Suit Over $2B Diamond-Pringles Deal
• Australian Winemaker Rejects KKR's $3B Buyout Bid
• Attune Foods Escapes 'Evaporated Cane Juice' Labeling Suit
• 5 Insights From Microsoft Deputy GC David Howard
• UN Official Calls For Taxes On Obesity-Causing Food
• Meat Industry Urges DC Circ. To Nix Tough Labeling Rules
• Jury Hands Anheuser-Busch Win In Ex-Exec's Sex Bias Row
• 11th Circ. Slams Court, Counsel In Race Bias Fee Dispute
• SEC Warns Pot Investors Of Scams As GrowLife Execs Sued
• Goodman Fielder Backs $1.3B Wilmar Buyout Offer
• Reps. Seek Fewer EU Trade Barriers For US Dairy Products
• Law Practice Is Evolving Via 'Legal Project Management'
• American Meat May Whet Supreme Court Appetite
• Diet Tea Maker Can't Escape Consumer Class Action
• 5 Insights From Aetna General Counsel William Casazza
• Wilmar, First Pacific Bump Bid To $1.3B For Goodman Buyout
• Blue Buffalo Snaps Back At Purina With False Ad Suit
• Peter Luger Settles Server FLSA Class Action
• An Important Case On Subsurface Trespass
• RE Rumor Mill: Blackstone, WeWork, PMC
• Deals Rumor Mill: AstraZeneca, Carlyle, BWAY
• 5 Insights From Cisco General Counsel Mark Chandler
• Wal-Mart Resolves Listeria Suits Over Jensen Farms Outbreak
• EU-US Pact Could Threaten Food Safety Regs, Group Says
• The Tenacious Technocrat: Judge Francis Allegra
• CFTC Official Says Automated Trading Regs Still In Works
• 5 Insights From MassMutual General Counsel Mark Roellig
• 9th Circ. Urged To Review Twinings False Ad Cert. Ruling
• Commerce Halts Anti-Dumping Review Of Brazilian Shrimp
• Bankrupt Quantum Foods $54M Oaktree Sale Falls Through
• Grocery Stores Deny Luring Egg Producers Into Price-Fixing
• 5 Insights From UPS Chief Legal Officer Teri McClure
• Fox TV Licks NYC Libel Suit Over D'Lites Ice Cream Calories
• Diamond's Pringles Omissions Hurt Investors, 9th Circ. Hears
• Hillshire Brands To Pay $4.3 Billion For Pinnacle Foods
• 9th Circ. Nixes Calif. Raisin Producers' Federal Takings Claim
• AB InBev Can't Ditch Ex-SeaWorld Employees' ERISA Claims
• Texas Justices Won't Budge On TransCanada Land Seizure
• Fed. Circ. Backs DuPont Sanctions Over Atty E-Mails
• Diageo's United Spirits Gives Up Scotch Label For $727M
• Worker Groups Sue DOL Over Prevailing Wage Calculations
• High Court Air Ruling Justifies Water Plan, EPA Tells 3rd Circ.
• Balancing The Cost Of Legal Research Investments
• PE-Backed Shearer's Pays $430M For Private Label Snack Biz
• ITC Says Mexican Sugar Imports May Harm US Industry
• Vt. Gov. Signs Nation's First State GMO Labeling Bill
• Powdered-Booze Boast Hurts 'Palcohol' Regulatory Chances
• US Lodges WTO Dispute Over Indonesia Import Restrictions
• Ex-Peanut Corp. Exec Pleads Guilty In Deadly Salmonella Case
• Purina, Consumers Sue Rival Over Poultry By-Products
• RJR Nabisco Targets 2nd Circ.'s Revival Of EU's RICO Suit
• 5 Insights From Sprint General Counsel Charlie Wunsch
• Rebuttal: Mandatory Pro Bono Is Needed
• Trader Joe's Hides Salt Content In Sunflower Seeds, Suit Says
• NY GMO Labeling Bill Edges Ahead In State Assembly
• Mondelez, D.E Master Blenders Create $7B Coffee Giant
• USTR Wants Agriculture To Lead WTO Talks Post-Bali
• Ex-Peanut Corp. Exec To Change Plea In Salmonella Case
• 5 Insights From News Corp. GC Gerson Zweifach
• Texas Alcohol Law Under Scrutiny In Stores' Permit Appeal
• Elder Statesman Of The Capital Court: Judge Paul Friedman
• Safeway Says Investor Suit Over $9B Deal Is In Wrong Venue
• Darigold Accused Of Selling Sick Cows' Milk
• NY Lawmakers Call For Ban On Powdered Alcohol
• 5 Insights From Archer Daniels Midland GC Cameron Findlay
• Livestock Emissions Strategy Will Stay Voluntary, Officials Say
• Ocean Spray Gets Claims Pared From Cranberry Antitrust Suit
• France Postpones Ban On US Pig Products
• 5 Insights From AIG General Counsel Tom Russo
• Food Maker Asks Fed. Circ. To Nix Tempura Veggie Tariffs
• South Africa Considering Alcohol Excise Tax Revamp
• Kashi Inks $5M Deal To End 'All Natural' False Ad Suit
• PE-Backed Tall Tree Acquires Sausage Co. Klement
• Dry Times: How To Deal With California's Drought
• Brand Battles: Pabst Blue Ribbon, Booking.com, Diageo
• Commerce Says China, Indonesia Dumping MSG In US
• France To Suspend US Pig Imports Due To Virus
• Marie Callender's Baking Mixes Not So Natural, Suit Says
• FTC Ruling Holds Pom To 'Impossible' Standard, DC Circ. Told
• Goodwin Reps Kimco On $270M Buy Of 24 New England Malls
• Best In-House Practices To Mitigate Cross-Border Risks
• Hangley Aronchick Forms Alcoholic Beverage Industry Group