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Food & Beverage - September, 2015

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• Coca-Cola Agrees To Change Vitaminwater Label In Ad Row
• Big Tobacco Sues FDA Again Over Revised Label Guidance
• Class Cert. Denied Again In Ensure Drinkers' False Ad Suit
• Monde Nissin Pays Exponent PE $832M For Quorn Foods
• Fresh Del Monte Sues Over Parallel Fruit Imports
• Deals Rumor Mill: Perrigo, Synaptics, Brown-Forman
• Sauerkraut Co. Migrant Workers Look For Cert. In Wage Suit
• Oak Hill Trims Stake In Dave & Buster's In $234.8M Offering
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Koch Win In Fake Wine Case
• Jordan, Jewel In Settlement Talks As Ad Trial Looms
• Coffee Co. Fights For Keurig 2.0 Injunction In 2nd Circ.
• EEOC Slaps 3 NY Restaurants With National Origin Suit
• For Franchisors, There's More Than Just Browning-Ferris
• Tyson Wants Different Proof Burden For Class, High Court Told
• Coalition Says Wyo. 'Data Censorship' Laws Unconstitutional
• TGI Friday's Took Tip Credit Without Warning, Server Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Anheuser-Busch, Tipico, Bridgepoint
• P&G Says Pringles False Labeling Accuser Can't Justify Cert.
• Mars Sued Over Artificial Flavoring Labels On Ice Cream
• High Court Asked To Rule On Animal Feedlot Air Regs
• Coca-Cola Faces Wage Suit Over Software Application Policy
• Crop Insurers Defend Claims In $200M FCIC Rate Dispute
• 2nd Circ. Revives NY's Credit Card Surcharge Ban
• Tax Court Claims Jurisdiction In IRS Admin Adjustment Row
• Corn Cos. Slam 'Billion-Dollar' Claim Over Coke Sweeteners
• Hershey, Nestle, Mars Face False Ad Suits Over Child Slaves
• Glancy Prongay, Rosen Firm Named To Lead Keurig Suit
• Hershey Says Ex-Workers' Age Bias Claims Lack Bite
• Workers Accuse Tyson Of 'Bait-And-Switch' At High Court
• Costco Can't Stay Junk Fax TCPA Class Action
• Deals Rumor Mill: SABMiller, AC Milan, Hon Hai Precision
• Nestle Asks Justices To Nix Foreign Child Slavery Suit
• WTO Dispute Roundup: 4 Cases Advance As Work Piles Up
• Whey Execs Not Covered In Land O'Lakes Fight, Insurers Say
• Real Estate Rumors: Apple, Peter Morton, Four Seasons
• Insurer Sues To Recover $300K Fondue Fireball Settlement
• Worker At Syngenta Factory Sues For Carcinogen Exposure
• Whole Foods Says Overcharging Suit Destined To Fail
• Kraft, Mondelez Seek Toss Of Market Manipulation Suit
• Jimmy John's Slams Cert. Motion In Managers' OT Action
• Friday's Says It's Too Early For Judgment In NY Wage Suit
• Hudson Energy Can't Get Priority In A&P Bankruptcy
• Iowa Drainage Districts Want River Pollution Row Trimmed
• 11 Firms To Guide Offerings Totaling $1.4B To End September
• 9th Circ. Won't Delay Seattle Wage Rollout for Franchisees
• US Pushes To Keep Jail Sentence For Salmonella-Egg Execs
• Brand Battles: MLB, 'The Simpsons,' HHS
• McDonald's Gets Claims Trimmed In Wage Class Action
• Judge Mostly Denies Consumers' Cert. Bid In Tea Labeling Suit
• OPINION: Have Big Law Firms Lost Their Way?
• Chicago Can't Break 'Sweetheart' Lease With Restaurant
• Grocery Giant Albertsons Readies $1.8B IPO
• SuperValu Can't Ditch Data Breach MDL, Consumers Say
• Investment Talks To Ramp Up Following US-China Summit
• Seyfarth Shaw Fee Bid In Thai Worker EEOC Suit Hits Snag
• Sanderson Farms Recalls 500K Pounds Of Chicken
• New FSMA Rule Will Be Costly For Processed Food Industry
• GCs Flag Risks Of Doing Business In Latin America
• SEC Ends Pursuit Of Ex-Wells Fargo Worker Who Altered Docs
• CFTC Fines Cargill Mexican Unit Over Illegal Wash Trades
• Cuban Trademark Considerations For US Brand Owners
• Kickstarting Information Governance: 3 Ideal Pilot Projects
• Albertson's Forks Over $13M For Haggen Pharmacy Operations
• Fla. Tomato Growers Get Remand In Duty Suspension Suit
• Firm Gets Claims Pared In $2M Suit Over Improper Ch. 11
• Quantum-Raging Bull Settlement Can Stay Secret, Judge Says
• 'Handmade' Vodka False Ad Suit Largely Tossed by Fla. Judge
• FTC, Livestock Breeding Group Resolve Competition Row
• EPA Cites Pesticide Maker For Marketing Violations
• Sazerac, Brewer Iron Out Fireball Trademark Dispute
• Rouse Properties Gets $135M Refinance Of Bay Area Mall
• Azerbaijan Oil Fund, Mitsubishi Drop $435M On Tokyo Retail
• TGI Friday's Hid $2M Mass. Wage Deal, NY Judge Told
• SEC Sues Trio For Insider Trading Over PF Chang's Deal
• Cabela's To Hire More Minorities To Settle EEOC Charges
• Contractor Continues Doc Push In $8.5B Iraq War Fraud Case
• Ex-Peanut Corp. CEO Can't Prove He Won't Flee, Judge Says
• Anonymous Plaintiffs Cut From Fage Yogurt False Ad Row
• Monsanto's Roundup Weed Killer Caused Cancer, Suit Says
• CFTC Adjusts Rules For Position Limits On Derivatives
• Popeyes Refused To Hire Older Applicants, EEOC Says
• Meatpacker Seeks To Trim EEOC's Religious-Bias Claims
• Anheuser-Miller Tie-Up Won't Brew Trouble For Sports Ad Biz
• Calif. Appeals Court Trims Chipotle Workers' Comp Suit
• American Airlines Lavatory Cleaning Poisons Water, Suit Says
• Blue Buffalo Faces Another False Ad Suit Over Ingredients
• Did The NLRB Just Hand NLRA Successorship To States?
• Taking A Bite Out Of Cider Taxation
• Just Salad Faces $5M Suit Over Listeria During Pregnancy
• Dominick's Asks Court To Slash $8.9M Verdict Over Jordan Ad
• Honest Tea Says False Labeling Suit Steeped In Contradictions
• 3rd Circ. Grants En Banc Rehearing In Banana Workers' Suit
• Red Bull Settlement Doesn't Fly In Puerto Rico, Judge Told
• TGI Friday's Customers Say Drink Class Action Must Proceed
• Feds Seek $600K After Guilty Pleas In Halal Export Case
• USTR Urges China To Embrace Market-Based Reforms
• Del Monte Didn't Defy Fruit Labeling Order, Judge Says
• Salmonella Risk Justifies Poultry Rule Row, DC Circ. Told
• Tribe Awarded 17K Lbs. Of Clams From Shellfish Grower
• Saladworks Judge Orders Mediation In Bitter Ch. 11
• States Come Out Swinging Against New Joint-Employer Test
• Direct Buyers Win Partial Cert. In Egg Price-Fixing MDL
• Ex-Peanut Corp. CEO Gets 28 Years Over Salmonella Outbreak
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• PETA Calls Whole Foods' Animal Welfare Standards A 'Sham'
• Driver Hits NY Beer Giant With $50M Wage Class Action
• Whole Foods Accused Of Not Displaying Price Info Correctly
• EEOC Hits Nestle Waters With Sex Discrimination Suit
• GAO Nixes Protest To $200M Pacific Commissary Contract
• Port Canaveral Officials Give Developers OK To Sign Tenants
• MillerCoors Tells Court Big Brewers Can Make 'Craft' Beer
• Argentina Poised To Enter US Beef Market Next Year
• Hoover Dam Gift Shop Wins New Trial After $1.35M Verdict
• ConAgra Accused Of Misleading Chef Boyardee Labels
• Lawmakers Want Indian IP, Food Barriers Curtailed In Summit
• Farm Co. Violated Labor Law In UFW Election, Judge Says
• Consumers Lose Class Cert. Bid In Egg Price-Fixing MDL
• Coca-Cola Says IRS Seeking $3.3B In Back Taxes
• Calif. Opens Tap For Some Senior Water Rights Holders
• FTC Official Says Efficiencies Can Save Deals In Probes
• 9th Circ. Pesticide Ruling Holds EPA To High Standards
• Brand Battles: Walt Disney, Gatorade, Fox
• Deals Rumor Mill: Anheuser-Busch, Hutchison, Petco
• A&P Extends Bid Deadline For More Than 170 Stores
• ConAgra Labeling Suit Nixed, Over ConAgra's Objection
• CDC Says 24 People Affected By Listeria Outbreak
• US Floats Soft Ag Commitment For WTO Doha Meeting
• Chipotle Improperly Buried FCRA Disclosure Info, Suit Says
• Gatorade Owner No Fan Of 'Haterade,' Sues Creator Over TM
• 'Borgata Babes' Weight, Dress Rules Mostly OK'd By NJ Court
• Yosemite Vendor Says Park Service Breached Contract
• Ex-Quiznos Execs Duck Restructuring Row
• Commerce Hits Mexico For Dumped, Subsidized Sugar
• Haggen Seeks OK For $9M Sale Of Prescription Records
• HelloFresh Valued At $2.9B, Completes Funding Round
• Dunkin' Donuts Franchisee Hit With Sexual Harrassment Suit
• S. African Official Vows Access For US Poultry This Year
• China's Biostime Buys Into $1.2B Australian Vitamin Maker
• Carlyle Group Raises Nearly $1B For Japanese Buyout Fund
• Fruit Cos. Fight Banana Workers' Rehearing Bid In 3rd Circ.
• Rum Maker Says Rival Infringed Dark 'N Stormy Trademark
• Ex. Pfizer Co. Beats Much Of Defective Poultry Vaccine Suit
• Produce Co. Hit With 1st Suits Over 'Tainted' Cucumbers
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cablevision, MBK Partners, Albertsons
• Corn Syrup Cos. Say Earlier Sugar Suit Sours False Ad Case
• Ex-Pa. Liquor Board Director Admits To Kickback Scheme
• KFC Operator Slams EEOC Bid For New Harassment Suit Trial
• Nev. High Court Asked To Weigh In On Minimum Wage Row
• 1 In 4 Farmworkers May Qualify For Relief Under Exec. Actions
• Merger Of Beer Giants To Stir Up Antitrust Concerns
• EU Top Court Weighs In On Kit Kat Shape Trademark
• General Mills Renews Call For 8th Circ. To Decertify Class
• 'THC' Trademark Makes Consumers Think Of Pot, TTAB Says
• Whole Foods Settles Suit Over Background Check Notices
• SK Food Asks Judge To Nix It From Starbucks Bad Ham Row
• Vermont GMO Case Could Shape State Food-Labeling Powers
• Anheuser-Busch Eyes Tie-Up With Rival SABMiller
• 3 Major Challenges Of Franchising In Africa
• Obama Taps FDA Deputy Commissioner To Lead Agency
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Chocolate Giants' Win In Price-Fixing Row
• New Senate Bill Gives Tribes Direct Access To School Meals
• IRS Clarifies Extenders Of Bonus Depreciation Deductions
• Solving Law Firm Staffing Problems Through Innovation
• Pa. Judge Extends Opt-Out Deadline In Egg Price-Fixing MDL
• Johnsonville Says It's Dropping 'Backyard' Brat Brand
• US Rice Producers Predict New Deal On China Market Access
• Pizza Hut Says Drivers Don't Need Quick Appeal In Wage Row
• Bigelow Faces Class Cert. Bids Over Green, Black Tea Labels
• Will NLRB's Browning-Ferris Decision Kill Franchising?
• Mixing Meat And Minerals On Compelled Commercial Speech
• Roundy's Lengthy Union Access Case Fizzles At NLRB
• FDA Offers Guidance On Menu Nutrition Labeling Rules
• Del Monte Foods Says Licensees Have Misused Trademarks
• Pizza Hut Franchisee Wants Full 6th Circ. For FLSA Row
• TTAB Refuses 'Swiss Grills' Mark For Lack Of Intent
• Deals Rumor Mill: Banco de Sabadell, Credit Suisse, Apollo
• Sens. Dismayed With Inaction On S. African Poultry Hurdles
• Insurer Seeks Default Win In False Ad Coverage Suit
• Comcast Demands A Working Damages Model From Plaintiffs
• Syngenta Escapes Some Trespass Claims In Corn MDL
• DOJ Toughens Stance On Food Execs In Peanut Corp. Case
• Saladworks Judge Postpones Ch. 11 Confirmation Hearing
• Brand Battles: Conan Doyle Estate Eyes 'Sherlock Homeboy'
• Egg Cooker Manufacturer Broke IP Settlement, Suit Says
• FTC Suit Stay Doesn't Pause Vemma Class Action, Judge Told
• Safeway Sinks Vital Expert In Online Overcharging Suit
• Mondelez Wins Bid To End To Picketing At Closed Philly Plant
• Kraft Hit With $3M Suit Over Undelivered Turkey Breast
• Whole Foods Wines Dilute Home Video Mark, Publisher Says
• Sweet Potato Farm To Pay Migrants $1.25M To End Wage Suit
• Iams' Cat Food Supply Tied To 'Slave Labor,' Suit Says
• Ill. Board Wants Atty Suspended For 15 Years Of Appeals
• Power To The Plaintiffs In Prop 65 Proposals
• 8th Circ. Urged To Rethink Tossing Of $24M Don-Doff Verdicts
• Haggen Gets $215M Interim DIP Financing Approved
• Dairy Farmers Study Makes Case For Immigration Reform
• Chipotle Sued For Norovirus Outbreak At Calif. Location
• NY Gov. Seeks $15 Statewide Minimum Wage
• Perkins Coie Guides Kemper's $526M Loan From CPPIB
• LA Craft Beer Giant Hit With Unpaid Wages Action
• FDA Cements Rules To Prevent Food Contamination
• 7th Circ. Agrees To Hear Clorox Price Discrimination Appeal
• King & Spalding Lures Off-Label Expert From FDA
• Gov't Calls Peanut Co. Manager's Cover-Up Claim 'Absurd'
• 7th Circ. Says Ill. Gov't Didn't Block Republican Employee
• Litigation Financing May Ease Your Year-End Cash Crunch
• USTR Huddles With Lawmakers On TPP Ag Hurdles
• EPA Approval Of Bee-Harming Pesticide Nixed By 9th Circ.
• EEOC Ordered To Turn Over Docs In Farm Discrimination Row
• Cows To Come Home To Texas In Bill Koch Cattle Fight
• Whole Foods Customers Ready To Drop Homeopathy Claims
• Grocers Press 2nd Circ. To Nix Vt. GMO Labeling Law
• DuPont Says Chancery Rightly Axed Suit Over Monsanto Row
• CVS, Walgreen Want Coupon Patents Snipped Under Alice
• Greenspoon Expands Alcohol Law Group Into Miami Beach
• Haggen Files For Bankruptcy Amid $1B Albertsons Suit
• NY Restaurateur Indicted For 3-Course Fraud
• Corn Syrup Makers Blast Sugar Co. Experts In False Ad Suit
• Rogers Towers, Broad & Cassel Guide $81M Florida Mall Deal
• How To Protect Your Brand From Your Partner's Opinions
• Ill. Judge Denies Remand Of Papa John's Delivery Tax Suit
• USDA Report Paints Uncertain Future For Chinese Biofuel
• Meat And Minerals: Free Speech Rights Still In Flux In DC
• Parsing The Precedent Before High Court's Gomez Ruling
• FDA's Primary Weapon In Food Fights: Warning Letters
• A General Counsel's Top 10 Internal Investigation Tips
• Blue Buffalo Told To Fix 3rd-Party Claims In False Ad Fight
• CalEPA Says Chemical In Weedkillers Causes Cancer
• Restaurant Ignored Manager's Bathroom Vids, EEOC Claims
• New WTO Ag Chair Downplays Prospect Of Doha Breakthrough
• Sugar Exporters Urge US To Limit Australia's Market Share
• Coke Can't Renew Bid To Toss Labeling Suit, Class Argues
• A&P's $5M Retention Plan Attacked By US Trustee, Union
• SEC Fines Sports Nutrition Co., Execs Over Undisclosed Perks
• This Week In Congress: Legislative Pileup
• Neb. Asks High Court To Hear Tribal Sales Tax Fight
• Nucor Tells Fed. Circ. IT Law Change Can't Affect Shrimp Row
• Oakhurst Told DFA Of Wage Suit Before $27M Deal, Suit Says
• DOL Judge Won't Extend Ga. Farm Workers' Labor Cert.
• Fla. Judge Approves $4M Deal In Kashi GMO False Ad Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Amancio Ortega, RedSky Capital, PMF
• Whey Execs Claim Land O'Lakes Just Wants $10M Windfall
• Quantum Foods Settles With Raging Bull Over Failed Sale
• SuperValu, C&S Urge Arbitration In 8th Circ. Antitrust Row
• Supermarket Owners Sue Attys Over Property Buy Gone Awry
• Whiskey Maker Says 'Double Barreled' Is Generic Term
• 5th Circ. Nixes Win For Wow Cafe In Franchise 'Typo' Row
• EPA Mulling New Pollinator Data Rules For Pesticides
• 2nd Circ. Hears Of Koch's 'Vendetta' Against Wine Purveyor
• Dechert Aids B&G Foods In $765M Green Giant, Le Sueur Buy
• H-2A Disbarment For Agent Co.'s Temp Worker Scheme Upheld
• Sincerely Nuts Recalls Macadamia Variety Due To Salmonella
• US Senator Backs Repeal Of Country-Of-Origin Labeling
• Mister Softee Says Imposter Isn't Repaying $97K Judgment
• Monsanto Says It Never Dumped PCBs Into San Diego Bay
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tesco, GVC Holdings, Novo Banco
• Insurer Says '100% Natural' Claims Don't Trigger Policies
• Top LA Eateries Plotted Price Hike For ACA Costs, Suit Says
• Sugar Producers Defend Experts In Corn Syrup Suit
• Bob Evans Plans $200M Sale-Leaseback Of Restaurants
• Dole Ruling Warns Not To Undermine MFW Protections
• Haggen Hits Albertsons With $1B Antitrust Suit Amid Closures
• Safeway Liable In $30M Grocery Delivery Markup Row
• Welch Consumers Say Labels Put Them At Prosecution Risk
• $50M Deal In Milk Price-Fixing Row Again Rejected By Judge
• Grocer Urges Gilstrap To Flip 'Unfair' Ruling By Magistrate
• Plaintiffs Defend Expert in Hain Celestial Tea Labeling Suit
• Monsanto Slams Appeal Of Maui GMO Law At 9th Circ.
• Deals Rumor Mill: BG Group, GE Capital, Ajinomoto
• Applebee's Franchisee Can't Escape Arbitration Pact Suit
• 7th Circ. Affirms Schreiber's Exit From Milk Price MDL
• States Rally To Defend Vermont GMO Label Law In 2nd Circ.
• Corner Bakery Cafe Counter Setup Violates ADA, Judge Says
• Major Saladworks Creditors Say Ch. 11 Plan Not On The Level