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Food & Beverage - September, 2014

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• John Wayne Estate's Suit Against Duke University Rejected
• Burger King Franchisee's Policies Ripped By NLRB Judge
• House Dems Urge EPA To Address 'Pollinator' Pesticide Issue
• Indian PM Holds Firm On WTO Food Stance At Obama Meeting
• SF Mulls Predictable Work Schedule For Retail Workers
• After Hedging, Egan-Jones Sticks By Darden In Proxy Fight
• Calif. Gov. Signs New Data Breach Law
• Pinnacle Restores Distributor's Contract In Suit Settlement
• Texas Roadhouse Sues EEOC To Access Age Bias Suit Info
• Wax Maker Stuck In Kellogg's Cereal Bag Recall Suit
• Cargill Wins $9M Verdict Against Beef Supplier In E. Coli Row
• Japan Convenience Chain Branches Out In Supermarket Buy
• EU-Canada Deal's Cheese Provisions Enrage US Dairy Groups
• Calif. Gov. Vetoes Bill Seeking To Alter Franchise Deals
• EEOC Sues Papa John's Franchisee For Firing Disabled Man
• EU Says Apple, Fiat Tax Deals Gave Unfair Advantages
• To Label Or Not To Label? Companies May Have No Choice
• SuperValu, Albertsons Spot Second Data Breach
• Products Cases To Watch As Supreme Court Term Kicks Off
• Cafe From 'You've Got Mail' Hit With $26M FLSA Suit
• Aaroma Says Diacetyl Claims Belong To Bankruptcy Estate
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• Kraft Nukes False Ad Suit Over 'Natural' Cheese Claims
• UK Charges Ex-Supermarket Tax Head With Insider Trading
• 3rd Circ. Upholds $3M Nutella False Marketing Settlement
• 12 Tips For Franchisors To Reduce Joint-Employer Risks
• EU To Explain Reasoning For Apple, Fiat Tax Investigations
• Twin City Off The Hook For Potato Exec's Antitrust Defense
• Timing Is Everything In 'Take-Home' Asbestos Cases
• No Deal For KKR, TPG As Treasury Wine Corks $3B Talks
• AWI Creditors Say $193M DIP Snubs Trade Claims
• Jimmy Johns Breach May Have Hit Over 100 Other Eateries
• Seafood Distributor Accuses Business Partner Of Mutiny
• Wheelchair User Calls Starbucks Parking Lots Inaccessible
• Chilean Poultry Cos. Hit With $61M Antitrust Fine Over Quotas
• Fox Rothschild Booted From Hacking Case For Client Conflict
• Pinnacle Foods Distribution Case Speeds Up In Federal Court
• Old Hostess To Pay $21M To Cyclist Hit By Bread Truck
• Dealmakers Q&A: Baker Donelson's Joel Buckberg
• Dole Again Slams Damages Report In 'All Natural Fruit' Suit
• Chiquita Inversion Partner Sweetens Deal As Rival Bid Looms
• Hawaii County Takes Fight Over GMO Law To 9th Circ.
• Fox Rothschild Says No Conflict In Hacking Case
• Annie's Investor Challenges $820M General Mills Deal
• Coffee Co. To Appeal Injunction Loss In Keurig MDL
• Calif. Court Won't Rehear Domino's Franchise Harassment Suit
• New Bill Rekindles CFIUS Debate 1 Year After Smithfield
• US, Japan Hit Wall In TPP Talks Over Market Access Issues
• EEOC Hits Beer Co. With Hiring Suit Over Rastafarian's Hair
• Aussie Watchdog OKs $1.2B Goodman Fielder Purchase
• Starboard Picks For Darden Board Gain Two More Allies
• DeLauro Legislation Would Broaden Reach Of CFIUS Reviews
• Houston Tex-Mex Chain Sues Ex-Franchisee For Infringement
• Jimmy John's Confirms Data Breach At 216 Stores
• Attys Get $5.2M Bite Out Of $5.4M Taco Bell ADA Settlement
• Judge OKs Coke's Vitaminwater Label Change Settlement
• Tea Co. Can't Duck False Ad Suit Over Laxative Diet Tea
• Coke Escapes Trademark Suit Over 'Zero' Products
• Bob Evans Has Attracted Potential Buyers, Sandell Reveals
• Whole Foods 'Organic' Labeling Suit To Stay In Federal Court
• Monster Faces $1.2M Universal Suit After Beastie Boys Verdict
• Japan PM Says TPP Talks With US In 'Final Stretch'
• UK Accounting Watchdog 'Closely Monitoring' Tesco
• Grocery Chain Smart & Final Looks To Raise $161M In IPO
• Commerce Cuts Duties On Chinese MSG Shipments
• Pinnacle To Get Shot At Distributor's Injunction In Fed. Court
• Pom Won't Pursue 9th Circ. Appeal Over Coke Juice Labels
• Starbucks Pays $914M To Buy Out Japanese JV Partner
• Peanut Corp. Verdicts Show Food Execs Aren't Safe From DOJ
• Kind Bar Maker, Vitamin Co. Settle Suit Over 'Kind' Marks
• Sysco Plans Notes Offering To Fund $3.8B US Foods Buy
• PF Chang's Can't Dodge Data Breach Suit, Class Says
• 9th Circ. Fee Ruling In Starbucks Masturbation Suit Decried
• Goldberg Segalla Adds Product Liability Attys To Philly Office
• Judge Trims Safeway's 'All Natural' Products Class Action
• Korean Beer Importer Sues Ex-Pres. Over Bribes, Sham Deals
• Fertilizer Cos. Yara, CF Industries Confirm Merger Talks
• EPA Drops Appeal Of Chicken Farmer CWA Order
• Opportunities And Pitfalls In The Legal Cloud
• Workplace Civility Is Dead And The NLRB Killed It
• Food Fighters: DOJ, FDA May Be Coming For Executives
• AWI Creditors Get Time To Study Possible $170M Sale Plan
• Tesco Vows To Investigate After Overstating Profits By £250M
• Diageo, Explorers Club Settle Suit Over Johnnie Walker Line
• US Sugar's Plan Could Bog Down Everglades Restoration
• Dunkin' Donuts Workers File OT Class Action In Pittsburgh
• EEOC Takes Aim At Applebee's Franchisee's Arbitration Pact
• Papa John's Customers Seek Class Cert. In Delivery Tax Suit
• EPA Emails Don't Constitute Policy Determinations: Judge
• Judge Crushes Claim That FDA Warning Is Akin To A Taking
• Mitsubishi Drops $1.4B On Cermaq ASA
• Dealmakers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Kevin Hein
• Insurer Ordered To Defend Equipment Co. In Listeria Suit
• WTO Chief Warns Of 'Freezing Effect' If Bali Package Falters
• A General Counsel's Top 10 Billing Tips
• Keurig Can Sell 2.0 Brewer During Antitrust MDL, Judge Says
• Syngenta GMO Corn Taints Exports To China, Class Suit Says
• Brand Battles: 20th Century Fox, James Bond, Aunt Jemima
• FDA Tweaks Food Safety Rules To Ease Food Producers' Woes
• Buyer Class In $261M Olive Oil Row Wins Cert. In Co.'s Ch. 11
• Pret A Manger Gets Approval For Don-Doff Wage Deal
• Frito-Lay Stole Plastic Packaging Designs, Manufacturer Says
• Calif. Atty Hit With Sanctions In Farmers Market Fee Row
• Starbucks Chair Suit Revived By Calif. Appeals Court
• Agreement OK'd In Dispute Over Panera Bread Trademarks
• Hillshire To Pay $330K To Settle Anti-Male Bias Claims
• Peanut Execs Found Guilty In Landmark Salmonella Trial
• Del Monte Blames $10M Tomato Harvest Loss On Staffing Co.
• Jewel-Osco Slams EEOC's Backing Of Contempt Proposal
• A Case To Study On Patent And Trade Dress Protection
• Pabst Fetches $700M From Oasis Beverages, TSG
• Bankrupt Food Co-Op AWI Gets Nod To Pay $1.7M In Cig Taxes
• Coke Says Texts In Football Fan's TCPA Suit Were Solicited
• Market Rumors: Ithmar Capital, Norbi, Alibaba
• Insurer Sues Anheuser-Busch Over $12M Frozen Beer Claim
• Brazilian Suitors Continue Attack On Chiquita-Fyffes Deal
• NLRB's 'Joint Employer' Test Will Rewrite Labor Law
• 2nd Activist Confirms Support For Darden Overhaul Plan
• Key Democrat Urges Congress To Step Up TPP Engagement
• Hain Mini-Waffles 'Natural' Label Could Mislead, Judge Says
• AgFeed To Pay $7M To Settle Securities Class Action
• NLRB Deems BBQ Workers' Loss Of Free Meals Unlawful
• Restaurant Ducks Sanctions After Tossing Workers' Timecards
• USDA Approves Controversial Dow GMO Corn, Soybeans
• Sam's Club Wants Bulk Purchase Agreement IP Row Tossed
• McDonald's, Darden FLSA Fights Show Pitfalls Of Big Classes
• Punch Taverns Shareholders OK $3.8B Restructuring Deal
• FDA Partners With States To Implement Produce Safety Rule
• Activist Hedge Fund Wants DuPont Split Into 2 Cos.
• Yerba Mate Maker Settles Suit Over Sugar Content
• Sen. Drafts Bill To Boost Oversight Of Foreign Ag Buyout
• EPA Escapes Suit Over Delayed Pesticide Labeling Rules
• Beer Merger May Escape Antitrust Worries With Miller Sale
• Market Rumors: Alibaba, Barclays, InBev
• Ruby Tuesday Pays $3M To Settle FLSA Wage Suit
• Wal-Mart Settles NY AG's Suit Over Coca-Cola Sale Price
• Chiquita Floats Concessions To Fyffes Inversion Deal
• Heineken UK Sells 111 Pub Portfolio To Admiral Taverns
• Food Fight Between Russia And The West May Intensify
• Washington Farm Faces EEOC Pregnancy Bias Suit
• DC Circ. Bucked Precedent In Meat-Labeling Row, Groups Say
• AgFeed Strikes SEC Deal, Gets Nod For Disclosure Statement
• Energy Drink Co. Calls Monster A 'Trademark Bully'
• Hostess Freed From Property Tax Claims In Bankruptcy Case
• Freshpet Plans IPO Amid Growing Gourmet Kibble Trend
• Darden Blasts Investors' Olive Garden Breadsticks Dig
• Saudi Arabia's Savola Scores $158M In Sale Of RE Project
• WTO Approves Informal Mediation For Food Safety Disputes
• Super-Sized Class Nixed In McDonald's Minimum Wage Suits
• USDA Hit With Suit Over New Poultry Inspection Regs
• 4 Things To Know As A $120B Beer Deal Brews
• High Court Should Mull Antitrust Causation Rules, Groups Say
• WTO Chief Won't Link Trade Pact With Food Security Push
• Glanbia Drops $153M For Isopure To Bulk Up Supplement Biz
• Burger King Foiled German Sale Agreement, Investor Says
• Food Prep By Subsidiary Not Taxable to Parent, NY Says
• Brand Battles: Kind, PayPal, Kleenex, Band-Aid
• McCormick To Pay $1.3M To Settle EEOC Race Bias Claims
• USGS Says Pesticides Threaten Aquatic Life In Urban Streams
• Deals Rumor Mill: San Miguel, Royal Dutch Shell, Citigroup
• OPINION: Pro Bono May Help Diversity Recruiting Efforts
• High Court Urged To Ax Expert In Calif. Tainted Water Row
• Cargill Sues Syngenta For Selling GMO Seed Blocked By China
• 'Like' Appeal May Test NLRB Protection For Facebook Rants
• Taxation With Representation: Proskauer, Gibson Dunn, DPW
• Food Groups Seek Injunction Over Vermont GMO Label Law
• Safeway, Kroger Denied Review Of Incentive Program Patent
• Olive Garden Hit For Being Too Free With The Breadsticks
• DOL Can Use Invalidated H-2B Regs Temporarily, Judge Says
• Top Cancer Doc Disputes Coffee Risk In Starbucks Trial
• Foster Poultry Had Persistent Fecal Filth, Roaches, Docs Say
• 9th Circ. Upholds Atty Fees In Starbucks Masturbation Suit
• Nestle Tries To Sink Suit Over Poland Spring TM Threat Letters
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pabst, ZF Friedrichshafen, Burger King
• Bareburger, Franchisees Hit With 2nd Suit Over Unpaid OT
• How To Stop Your Client From Becoming Social Media Roadkill
• Ga. Issues Sales Tax Regulations For Restaurants, Cafes
• Gordon Ramsay Betting On Caesars AC With Newest Eatery
• Grocery Chain Smart & Final Aims To Bag $175M In IPO
• How Research Efficiency Impacts Law Firm Profitability
• NYC Health Board Can Grade And Fine Eateries, Judge Says
• CHS To Fund $3B Plant With Preferred Stock Offering
• Sens. Urge Burger King To Scrap $11B Tim Hortons Inversion
• 5 Insights From Ford General Counsel David Leitch
• Liquor Licensees May Have To Bite The Bullet
• Associated Wholesalers Get Interim Nod For $193M DIP
• Sam's Club Sued For Shirking 200% Refund Guarantee
• Fox Rothschild Has Conflict In Hacking Case, Ex-Client Says
• Prepared Sushi Vendor Not Subject To NJ Sales Tax
• Squire Patton's DQ Experts Accused Of Bias In False-Ad Row
• Narrow Class Certified In Chipotle Workers' Wage Suit
• NRDC Urges 2nd Circ. To Rehear Livestock Antibiotic Suit
• Cookie Co. Can't Kick 'All Natural' Labeling Class Action
• Market Rumors: Alibaba, Macay, Emirates NBD
• Japan's Ajinomoto Drops $800M On Frozen-Food Producer
• CKE Plans For Carl's Jr. To Flip Burgers In India
• Monster Fires Back At Beastie Boys Over $1.7M IP Award
• Brazilian Pair Inches Toward $611M Chiquita Takeover
• Starbucks Expert Pressed On Cancer Risk In Prop 65 Trial
• Judge Slams 'Nonsensical' Bid To Reopen Calif. Oyster Farm
• New Castle Says Spicy Beer's Claims Rely On Suspect Text
• American Guarantee Ducks Coverage In Sausage Co. Row
• Fulbright Attys Rip DQ Bid Over Norton Rose Merger
• The 5 Biggest PE Plays Of The Summer
• 3 Lessons Learned As Darden Proxy Fight Heats Up
• Blackstone's Performance Food Kicks Off IPO Plans
• Food Co-Op Associated Wholesalers Hits Ch. 11 Seeking Sale
• ConAgra Off The Hook For $180M Award To Blast Victims
• Oak Hill Powers Up For 2nd Attempt At Dave & Busters IPO
• NLRB Joint Employer Stance Risky For Franchises, Reps. Told
• Steakhouse Wants Yelp To Cough Up Name Of Spitting Waiter
• RE Rumor Mill: Hudson's Bay, Junior's Restaurant, Plaza Hotel
• Starbucks Denies Coffee Cancer Risk As Prop 65 Trial Opens
• General Mills Forks Over $820M For Natural Foods Co. Annie's
• Applied Food Sciences To Pay $3.5M Over Weight-Loss Claims
• Pork Producers In 5 TPP Countries Want Japan's Tariffs Gone
• Distributor Says Pinnacle Foods Conspired To Replace It
• TGI Fridays Asks Judge To Nix Workers' Minimum Wage Claim
• Coca-Cola Bottler Edits Hiring Policy As Part Of Sex-Bias Deal
• $1.2B Goodman Fielder Buyout Delayed By China's Regulators
• Glenfiddich Maker Swallows Drambuie In Latest Booze Deal
• Australia's Woolworths Sells $560M Hotel Portfolio To JV
• Duane Reade, Applebee's Test Impact Of Comcast In 2nd Circ.
• Starbucks Unit Labor Suit Belongs in State Court, Class Says
• Costco Will Pay Fine For GHG Emissions, Alter Practices
• Judge OKs Deals In Farmworker Bias Suit After Chiding EEOC
• FMC To Buy Crop Protection Chemical Co. In $1.8B Deal
• Hurdles Of Shopping Center Outparcel Redevelopment
• Chiquita Relents, Opens Talks With Brazilian Suitors
• Anheuser-Busch Can't Evade False Ad Suit Over Beck's Beer
• ConAgra Pays $5.7M To Settle Superfund Cleanup Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fancy, Rakuten, Talking Rain
• Fast-Food Worker Seeks Class Cert. In Alter Ego OT Suit
• 5-Hour Energy Makers Get False-Ad MDL Trimmed
• CHS Advances Plans For $3B ND Fertilizer Plant
• United Fruit Beats Asbestos Exposure Suit In MDL
• Malaysia Lifts Palm Oil Taxes To Steady Plummeting Prices
• Global Roundup: China Targets Microsoft, UK Eyes Fitting Cos.
• 3 Reasons The M&A Upswing Will Soar Even Higher
• Heineken Ties Sink Chain's Bid For Texas Alcohol Permit
• Big NLRB Joint Employer Case May Steal McDonald's Thunder
• Quiznos Units Want Ex-Brass' Indemnification Claims Tossed
• ISS Deals Blow To Contested $526M Chiquita-Fyffes Merger
• Jewel-Osco Deserves Contempt Finding, EEOC Says
• Marijuana Regs Are Growing Like Weeds In Wash., Colo.
• General Mills Loses Bid To Dodge Superfund Class Action
• Calif. Employers Should Be Ready To Reimburse Under BYOD
• 5 Insights From AT&T General Counsel Wayne Watts
• CDC Official Gets Nod To Testify At PCA Salmonella Trial
• Ex-Wine Co. Exec Gets Jail Time For Tax Evasion
• Deals Rumor Mill: Electrolux, Grocery Outlet, KKR
• Democrats Call For Food Advertising Oversight From FTC
• Ex-A&P Exec Gets 3 Years Over $1M Ticket Sales Scheme
• Document Storage Tips: Inside The Email Vault
• NY AG Backs Fast Food Workers Striking For Higher Pay
• ITC To Probe Amazon, Others Over Beverage Capsules
• CHS Pipes $406M Into Diesel Production Projects
• 9th Circ. Revives Child Slaves' Suit Against Nestle
• Clarity On Franchisor Liability, California Style
• Revel's Bankruptcy Cut Clubs' Lives Short, Suit Says
• Keller Adds Ex-Roll Law Group Food Pro To SF Office
• Former MillerCoors Employee Guzzled $13.3M, Suit Says
• Rakoff Refuses To Revive Paris Baguette Receipt Suit
• EU Opens Probe Into Sweetener Imports From China
• Parmalat Ordered To Pay $431M To Citigroup
• Dealmakers Q&A: Bass Berry's Page Davidson
• Squire Patton Boggs Fights DQ Bid In Corn Syrup False Ad Suit
• Perdue Removes Antibiotics From Chicken Hatcheries
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hospira, Pioneer, Bombardier
• 'Got Milk' Owner Sues Candy Maker For TM Infringement
• Coffeemaker Roasts Keurig 2.0 Machine In Antitrust MDL
• Berkeley Soda Tax Measure Stripped Of Charged Language
• Coke Should Duck Most Claims In TCPA Suit, Judge Says
• Starboard Lashes Out At Darden's Latest Olive Branch
• Insurers Resolve Salmonella Claims Against Tuna Importer
• PE Hungry For Chinese Food Cos. In Wake Of Scandals
• Heralded DuPont GC Joins Ballard Spahr
• The Real Tax Benefits Of Inverting To Canada
• McDonald's Sharpens Scrutiny Of Chinese Meat Suppliers
• 5-Hour Energy Makers Urge Judge To Toss False-Ad Suit
• Investor Sues Fla. Gourmet Meal Delivery Co. Over Merger
• Chipotle Seeks Depositions From Execs In OT Action
• Unilever, PepsiCo Evade Some Claims In False-Ad Class Action
• USDA Misspent $5B In Stimulus Act Funds, Watchdog Says
• Darden Offers New Olive Branch To Activists As Vote Looms
• Burger King, Tim Hortons Reveal Merger Breakup Fees
• U.S. Foods Settlement Could Mean $100M Payday For 8 Firms
• Cargill Set To Pay $440M For ADM's Chocolate Biz
• Retailers Face A Blizzard Of Breaches: Are You Covered?
• Taco Bell Workers Didn't Prove Illegal Break Policy: Judge
• Food For Thought? Chew On These Class Action Trends
• Heineken Unloads Mexican Packaging Unit In $1.2B Deal