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Food & Beverage - October, 2014

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• Crumbs Buyer Settles Claims It Knew Loan Couldn't Be Repaid
• Brand Battles: Levi Strauss, Birthright Israel, Nike
• Retailers Brace For Votes On Minimum Wage Increases
• 4 Cos. Raise $1.2B As US IPO Market Warms Back Up
• NLRB Hit With Fees After Rehiring Bid Found Illegal
• Skinnygirl Margarita Ducks 'All-Natural' Class Cert. Bid
• Hard Rock Beats IP Suit Over Beatles' Early Haunt
• Deal Struck In 1st Circ. Battle Over Class Arbitration
• EU Fights Russian Tariffs, Advances Brazil Tax Row In WTO
• 8 Ballot Measures Attorneys Will Be Watching
• Taxation With Representation: Akin, Cravath, Skadden, Weil
• Anheuser-Busch Seeks To Cap Watered-Down Beer MDL
• Danone Spotlights Inbound China M&A With $550M Milk Co. Bet
• The EU Watchdog — Ready To Bite Multinational Companies?
• 3 Tips For Keeping Noncompetes In Check
• Prezzo Gives PE Firms More Time To Piece Together Bids
• Lexington Wins 'Named Storm' Ruling In ShopRite's Sandy Suit
• Spirit Pub Pushes Back Deadline For $1.2B Buyout Bid
• FTC Sues Gerber Over Infant Formula Anti-Allergy Claims
• AgFeed Shareholders Blame Hormel For Ch. 11
• Gordon Ramsay Has Beef With Fraud Claims In Fat Cow Fight
• Jersey Mike's Owner Is Slicing Into Overtime Pay, Suit Says
• Bankrupt AWI Gets Nod For $288M Sale To C&S
• Sazerac Recalls Whiskey In Scandinavia Over Flavor Chemical
• Coca-Cola To Pay $750K To Settle Calif. Wage-And-Hour Suit
• Struggling Cider Co. Says Irish Pub Bid Good For Revenue
• RE Rumor Mill: Zeckendorf, Landau, Max Delivery
• NYC Eateries Pursue Insurers For Sandy Coverage
• Dairy Producers Want Japan Import Program Axed In TPP
• PE-Backed Steakhouse Operator Ramps Up For $75M IPO
• Tesco Accounting Woes Trigger UK Criminal Fraud Probe
• Vinson & Elkins Nabs Litigators From Fenwick, Morgan Lewis
• Gov't Fires Back At Peanut Exec's Bid To Toss Conviction
• LG Strikes Defective Fridge Deal That Could Cost Millions
• Industry Groups Not Sweet On US-Mexico Sugar Settlement
• Ill. Officials Praise Plan For $1.4B Fertilizer Plant
• When Things Do Not Go As Planned In A Bankruptcy Sale
• RE Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Hard Rock, Datatrak
• Dairy Farm Blames Lender For Debt Woes In Ch. 11 Bid
• Man Who Claimed Needle In Burger King Sandwich Sanctioned
• Market Rumors: Numericable, Cofco, Infibeam
• NYC Restaurant Goes After Insurer Over Sandy-Spoiled Food
• Pepsi Calls $2B 'Aunt Jemima' Royalties Suit 'Frivolous'
• $23B Burger King-Tim Hortons Deal OK'd By Canada Watchdog
• Clorox's Pricing Favors Larger Retailers, Suit Claims
• C&S Wholesale Wins Ch. 11 Auction For AWI With $288M Bid
• Publix Seeks OK On $6.8M Deal Over Background Checks
• Supply Chain Management And The Alien Tort Claims Act
• 'Crown Club' Maker Can't Shake Crown Royal's TM Suit
• US, Mexico Strike Deals To Call Off Sugar Trade Fight
• LA Crawfish Processors To Be Paid $19M By CBP
• Miss. Fertilizer Maker Takes 2nd Stab At Reorganizing
• FDA Rejects Ban On Diet Soda Sweetener Aspartame
• Feds Say $170M AWI Sale Could Let Buyer Skirt Enviro Laws
• Insurer Off Hook For $8.9M Monsanto Seed Patent Verdict
• Justices Urged To Snub Grain Co.'s Appeal In Pollution Suit
• JBS Urges Court To Trim Claims From Religious Bias Suit
• Charcoal Cos. Settle Antitrust Class Action For $2.4M
• Looking At Lanham Act Claims Against Drug Cos. Post-Pom
• Premium Pet Food Co. Freshpet Launches IPO
• Use Social Media For Legal Service Only As A Last Resort
• Cravath Prevails As Chiquita OKs $680M Brazilian Bid
• Halal Food Co. Owner Accused Of Beef Export Fraud
• Tyson Worker Wants High Court Hearing in Race Bias Fee Row
• Brand Battles: Michael Jackson, Marine Corps, McDonald's
• PR Firm Sues McDonald's Over Soured Partnership
• Leaving India Adrift Would Pose New Headaches For WTO
• DC Circ. Won't Revisit OSHA Law On Flammable Grain Dust
• Tesco Hit With NY Class Action Over $421M Overstatement
• Bankrupt Olive Oil Co.'s Owners Dodge False Labeling Suit
• Agricultural Co-Op Protests $3.4M IRS Deficiency Notice
• 'Natural' Diet Bars Stuffed With Fake Additives, Class Says
• Chiquita Investors Vote Down Fyffes Inversion
• Chiquita Spurns Brazilian Bid Hours Before Fyffes Vote
• Molasses Supplier Stuck In $2M Licorice Recall Suit
• 7th Circ. Shuns Review Of $180M ConAgra Blast Suit
• Insurer Asks 8th Circ. To Fry Oil Fire Coverage Verdict
• 'Kobe' Beef Off Menu As Calif. Chain Settles False Ad Suit
• GRAS Rules Could Lead To Another FDA Suit, Group Warns
• EPA Wants 72 Inert Chemicals Out As Pesticide Ingredients
• ISS Again Reverses Course, Questions Chiquita-Fyffes Deal
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Revive Farmworkers' DOL Wage Challenge
• Magners Cider Maker Tries To Upend $1.2B Spirit Pubs Deal
• Chicago's Flavored Tobacco Law Challenge Faces Steep Odds
• Tesco Chairman To Exit As Accounting Error Jumps To $421M
• Reps. Seek Probe Of Jimmy John's Over Noncompetes
• RE Rumor Mill: Goldman, Hyundai, Ashkenazy
• Brazilian Bidders Again Boost Chiquita Bid As Vote Nears
• TPG Paid Top Dollar In $394M Gelson's Buy, Arden Says
• Mich. Court Keeps Glass Co. On Hook For $4M In Abated Taxes
• Heineken Not Backing Down Amid Global Beer Merger Threat
• Bankrupt Seegrid Gets Nod For Dec. Hearing On Ch. 11 Plan
• Okla. Winery Claims Electric Co.'s Pesticide Killed Grapes
• EEOC Alleges Long-Term Sexual Harassment At Maine Farm
• Judge Approves Bashas' $6.5M Settlement In Bias Suit
• AWI Trade Creditors Say Proposed $170M Sale Is Too Cheap
• Market Rumors: Wingstop, Yodle, ECB
• New Jurisdictional Issues When Moving To Quash A Subpoena
• 'Jemima' Heirs Scolded For Exhumation Bid In PepisCo Row
• Papa John's, AIG Affiliates Settle Text Spam Coverage Suit
• Ex-AgFeed Execs Say Ch. 11 Plan Shorts Them On Legal Costs
• Robotics Co. Plans Ch. 11 Debt-Equity Swap With Giant Eagle
• DC Circ. Skewers DHS Visa Denial For Brazilian Chef
• Gov't Union Challenges New Poultry Inspection Rule
• Manatt Snags Steptoe IP Partner In Los Angeles
• Canada, Mexico Ready To Retaliate In WTO Meat Label Row
• Glass Lewis Urges Chiquita To Forgo Fyffes Inversion
• Market Rumors: Poste Italiane, Massimo Zanetti, JBS
• Company Reputation Won't Stop FTC Ad Investigations
• NLRB Judges Knock 2 Employers' Arbitration Pacts
• WTO Dispute Roundup: Car Tariff, Biotech Spats Heat Up
• Peanut CEO Wants Salmonella Poisoning Conviction Tossed
• FDA Settles With Consumer Group Over GRAS Rules
• ISS Reverses Course On Chiquita's $526M Fyffes Merger
• Food Distributor Will Be First Kuwait IPO In Three Years
• Cargill Can't Win 1-Year Work Ban Against Former Exec
• Scotts Says Rejected Deals Should Kill Toxic Bird Food Suit
• USDA Must Bolster Salmonella Safeguards, GAO Says
• Half US Retail Terminals To Take Chip Cards By 2016: Report
• 4 Ways To Build A Strong Tourism Improvement District
• Dutch SHV Holdings Offers $3.5B For Animal Food Co. Nutreco
• Skadden Steers Permira In $3.5B Agrochemicals Unit Sale
• WTO Once Again Strikes Down US Meat Labeling Rules
• JPML Centralizes Blue Buffalo False Ad Suits In Mo.
• Mushroom Collective Gets OK For 3rd Circ. Antitrust Appeal
• ADB Provides $40M Emergency Aid To Rebuild N. Afghanistan
• Monster Eyes Fight Over Marshawn Lynch's 'Beast Mode' TM
• Enviros Ask FDA To Ban 2 Food Packaging Chemicals
• Papa John's Customers Again Seek Cert. In Delivery Tax Suit
• Beastie Boys Atty Claims Monster Infringement 'Devious'
• Fertilizer Giants CF, Yara Ditch $28B Merger Talks
• Fed. Circ. Clears Dow In Bayer Seed Patent Suit
• NLRB Asks Court To Pluck Poultry Co.'s Labor Probe Suit
• SEC Ends 4-Year Probe Of Keurig Accounting, Co. Says
• Chiquita Misleading Investors, Spurned Suitors Say
• FDA Warning Isn't Enough Proof For Takings Claim
• Promotional Allowances In A New Retail Environment
• What Litigators Can Learn From Novelists
• Chuck E. Cheese's Gobbles Up Competitor Peter Piper Pizza
• US Trade Rep Vows To Uphold Standards Amid TTIP Criticism
• California Burger Chain Hopes To Beef Up With Public Debut
• Wis. Co. Manager Cops To Distributing Tainted Cheese
• Bankrupt AWI Gets Nod For Executive Bonus Plan
• Dairy Cos. Urge High Court To Take Antitrust Case
• Chiquita Rejects $660M Counterbid To Stick With Inversion
• NY AG Slaps Papa John's Franchisee With $2M Wage Suit
• WTO Chief Warns Of Dimming Power As Trade Pact Stalls
• Hershey Says Class Can't Show Ascertainability In Label Row
• Judge Plucks Mott's 'No Sugar Added' Class Action Claims
• NJ Developer Takes ShopRite Monopoly Claims To 3rd Circ.
• Commerce Finalizes Anti-Dumping Duties On Chinese Garlic
• Vermont Seeks Public Input On Rules Enforcing GMO Labels
• Conciliation Already OK'd In JBS Religion Suit, EEOC Says
• Practitioner's Playbook: Starboard Vs. Darden
• Sidley Austin Reps Food Co. Ingredion In $340M Merger
• EPA Clears Controversial Dow Herbicide For GMO Crops
• Texas Gets Green Light To Join 'Alamo' Trademark Fight
• JPML Asked To Keep SuperValu Data Breach Suits Separate
• US, Japan Still Without TPP Deal As Pressure Ramps Up
• Biz Groups Fear Costly Retaliation Over Meat Labeling Rules
• Brazilian Suitors Come Back With $660M Chiquita Counterbid
• New Castle Must Face Spicy Beer's TM Claims
• 9th Circ. Critical In Growing Class Ascertainability Fight
• Dos Equis Ends 'World's Most Interesting' Trademark Case
• Perdue, Kroger Agree To Settle Chicken Labeling Suits
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sysco, GlaxoSmithKline, Providence Equity
• Insurer One Step Closer To Ducking Ammonia Cleanup Costs
• Justices Won't Take A Gander At Foie Gras Ban Appeal
• WTO Shreds India's Restrictions On US Chicken Products
• Embattled Darden CEO Steps Down, Sealing Starboard Win
• Information Governance: A Missed Opportunity For Lawyers
• Bankruptcy Watchdog Balks At AWI Executive Bonus Plan
• Brand Battles: Alibaba, T-Mobile, Red Cross, Keurig
• Snack Co. Blasts Rubinstein Firm In 'All Natural' Action
• Darden Ouster Shows Low Tolerance For Board Miscues
• Gerber Gets Probiotic False Ad Suit Trimmed Again
• TTAB Says 'Vintner Group' Mark Not Too Generic
• PE-Backed Dave & Buster's Scores $95M In Public Debut
• Russia Investigates Ronald McDonald House For Tax Fraud
• CAFA Removal Procedure At Center Stage In Dart Cherokee
• Starboard Wins All 12 Darden Board Seats In Proxy Fight
• Dairy Queen Confirms Data Breach At Nearly 400 Stores
• 99 Restaurants Tells 1st Circ. Class Arbitration Is Courts' Call
• Chilean Salmon Producer Casts Line For Major Stake In Rival
• Sime Darby Lobs £1B Offer For New Britain Palm Oil
• Captain D's Owes Employees Back Pay, FLSA Suit Says
• Mexico's Junk Food, Soda Tax Slowing Pepsi's Sales
• Justices Urged To Mull Expert Testimony Rules In Enfamil Suit
• NY Court Clarifies When Yellowstone Relief Is Appropriate
• Wachtell At Risk Of Big Defeat In Bitter Darden Proxy Fight
• EU Declassifies TTIP Negotiating Mandate To Mollify Critics
• Domino's Sees GeoTag Store-Locator Infringement Suit Tossed
• Food Distributor Can Restate Remarks In EEOC Sex Bias Suit
• 7th Circ. Asked To Rehear $180M ConAgra Blast Victim Suit
• Grand Canyon Hotelier Sues NPS Over Contract Changes
• Abraaj Buys Stake In S. African Food, Consumer Goods Co.
• SF Takes Aim At Retailers' Reliance On Part-Time Labor
• Battles Over Hospitality Wages May Turn On Technicalities
• Advocates Can't Join Suit Over Vermont GMO Label Law
• Is The Food GRAS Rule Silently Being Rewritten?
• A Primer On 'Bad Faith' In Federal Removal Jurisdiction
• Food Lion Fights Dairy Cos.' 'Desperate' Cert. Petition
• Chiquita's $500M Inversion Deal Triggers Investor Suit
• In Starbucks Trial, Doc Says Brew Doesn't Blunt Carcinogen
• USDA Urges DC Circ. Not To Rehear Meat-Labeling Row
• 8th Circ. Lets Insurer Off Hook For Sonic Owner's Car Wreck
• Justices Question Their Powers In Class Action Removal Row
• PCA Execs Say Jury Improperly Learned Of Salmonella Deaths
• Sens. Urge Committee Not To Gut Meat Labeling Rules
• IFC Loans Brazil Bank $125M To Boost Agribusiness Lending
• Retail Groups Shift Blame For Data Breaches To Bank Cards
• Ga. Franchisors Face New Exposure Under FTC Rule
• Soda Industry Pours Millions Into Calif. Soda Tax Fight
• DOJ's Ex-No. 3 Joining PepsiCo
• Global Agribusiness Regulation Should Focus On Water
• Hain Can't Escape Suit Over 'All Natural' Waffle Label
• ConAgra Kosher Labeling Suit Left To A Higher Power
• Oaktree Wants Fraud Claims Nixed From Quantum Sale Fight
• SuperValu Sale Doesn't Spare Albertson's In Pregnancy Suit
• Pom Tells 9th Circ. Lowercase Letters Don't Save Rival Mark
• Fees Row In NJ Winery Laws Case Rejected By Supreme Court
• Supreme Court Refuses Chicken Plant Workers' Wage Row
• Chancery Axes Monster Investor's Records Suit
• Crumbs Requests Conversion To Ch. 7 Following Asset Sale
• In-House Insights From KBR General Counsel Andrew Farley
• Bankrupt AWI Wins Final Approval For $193M DIP Package
• 2 Farms Join Barrage Of Syngenta GMO Corn Class Actions
• 11th Circ. Won't Rehear Chiquita Colombia War Crimes Claims
• Appeals Mount In WTO Fight Over Argentine Import Barriers
• Mister Softee Wins Final Ruling Against 'Master Softee'
• Grocery Chain Wins Dismissal of Developer's Monopoly Suit
• Convicted Peanut Co. Exec. Seeks Acquittal In Salmonella Row
• Riceland Says Fed. Courts Can't Touch Bayer MDL Settlement
• Sysco's $5B Notes Offering Will Fund US Foods Acquisition
• EU Puts Condition On $500M-Plus Chiquita-Fyffes Inversion
• US, EU Inch Ahead On Regulations In TTIP Talks
• Bankrupt Olive Oil Co.'s Owners Want Out Of Labeling Suit
• Travelers Wants Out Of PF Chang's Data Breach Litigation
• US Produce Groups Demand Payment Protection From Canada
• Ikea Recalls Elk Pasta Over Undeclared Soy Content
• High-Frequency Trader Indicted In 1st 'Spoofing' Case
• CSPI Petitions USDA To Beef Up Salmonella Protections
• Tyson Stops Use Of Antibiotics At Chicken Hatcheries
• Retail Concentration Not Stifling Consumer Food Choice: EU
• Fairway Board, PE Backers Look To Ax Derivative Suit
• Nationwide Can't Pin Beeswax Blast On Citgo, Court Says
• In Premier Proxy Fight Of 2014, Momentum Sidelines Darden
• TPP Talks Slated For Oct. 25 As Nations Scramble For Deal
• Fulbright DQ Bid Tests Waters For Verein Conflict Claims
• Korean Ramen Cos. Say Price Cartel Didn't Affect US Sales
• RE Rumor Mill: US Sugar, Ashkenazy, Cornerstone
• NYC Living Wage Order Looms Over Restaurant, Retail Deals
• McDonald's Blocks Co.'s 'McSweet' Trademark Bid At TTAB
• Mexico Bemoans Commerce's Widened Sugar Import Probe
• Congresswoman Demands Military End Burger King Contracts
• Deals Rumor Mill: Burton's, Relational Investors, Avolon
• Ex-Perdue Worker's Same-Sex Harassment Case Falls Short
• Under Activist Pressure, Coke Tweaks Equity Plan Again
• High Court To Go Fishing For Answers In Anti-Shredding Case