Food & Beverage Archive » January, 2015

Food & Beverage - January, 2015

221 articles

• Wash. AG Settles Suit Over $9.2B Albertson's, Safeway Merger
• Popcorn Lung Verdict Reversed Over Immigration Info
• Brand Battles: 'Star Wars,' 7-Eleven, Red Bull
• SHV Raises Nutreco Bid Past €3B To Woo Holdout Investors
• Latham's Shake Shack IPO Grabs Spotlight Amid Busy Week
• Ohio Restaurant Has No Copyright On Recipes, Judge Says
• GrayRobinson Launches Cross-Border Alcohol Group
• Judge Won't Reconsider Ruling On ShopRite's Sandy Claim
• Fed. Circ. Not Sweet On Chinese Honey Co.'s Duty Challenge
• Farm Renews Push To Kill Migrant Worker Underpayment Suit
• DC Circ. Affirms FTC Ruling In Pom Wonderful Ad Case
• It's A Harsh Winter For 'All Natural' Food Class Actions
• Shake Shack's Shares More Than Double In Trading Debut
• A General Counsel's Top 10 Tips On Calif. Wage-And-Hour Law
• AgFeed Creditor Says $2.8M Claim Must Be Paid Now
• Insurer Needn't Cover Wholesaler's 5-Hour Energy Theft Claim
• Shake Shack Lands $745M Valuation As IPO Beats Target
• Muslim Prayer Break Claims Cut From EEOC Suit Against JBS
• Mexican Sugar Deal's Critics Can't Restart Probes, DOC Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: BOC Hong Kong, Sysco, Lions Gate
• NYC Deli Chain Owner Settles Wage Class Action
• Gibson Dunn Nabs Ex-King & Spalding FDA Regulatory Partner
• January Brings Clarity To Some Of 2014's Buzziest M&A Moves
• Soriana Buys $2.6B Worth Of Fellow Mexican Retailer's Assets
• Wendy's Settles ADA Wheelchair Access Claims
• Biofuels A Looming Threat To World Food Production: Report
• Attune False Labeling Suit Hinges On FDA
• 5 Trademark Lessons The Beverages Trade Learned In 2014
• Hershey Dips Into Meat Snacks Industry With Jerky Maker Buy
• Key Questions When Selecting E-Discovery Vendors
• Dems Push Bill To Create Single Food Safety Agency
• EPA Wins FOIA Suit Over Farmers' Personal Info
• US Will Not Charge Duties During Mexican Trade Deal Case
• Whole Foods Accused Of Fraud For Overcharging Sales Tax
• Enviros Sue EPA Over Factory Farm Pollution Inaction
• Shake Shack Boosts IPO Amid Strong Investor Appetites
• South Africa Chicken Duties Put AGOA Status In Jeopardy
• PE-Backed French Laundry Co. Targets €700M IPO
• Hormel Ducks Trade Secret Claim Over Bacon Process
• 10 Ways To Mitigate Risk From Consumer Class Actions
• Wis. Appeals Court Revives Asbestos Claims
• Mr. Softee Freezes Queens Impostors In Trademark Case
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 2014 JPML Practice Trends
• Tobacco Co., Grocer Can't Take Back UK Antitrust Settlements
• US Pork Producers Want Trade Fast-Track In TPP Talks
• TCPA Suit Against Coca-Cola Over Texts Moves Forward
• 10th Circ. Denies Jurisdiction In Decades-Old Insurance Row
• Ex-Applebee's Workers Say 1st. Circ. Bolsters Wage Appeal
• Safeway Tries Again To Escape Class Action Over Recalls
• FTC OKs $9.2B Supermarket Merger With Sale Of 168 Stores
• Italian Coffee Co. Lavazza Trims Keurig Stake To Fund Deals
• Chinese Food Delivery Co. Raises $350M From Investors
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: DLA Piper's Raymond Williams
• Chiquita Says ATS Plaintiffs May Have Paid Colombian Witnesses
• Joe's Crab Shack Owner Settles With Investors Over 2012 IPO
• Past Restaurant Debuts Hint At Shake Shack IPO's Success
• Nifty Fifty's CPA Pleads Guilty In $15M Tax Fraud Scheme
• Ketchup Maker Heinz Plans $2B Bond Issue To Repay Loans
• Rank Group, Alcoa Open Trial Over $10M Chilean Tax Burden
• Workers Say ConAgra Wrongly Avoided $160M Injury Verdict
• Post To Spend $1.15B To Gobble Up Cereal Co. MOM Brands
• Veggie Packer Dodges Violations Thanks To ICE Agent Mix-Up
• Wash. Farm Can't Escape Underpayment Class Action
• Brand Battles: RCA, Warner Bros., Asiago Cheese
• 2 IPOs Raise $375M As Slew Of Others Prepare Debuts
• Market Rumors: Standard Chartered, Yildiz, Costa
• Adama Raises $178M In Bond Offering After Delaying US IPO
• Software Co. TapLogic Hit With Patent Suit Over Soil App
• SF Noodle House Says Upstart Rival Copied Logo, Name
• Thirsty For Growth, AB InBev Swallows Another Craft Brewer
• House Democrat Takes Aim At Japan In TPP Proposals
• 5-Hour Energy Makers Can't Dump False Ad MDL
• 'IPA' Really Could Have Been A Trademark For Beer
• Ruby Tuesday Denied Males Summer Positions, EEOC Says
• Ill. Appeals Court Orders New Trial In Eminent Domain Case
• A Data Security Checklist For Companies Hiring Law Firms
• Chiquita GC Latest Exec Departure After Brazilian Buyout
• Deals Rumor Mill: Refresco Gerber, AVIC, Google
• McDonald's Ignored Race-Based Firings, Harassment Suit Says
• Philippine Fast Food Co Eyes U.S. Targets Worth $1B
• Salmonella Fears Prompt USDA To Propose New Poultry Rules
• What Legal Departments Can Expect If Buying Into E-Billing
• Obama Receives Ag Group Support For Easing Cuba Embargo
• Grape Patent Owner Targets Farm's Unauthorized Vineyards
• TGI Friday's Workers Score Conditional Cert. In Wage Suit
• NY Popeye's Restaurant Ends Worker Overtime Row
• PepsiCo GC Jumps To Dean Foods
• Whole Foods Says Ex-Employee's FCRA Suit Contains Lies
• NLRB Joint Employer Redefinition Threatens Franchises
• EEOC Settles With Beer Co. In Hiring Suit Over Rasta's Hair
• Olam Cos. Fined $3M By CFTC For Futures Collusion
• NY Restaurant Slams Immigrant Association With RICO Row
• Raytheon Lands Agrifood Giant's Ex-GC
• McDonald's Workers Go After Broad Discovery In Wage Suits
• Syngenta Suits Still Cropping Up After Chinese GMO Approval
• 3 In-House Management Strategies For 2015
• Greenspoon Adds New Miami Office With 3 Ex-Akerman Attys
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal Over Ohio Landfill Cleanup
• US Sugar Cos. Want Mexican Trade Cases Revived
• Beastie Boys Want $2.4M In Attys' Fees From Monster Energy
• Wis. High Court Case Will Impact Farm Insurance Policies
• Workers Restate That Chipotle Must Turn Over Docs In OT Suit
• Shake Shack Hopes Hungry Investors Will Snap Up $80M IPO
• Your Energy Tax Credit May Not Be Safe
• SEC Changes Course On Whole Foods Shareholder Proposal
• Monster Energy Raps Beastie Boys' Injunction Request
• Brand Battles: Marshawn Lynch, Sierra Nevada, Hershey
• BASF Combats Sale Of Recalled Pesticide After Patent Expires
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saint-Gobain, Sysco, China Telecom
• Justices To Decide Raisin Producers' Federal Takings Suit
• Pa. Paying $49M For Giving Ineligible Immigrants Medicaid
• Arden, TPG Dodge Class Action Over $394M Gelson's Buy
• Crown Royal Rival Wants IP Judgment Watered Down
• Grocery Chain Gets Data Leak Funds Returned
• Pepsi Drinkers' Cancer-Warning Class Action In Jeopardy
• Duty-Free Biz Sues TTB For Axing Permit Over Stock Transfers
• Commerce Hikes Duties On Vietnamese Frozen Fish Fillets
• Proposed Bill Would Let Nebraska Bars Serve Alcohol 24/7
• Firms Take $72M Bayer MDL Fee-Shifting Fight To High Court
• Alaska Rep. Introduces Bills To Curb Genetically Modified Fish
• FTC Eases Antitrust Order In $265M Bi-Lo Grocery Store Deal
• Bareburger Gets OK For 2 OT Collective Action Settlements
• WTO Affirms US Challenge Of Argentine Import Hurdles
• Wal-Mart, Bidart Hit With Suit Over Contaminated Apples
• NLRB Facebook Firing Ruling Snubs Precedent, 2nd Circ. Told
• Lagunitas Drops IPA Trademark Suit After Web Firestorm
• Invista Rival's Motion Sends IP Fight To 'Wonderland': Judge
• UK Watchdog To Further Scrutinize Packaging Co. Tie-Up
• Biz Groups Target Specialty Healthcare In 4th Circ. Row
• Chipotle Suspends Pork Sales Claiming Supplier Broke Policy
• EU Nations Gain Control Of GMO Cultivation
• 5 Important Drug And Medical Device Developments In 2014
• Wolfgang Puck Serves Up $1.7M Restaurant Worker OT Deal
• Welch Labeling Suit 'Tailor-Made' For Class Cert., Court Told
• Lagunitas Sues Sierra Nevada Over 'IPA' Trademark Rights
• Fed. Claims Axes Biomass Plant's $1.8M ARRA Suit
• Platform Specialty Eyes $900M Offering To Fund Arysta Deal
• Grocery Startup Instacart Grabs $220M In Latest VC Funding
• Fla. Retailers Sue Over Craft Brewery Permits
• Bird Flu Scares Off China From US Poultry Products
• Canary Wharf Owner Urges Investors To Reject Takeover Bid
• Almond Theft Plotter's Prison Term Is Nuts, 9th Circ. Told
• FDA Targets Calif. Apple Plant In Deadly Listeria Outbreak
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: BB&B, Decron, Whole Foods
• Chipotle Workers Cry Foul Over Discovery Stay In OT Suit
• Chefs' Warehouse Puts Up $192M For Calif. Meat Supplier
• FDA Sets A High Bar When Considering Food Additive Bans
• Judge Rejects Class Cert. Bid In ConAgra Labeling Row
• Prezzo Investors OK $485M TPG Buyout, Sidelining Activist
• Ag Lobby Begins Forceful Push For Cuban Market Access
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Validity Of USDA Grape Patents
• Maligned Speech-Supplement Producer Settles With FTC
• US Sugar Producers Look To Derail Mexican Trade Deal
• Legislators Float Bill To Cut Small Brewer Taxes
• Chipotle Gets 3 More Weeks To Produce Atty Docs In OT Suit
• Law Schools Are (Finally) Teaching 'The Biz' Of Lawyering
• Dutch Liquor Co. Unveils Plans For $147M Amsterdam IPO
• 4th Circ. Affirms Nestle Win In Baby Product Fluoride Suit
• De Blasio Says No More Plastic Foam Products For NYC
• Deals Rumor Mill: Societe Generale, DIC, Lavazza
• TripAdvisor Buys Top Dutch Restaurant Rating Site
• Nestle Revives Asset Sale Push With Frozen Foods Unit Deal
• Workers Slam TGI Friday's Bid To Shake Minimum Wage Suit
• FTC Sues Children's Supplement Maker For False Claims
• Calif. Fixes Timing Problem For Post-Trial Motions
• Criminal Prosecutions Of Gov't Contractors On The Rise
• Calif. Foie Gras Ban's Goose Is Cooked By Fed. Preemption
• EU Discloses Litany Of Secret Texts In US Trade Talks
• Heinz's Objections To Packaging Suit Don't Cut The Mustard
• Tooth, Plastic Found In Japan McDonald's Fries, Nuggets
• Deals Rumor Mill: 3G Capital, Suzlon, Doughty Hanson
• 3rd Circ. Agrees $50M Suit Against Nestle Doesn't Hold Water
• Texas Lawyer Pleads Guilty In Vodka Investment Fraud
• Nestle Blasts Specialty Healthcare In 4th Circ. NLRB Fight
• High Court Asked To Take On Chiquita War Crime Case
• Starbucks, Kroy Settle Incentive Patent AIA Review
• Fla. Judge Says Hard Rock Won't Get Fees In IP Suit
• EEOC Denied Sanctions Bid In Food Distributor Sex Bias Suit
• Dairy Co. Launches Spate Of Clawbacks Seeking $3.4M
• Olive Oil Importer Can't Escape Class Action Over Quality
• Secrets To In-House Cost Control
• Mushroom Co. Pushes Fed. Circ. For Share Of Dumping Duties
• McDonald's Settles Ocean City Lease Row
• Scotts Denies 'Scare Tactics' In Toxic Bird Food Suit
• ConAgra Beats Plant Workers' Overtime Pay Suit
• Honest Tea Can't Shake Antioxidant Labeling Class Action
• Hostess Insurer Loses Appeal Of Claimant Bar Order
• US To Implement Dolphin-Safe Rules For Seafood Imports
• Dutch Flour Cartel Fine Puts PE On High Alert
• Jimmy John's Asst. Managers Sue Over 'Executive' Label
• Ex-Halal Co. Manager Pleads Guilty To Beef Exports Fraud
• Burger King Europe Says Investor Can't Sue In Texas
• EU Holds Firm To Food Name Protection In US Trade Talks
• Benihana Wrongly Scrapped Hawaii License, 2nd Circ. Hears
• GNC Legal Chief Rejoins McGuireWoods After 7-Year Absence
• Brazilian Buyers Wrap Up $681M Chiquita Tender Offer
• McDonald's Japan Woes Deepen With Vinyl-Tainted Nugget
• Developers Say Malibu's Chain Retail Reg Is Discriminatory
• Anheuser-Busch Settles Claims It Hid Kirin Beer's US Origin
• Portland Might Sue PBR Over Music Festival Logo
• Irish Beef Allowed Back In US After 16-Year Mad Cow Ban
• Centre Partners Takes Major Slice Of Juice Co. Sun Orchard
• Safeway To Pay $9.9M To Settle Waste Disposal Claims
• Insurer Seeks To Avoid Covering Whiskey False Ad Suit
• Calif. Market Chain Inaccessible To Disabled, Class Says
• UK Watchdog Launches In-Depth Probe Of Chilled Pastry Deal
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Keurig, Starbucks Win In Pod IP Suit
• NLRB In ConAgra Ruling Signals What May Be Solicitation
• 12 Building Blocks Of A Digital Law Library
• Seeping Manure Isn't 'Liquid Gold,' Wis. High Court Says
• Food & Beverage Cases To Watch In 2015
• Chick-fil-A Launches Probe Into Suspected Data Breach
• Food & Beverage Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2015
• Kellogg Wins Battle To Buy Egypt's BiscoMisr With $144M Bid
• BC Partners Sells Half Its Stake In $2.7B Migros Deal
• Consumer Protection Cases To Watch In 2015
• Burger Chain Shake Shack Files IPO To Beef Up Expansion
• Move Over Caveat Emptor, Meet Caveat Venditor
• Chiquita Deal Approvals In Place As Tender Offer Ticks Down
• 9th Circ. Overturns 'Pom' Trademark Ruling
• 2015: Judiciary, Lawyers And Law Schools At The Precipice