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Food & Beverage - May, 2015

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• Boyd To Break Ground On Retail Portions Of 750-Acre Project
• Brand Battles: Bayer, Lego, Coca-Cola
• WP Carey-Managed REIT Drops $105M On Norway Retail Site
• SG Urges High Court To Nix RJ Reynolds ERISA Appeal
• 4 IPOs Eye $552M To Start June After Brief Slowdown
• Guest Workers Hit Tobacco Farms With Wage Violation Suits
• Americold Asks High Court To Set Trust Citizenship Standards
• 4 In-House Preferences For Better Outside Counsel
• H-2A Workers Win On Joint Liability In Fruit Farm Wage Row
• 11th Circ. Says Chicken Eatery Trade Dress Row Is Covered
• Monster Energy Gets Injunction Against Knockoff Sellers
• Clorox Doesn't Have To Supply Grocer Amid Antitrust Suit
• DC Judge Questions FTC Case In Sysco-US Foods Merger
• EPA Proposes Pesticide Restriction To Protect Bees
• Wash. High Court Strikes Down Anti-SLAPP Law
• Bankrupt Saladworks Gets Nod For $17M Sale To PE Firm
• Oak Hill Trims Stake In Dave & Buster With $267M Offering
• EU Lawmakers Lay Down TTIP Priorities
• NY Farm Workers Forced To Sleep With Roaches, Suit Says
• Pa. Justices Narrow Employer Liability Exclusions
• Nestle Puts Frozen Treat Rival's Antitrust Suit On Ice
• Hard Rock, Meadowlands Pursue Casino Near MetLife Stadium
• Turkish Co. Sued Over Seeds Linked To Hepatitis A Outbreak
• Food Safety Watchdog Questions Timing Of Beef Import Rules
• Contractor Settles INA Bias Claim With Largest-Ever Penalty
• And Now A Word From The Panel: The MDL Lexicon
• Kraft Investor Suits Over $45B Heinz Merger Get Consolidated
• David's Tea Set To Draw $77M In US IPO
• A New Compliance Challenge For Cos. Doing Business In UK
• Faegre Baker Advises Hormel In $775M Organic Meats Deal
• Unclear Liability Exclusion Doesn't Bar Coverage: Pa. Justices
• Heinz Hits Competitor With Suit Over Frozen Dinners Mark
• Grocery Antitrust Ruling Creates 'Twilight Zone,' Justices Told
• 8th Circ. Says Farmer's Payments Don't Moot Ch. 12 Dispute
• Wash. State Supports Seattle In Wage Row With Franchisees
• Ruby Tuesday Pays $100K To End 'Females Only' Bias Suit
• 5 Insights From CBRE General Counsel Laurence Midler
• Suntory Strikes $1.2B Deal For Japan Tobacco's Drinks Arm
• Coffee Bean Chain Hit With Background Check Class Action
• Brand Battles: 1-800-Flowers.com, Facebook, Texas Rangers
• FDA Report Finds Flaws In Jeni's Listeria Response
• NRD Partners Takes Frisch's Restaurants Private for $175M
• Fairway Says IPO Class Action Fails Under Omnicare
• Eatery Near Texas Biker Shootout Sues Twin Peaks
• Salmonella May Be Linked To Raw Tuna In Sushi, CDC Says
• Ex-Circle K Manager Claims Firing Was Based On Nat'l Origin
• AmEx Asks 2nd Circ. To Review Card-Steering Row
• New Food Recall Guidance May Signal Tougher FDA
• 6 Firms Guide $382M Fish Co. Deal
• Arena Vendor Aramark Backers Eye $910M Secondary Offering
• Bain Capital, Japan Industrial To Sell 46M Skylark Shares
• Muddled USAID Contract Unclear On Fumigation, Judge Rules
• Calif. High Court Won't Review Beef Recall Coverage Denial
• Whole Foods Hit With National Origin Bias Suit
• USDA Blocked Farmer's Claim On Bias Deal, DC Circ. Told
• 8th Circ. Won't Split Coverage Of Lost Supermarket Income
• Restaurant Owners Charged For Hiring Undocumented Workers
• Just Eat Plans $698M Offering To Fund Menulog Purchase
• House Committee Votes To Repeal US Meat-Labeling Rules
• Making The Right Call On 'On-Call' Shifts
• Monsanto Vows To Divest In Pursuit Of Syngenta Merger
• Why More Restaurants Should Purchase Cyberinsurance
• US Loses COOL In WTO Dispute
• Insurer Wants Revival Of Defense Suit Over Chicken IP Row
• Blue Bell Hit With First Suit Over Listeria Outbreak
• AmEx Can't Stop Card Steering Amid Antitrust Appeal
• Chipotle Workers Fight To Keep Opt-In OT Plaintiffs
• Ex-MillerCoors Exec Denies Role In $7M Fraud Scheme
• Canada Will Launch Retaliatory Tariffs Over US Labeling Rules
• ConAgra To Pay $11M Over Salmonella Peanut Butter Recall
• Starbucks Slapped With Price-Switch Class Action
• Clorox Argues Retailer Can't Prove Harm In Competition Suit
• Online Shopping For Packaged Foods: The Big Picture
• 2015 Law360 Minority Report
• The 50 Best Firms For Minority Partners
• Diversity Gap A Growing Threat To BigLaw Bottom Lines
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Minority Attorneys
• Korean Beer Importer's Suit Against Ex-Exec Watered Down
• Hershey, Same-Name State Lawmaker End TM Fight
• Golden County Foods Gets Interim Nod For $13M DIP Facility
• White House Touts Plan To Save Honeybees, Butterflies
• HR Services Co.'s Arbitration Pact No Good, NLRB Judge Says
• Rep. Floats Bill To Nix Meat-Labeling Rules After WTO Ruling
• DuPont Migrant Workers Drop Wage Suit
• Kasowitz Delivers In Steiner's $140M Wegmans Deal
• ConAgra, Blue Cross Face ERISA Suit Over Autism Therapy
• Lobbying The EU: New Requirements For A 'Voluntary' Regime
• Golden County Foods Hits Ch. 11 With Plans For $22M Sale
• EPA Says It Didn't Get Notice In Feedlot Pollution Suit
• Tyson Don-Doff Class Was Wrongly Certified, High Court Told
• Senators Urge FDA To Delay Menu Labeling Rule
• SEIU Asks FTC To Dig Into 'Abusive' Franchisor Practices
• EPA Beats Back Enviros' Pesticide Suit
• Tea Co. Proposes Non-Monetary False Ad Suit Settlement
• Pa. McDonald's Workers Nab Class Status In Pay Card Feud
• No Rocky Road For This Ice Cream Product Recall
• US Loses WTO Appeal In Meat-Labeling Dispute
• Consider 5 Things Before Choosing An E-Discovery Provider
• Texas House OKs Bill To Shield Franchisors From Labor Suits
• Blank Rome Hit With DQ Bid For Repping Both Sides In Suit
• Brand Battles: 'Game Of Thrones,' Rihanna, Skechers
• 3rd Circ. Pressed For Rehearing In Restaurant.com Beef
• LA-Area Restaurant Chain Hit With Overtime Suit
• Ocean Spray Antitrust Suit Proceeds With One Fewer Claim
• StarKist To Pay $12M To Settle Underfilled Tuna Can Claims
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Ruling That 'Pretzel Crisps' Is Generic
• Enviros Blast Florida Agency For Axing US Sugar Land Deal
• EQT's $621M IPO Nabs Spotlight Amid Rough Week For Debuts
• Franchisee DRH Forks Over $54M For 18 Buffalo Wild Wings
• Agriculture Biotech Arcadia Raises $61.5M In Slashed IPO
• Cofco Sets Up Joint Venture In Step Toward Eventual IPO
• 3 Questions To Ask When Using Surveys In Litigation
• Del. High Court Opens Exit Door For Directors In Buyout Suits
• Class Actions Are Biggest Worry For US GCs
• Dow Wants $6M In Atty Fees From Bayer In Soybean IP Fight
• Fla. Farm Workers' Race Bias Claims Survive Challenge
• Heinz Sues To Get Coverage For $30M Cereal Contamination
• After Listeria Deaths, Texas Outlines Steps For Blue Bell
• Whole Foods Shuts Down 'Eatright' Trademark Suit
• FTC Blasts US Foods, Sysco Deal $1B Savings Estimate
• Agriculture Biotech Co. Arcadia Trims IPO Expectations
• CFTC Needs Sharper Enforcement Teeth, Massad Tells Sens.
• JPMorgan Aided $1M Embezzlement, Energy Drink Co. Says
• Court-Appointed Experts — A Powerful But Rarely Used Tool
• Arsenic In Calif. Wine, But Is There A Problem?
• AmEx Reaches $3.65M Attys' Fee Deal In Anti-Steering Suit
• Lawyers Still Leery Despite NLRB Joint Employer Memo
• Chancery Axes DuPont Investor Claims Over Monsanto IP Row
• Sara Lee Distributors' Antitrust Class Action Not Done Yet
• Sysco, US Foods Take FTC Expert To Task In Merger Row
• Jury Awards $1.35M To Artist Stiffed By Hoover Dam Gift Shop
• Tobacco Farm Settles Claims It Stiffed Guest Workers
• McDonald's Seeks To Duck 'Joint Employer' Calif. Wage Suit
• Immigrant Workers Group Pushes For Sanctions In RICO Row
• Nestle Health Science Says Competitor's Generic Is Fake
• California Pols Ax Latest Soda Tax Proposal
• Simpson Guides Owens In $2.2B Deal For Mexican Bottle Co.
• The Egg Salmonella Sentencing: An Exercise In Imagination
• Cow Palace Deal A Harbinger Of Increased Waste Scrutiny
• Insurer Tries To Dodge Defending Tainted Whey Suit
• Sysco, US Foods Say Merger Won't Limit Customers' Options
• Keurig Fights To Toss Buyers' Claims From Antitrust MDL
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Koninklijke, Pall Corp.
• Plaintiffs Demand Docs In Scotts Toxic Bird Seed Row
• Monster Energy Says Chinese E-Retailers Ripping Off Brand
• Retaliation Claims Harder To Ditch After 4th Circ. Ruling
• Wash. Dairy Settles Enviros' Manure Contamination Suit
• Giant Eagle Hits AbbVie With AndroGel Pay-For-Delay Suit
• DOJ Bashes AmEx Bid To Pause Steering Rule Injunction
• Butter Cookies, Rob Lowe And Advertising Self-Regulation
• Vermont GMO Case May Steer Fate Of All GMO Labeling Laws
• National Union Can't Dodge Pesticide Damage Coverage
• US Foods May Torch $3.5B Sysco Merger If FTC Pauses Deal
• USDA To Dole Out $100M For Rural Electricity Co-Ops
• Endo Slams Walgreens' Lidoderm Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Hawaii County Asks 9th Circ. To Reinstate GMO Law
• DOJ Judge Revives Bid For Labor Cert. For 200 Farmworkers
• Insurer Must Cover Farm's Crop Freeze Damages, Judge Says
• BALCA Nixes Certification Denial For 45 Crawfish Workers
• TGI Friday's Reveals Settlement Agreements In FLSA Fight
• Shoppers Accuse Costco Of Overcharging Calif. Sales Tax
• Amid FDA Silence, Vt. Law A Vanguard In Defining 'Natural'
• FTC Witness Paints Sysco, US Foods As Main Competitors
• Importer Urges Fed. Circ. To Revive Sauce Tariff Challenge
• Brand Battles: Toronto Raptors, Ford, Patagonia, Heineken
• Ex-Prez of Wis. Co. Avoids Prison For Tainted Cheese Rap
• Week's 9 IPOs Set To Test Investors' Thinning Risk Appetite
• King & Spalding Guides $589M Deal For Turkish Food Giant
• For High Court, 2 Scoops Of Raisins In This Case
• Farms Say EEOC 'Muddying' Record In Worker Trafficking Suit
• Russia Files New WTO Cases Against EU, Ukraine Duties
• Syngenta Spurns Monsanto's $45B Takeover Bid
• Pepper Hamilton Helps Bojangles' Gobble Up $147M In IPO
• Online Food Co. Just Eat Forks Over $677M For Menulog
• Texas Shrimp Co. Cops To Relabeling Mexican Shrimp
• Chipotle Must Turn Over Report In OT Suit, Judge Says
• Nestle Urged To Run Survey In Dessert Antitrust, IP Row
• Blue Bell Knew Of Listeria Contamination In 2013, FDA Says
• 4th Circ. Drops Bar For Hostile Work Environment Claims
• Big Red Claims Pa. Soda Maker Infringes Trademarks
• McDonald's Calls Worker Testimony Changes Outrageous
• Sysco Rival Says $3.5B Merger Won't Hurt Biz As FTC Claims
• ITC To Revoke Anti-Dumping Duty Order On Chinese Saccharin
• Dietz & Watson Sanctioned Over Withheld Docs In Insurer Fight
• Mich. McDonald's Workers Ask Court To Get Case Moving
• Oracle's Micros Systems Settles Computer Techs' OT Claims
• 5 Environmental Class Actions Attorneys Need To Track
• Supermarket Backs Down On Injunction In Visa Denial Suit
• TGI Friday's, Workers Can't Keep FLSA Pacts Under Wraps
• 5 New Practice Areas Your Firm Should Start
• Jeni's Ice Cream Finds Listeria 'Smoking Gun' Post-Recall
• Consumer Backs Off Skinnygirl Margarita False Ad Suit
• Law Firms Could Learn A Lot From The NFL Draft
• Class Says BJ's Refuses To Reveal Purchase Info In OJ Suit
• Customers Say Sysco, US Foods Only Options In Merger Fight
• Food Industry Groups Appeal Vt. GMO Law To 2nd Circ.
• 8th Circ. Raps Lower Court For Bungling Forfeiture
• Bimbo's Bread Customers Seek Cert. In False Labeling Suit
• Del. High Court Asked To Let Directors Out Of Buyout Suits
• EEOC Can't Get Coding Info In Steakhouse Age Bias Suit
• Texas Blasts Wal-Mart's Suit Over Liquor Permit Ban
• Ex-MillerCoors Exec, Others Charged With $7M Fraud Scheme
• AWI Bankruptcy Estate Wins Setoff Rights Over Objections
• CIT Partly Tosses Claims In 'White Sauce' Dispute
• Bojangles' Boosts IPO Target As Restaurant Debuts Heat Up
• Cargill Can't Stick C&H, Sugar Cos. With False Ad Claims
• Dog Chew Toy Makers Bit With Class Action Over Pet Deaths
• Dunkin' Donuts Looks To Toss Ex-Franchisee's Bias Suit
• Sysco Lambasts FTC Case As $3.5B Merger Fight Starts
• Jury Has No Role In Interpreting Farm Law, Pa. Justices Told
• Texas Judge Nixes Burger King Europe's Contract Beef
• DOL Extends Comment Period For New H-2A Herding Rule
• Maker's Mark Beats 'Handmade' Bourbon Class Action
• Mondelez, DEMB Get EU Clearance For $5B Coffee Venture
• EEOC Slams $1M Fee Request In Thai Worker Suit
• Blackstone Pulls Out Of Pinnacle With $205M Offering
• TJMaxx Hit With Suit Over Lead In Balsamic Vinegar
• Grocery Chain Demands Injunction In Visa Denial Suit
• IBM's Tech Patents Abstract Under Alice, Priceline Says
• EU Extends Wait For Apple, Starbucks Tax Decisions
• Going Meta: A Class Of Class Counsel
• Sauerkraut Co. Tries To Kibosh Migrant Worker Class Action
• Calif. Appeals Court Upholds Info Collection By Online Stores
• FTC Set To Face Off With Sysco Over $3.5B US Foods Deal
• ConAgra Faces Race Bias Suit From Nigerian-Born Employee
• Cozen, Difede Guide National Real Estate's $141M Philly Loan
• Licorice Co. Agrees To Drop $2M Tainted Molasses Suit
• High Court Urged To Snub SuperValu, C&S Antitrust Petition
• Steak 'N Shake Workers Sue Over Forced Nontipped Work
• AmEx Wants Stay On Order To Alter Anti-Steering Rules
• Senator Asks DHS To Seek Out Unused H-2B Visas
• Patterson Cos. To Pay $1B For Animal Health International
• USDA Prepared To Ax Meat Labels To Quell WTO Row
• Wal-Mart, Top Retailers Largely Skim 2014's FLSA Wave
• Loeb's Activist Hedge Fund Buys Big Stake In Yum Brands
• MDL Judge Mourns Weinstein Partner's Death In Court Order
• IPO Activity Set To Spring Back As 14 Cos. Target $2B
• Brand Battles: Sears, Red Bull, Novartis
• General Mills, Nestle Hit With Trans Fat Class Actions
• Winery Launches IP Battle Over 'Northstar' On Beer Bottles
• Red Bull For Everybody! Judge OKs $13M False Ad Settlement
• 8th Circ. Says Popcorn Packers' Suit Belongs In Fed. Court
• Davis Polk Helms PepsiCo's $2.5B Debt Offering
• 6 Tax Tips For Food Startup Businesses
• Migrant Workers Slam Farms' Bid To End Bias Class Suit
• Commerce Jumpstarts Probes Of Mexican Sugar Imports
• Anheuser-Busch, Beck's Drinkers To Mediate False Ad Suit