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Food & Beverage - October, 2015

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• BNSF Owns Track It Left Vacant For Years, 8th Circ. Says
• Mexcor To Appeal To 5th Circ. In Whiskey IP Row
• Fed. Circ. Urged To Close 'Absurd' East Texas Patent Docket
• Pom Tells High Court 1st Amendment Covers Juice Ads
• Fresh & Easy Hits Ch. 11 With Plan To Close Business
• Pepsi Workers Seek To Finalize $3M OT Wage Settlement
• Calif. Olive Oil Buyers Ask For Cert. In False Labeling Action
• Taxation With Representation: Troutman, Sullivan, Vinson
• Tyson Says Class Cert. Defenders Are Using 'Smokescreens'
• Brand Battles: Abercrombie, BlackBerry, Jack Daniels
• Buffet Customer Awarded $11.4M For Salmonella Poisoning
• Texas Appeals Court Revives Part Of KBR Subcontractor Suit
• Bitter Saladworks Ch. 11 Wins Peaceful Plan Confirmation
• Monsanto Tells 9th Circ. GMO Foes Can't Appeal Law's Nixing
• Taco Bell Harping On Irrelevancies In Break Suit, Workers Say
• Chinese Eatery Not Covered In Junk Fax Suit, Court Affirms
• How A Pfizer-Allergan Deal Would Rank Among 2015's Largest
• Shoppers Say P&G Labeling Suit Should Join Paused Actions
• Winemakers Settle Spat Over 'Union' Trademarks
• Insurer Denies Coverage For 'All Natural' Pretzels Suit
• Iowa Homeowners Win Class Cert. In Milling Pollution Suit
• Dow Must Pay $456M To Bayer In Plant Patent Row
• Handmade Vodka False Ad Suits Staying Separate For Now
• Fright Fights: 4 Horrifying Halloween IP Disputes
• Pizza Hut Employees Again Seek Class Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Tomato Growers' Payback Claims Wither In Fed. Circ.
• Consumer Class Actions Can't Stand On Moral Injury Alone
• EEOC May Step Up Investigation Requests After 9th Circ. Win
• 5 Ways Your Ego Is Killing Your Career
• Man Blames Monster Energy Drinks For Serious Heart Problem
• US Wins Duties, Interest In Row Over Chinese Crawfish
• Whole Foods, Video Co. Reach Accord In Wine Name IP Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Starwood, UnitedHealth, DuPont
• Robbins Geller To Lead Whole Foods Investor Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: NY Mets Co-Owners, Darden, Klein Group
• 4th Circ. Grills Nestle Over Faulty Bargaining Test Claims
• Boat Owner, Fleet To Pay $1M In American Samoa Oil Spill
• WTO Dispute Roundup: Onus On Members To Resolve Logjam
• Morgan Lewis Can't Represent Itself In Suit, Ex-Client Says
• HelloFresh Seeks Home Court Advantage With Frankfurt IPO
• NLRB Loses Bid To Make Facebook 'Likes' Order Precedential
• Honest Tea Recipe Relevant To False Ad Suit, Judge Affirms
• Blueberry Farm Says Haitians It Didn't Hire Can't Show Bias
• AB InBev, SABMiller Extend Deadline For $103B Takeover Offer
• EU Shoots Down Member State Bans On GMO Crops
• Yakult Drinkers Seek Class Cert. In False Ad Row
• JBS Trainer Claims Discrimination Because of Somali Origin
• Papa John's Worker Asks 11th Circ. To OK Group Arbitration
• Snyder's-Lance Shells Out $1.91B For Diamond Foods
• Exxon Alleges Vodka Co. Stole Trademarked Double-X Logo
• Whole Foods Attacks Yogurt Suit's Sugar Claims
• DOL Says NJ Snack Food Co. To Pay More Than $2M In Wages
• Gerber's Toddler Cereal Labels Misled Shoppers, Court Told
• McDonald's Says 'Burdensome' NLRB Requests Must Be Nixed
• Deals Rumor Mill: SABMiller, Starwood, National Australia
• Sweetener Co. Pushes Fed. Circ. To Rethink IP Venue Limits
• Mixed-Use Finds Footing Amid Hurdles To Fannie Backing
• Pro Bono: The New Associate's Compass To Success
• Biz Groups Urge Indonesian Gov't To Nix Investment Hurdles
• The Greatest Threat To Beer Market Is Not Another Merger
• Tyson Says It Was Unaware Of Suit When It Tossed Evidence
• Calif. Mother Seeks Class Cert. In Gerber False Ad Suit
• Q&A With Seton Hall's Charles Sullivan
• A New Class Of Calif. Supply Chain Disclosure Suits
• 2nd Circ. Order On Facebook 'Likes' Not Precedent, Bar Says
• Scotts Cries Forum Shopping In Toxic Bird Seed Row
• Nestle Child Slave Suit Hurts US Business, Justices Told
• USPTO Tells Fed. Circ. 'Churrascos' Is Generic Term
• Deals Rumor Mill: Equate, Bain Capital, Stremicks Heritage
• McDonald's Workers Ask Pa. Justices To Review Payroll Rule
• 9th Circ. Told EPA's Dow Herbicide OK Ignores Cancer Risks
• 2nd Circ. Won't Stop Keurig 2.0 Sales During Antitrust Suit
• Purina Rips Blue Buffalo For Hypocrisy In False Ad Row
• Refresh Or Rebuild? Website Strategies For Big Law
• An Introduction To The World Bank Sanctions Regime
• SEC Picks Up The Pace On Financial Reporting Fraud Efforts
• 9th Circ. Rejects Bid To Revive Hawaiian Anti-GMO Law
• BNSF Dodges $41M Suit From Execs Of Refrigerated Rail Co.
• Welch 'All Natural' Label Suit Paused Pending 9th Circ.
• Taco Bell Says Workers Still Can't Prove Break Policy
• Likely Impact Of The EU's Fiat, Starbucks Tax Rulings
• Deals Rumor Mill: Kellogg, TreeHouse, Astoria Financial
• Brand Battles: Jim Beam, Under Armour, Universal Studios
• NLRB Urges 2nd Circ. To Publish Facebook 'Likes' Order
• NLRB Tells 5th Circ. Koch U-Visa Inquiry Sets Bad Precedent
• TTIP May Weaken Pesticide Standards, Enviro Group Says
• A Lesson In Properly Identifying And Reporting Exec Perks
• Abbott Hits Back At Infant Formula False Ad Claims
• Seyfarth Attys' Rates Lowered In Thai Worker EEOC Row
• Court Tentatively Lets MillerCoors Out Of 'Craft' Beer Suit
• Welch, Consumers Seek To Pause Label Suit, Await 9th Circ.
• Time Warner, Utility Shrink Payout For Crop Fire In Appeal
• Why More Businesses Are Considering The B Corp. Model
• A&P Gets Nod To Sell More Stores For $150M
• Reed Smith Replaces Sheppard Mullin In $30M Safeway Suit
• Bayer Tells 8th Circ. It Doesn't Owe $9M Fees In GMO Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Stuy Town, Hudson Yards, Kraft Heinz
• Muslim Workers Win $240K For Refusing To Transport Beer
• Starbucks Accused Of Bias Against Deaf Ex-Barista
• Kix Buyers Rip General Mills' Bid To Ban GMO Expert
• P&G Says 9th Circ. Appeals Shouldn't Stay Pringles Label Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Parques Reunidos, National Food, Barclays
• Almond Milk Makers Duck Drinkers' Bid For Label Change
• House Ag Chairman Says TPP Vote May Face Big Delays
• Facebook 'Likes' Protected By Labor Law, 2nd Circ. Says
• Senate Hearing Set For 'Beerhemoth' Merger
• Brown Rudnick Reps Boston Nonprofit In $1.5M Argo Tea Suit
• Peru Moves To Rein In Global Fishing Subsidies
• US Trustee Balks At Proposed FGMK Hire In Quantum Ch. 11
• EU Says Starbucks, Fiat Benefited From Illegal Tax Deals
• Anheuser-Busch Beck's Beer False Ad Suit All Bottled Up
• Drone Fliers Navigate Privacy Pitfalls Without FAA Guidance
• Unfair Trade Practice? Prove It Under Section 337
• Directors And Officers May Be Liable For WARN Act Claims
• 4 Reasons To Use Electronic Deposition Exhibits
• General Mills Says 1st Amendment Allows 'Natural' Kix Claims
• Whole Foods Overcharging Case Will Stay In Federal Court
• DOL Fights Class Cert. For Shepherds In H-2A Visa Row
• Mexican Sugar Harming Domestic Industry, ITC Finds
• Nestle Says Cat Food Buyers Can't Prove Slave Labor Claims
• Restaurant's Recipe Book Not Copyrightable, 6th Circ. Says
• Shopper Fights Kraft's Bid To Scrap 'Natural' Cheese Suit
• Yum Brands Readies Split From China Operations
• Taco Bell Slams Bid To Certify Class In OT Suit
• AIG Unit Stiffed Jack In The Box In Beating Case, Suit Says
• Haggen Gets Green Light For $92M Bankruptcy Auction Plan
• Syngenta Can't Appeal Ruling Letting GMO Corn MDL Proceed
• Safeway Says Shoppers Have No Standing In Recall Action
• Eatery's Insurer Says Cargill Owes For Latex Burger Death
• JOBS Act Opens Door For Craft Brewer's $172.5M IPO
• Texas Roadhouse Says EEOC Has Used Up Age Bias Queries
• Investors To Appeal Dismissal Of Quiznos Restructuring Suit
• Blue Buffalo Supplier Claims No Duty To Pay In False Ad Fight
• Travelers Left Holding The Bag For Stolen Liquor Worth $1M
• Is There A Constitutional Right To Sell Beer?
• Tsingtao To Buy Suntory Out Of China Beer JV For $130M
• OPINION: The Bitter Pill Of Competition Within Large Law
• Mexican Sugar Group Can't Stop Challenge To Dumping Accord
• TGI Friday's Workers Want Ruling On Wage Statement Claims
• A&P Gets Nod To Sell More Stores
• Vietnam's Shrimp Cos. Challenge Antidumping Duty Review
• EPA's Legwork On Ethanol Mandate To Get Inspected
• Yum Brands Adds Hedge Fund Activist To Board
• MoFo Reps JPMorgan On $177M Loan For Boston Project
• 9th Circ. Mulls Injunction In Wash. Tribal Fishing Row
• U-Visas Off Limits In Koch Bias Case, EEOC Tells 5th Circ.
• Beck's Drinkers Rip Objections To Anheuser-Busch Deal
• Trader Joe's Attacks 'Moving Target' Labeling Complaints
• Haggen's $56M Store Sale Flouts Employee Rights, Union Says
• Chip-Enabled Card Compliance Will Hit Some Merchants Hard
• Coke, Shook Hardy Should Pay For 'Misconduct,' Court Told
• Publix Supermarkets Hit With $5M TCPA Class Suit
• AdvancePierre Sued Over Trans Fat In Microwave Sandwiches
• Judge Bashes Consumers' Atty In Kraft 'Natural' Capri Sun Suit
• Corn Syrup Makers Denied Sanctions Over Ex-Squire Atty
• Deals Rumor Mill: Anheuser-Busch, Staples, Analog Devices
• Orioles Stadium Workers Ask 2nd Circ. To Revive OT Suit
• NY AG Calls On Fast Food Cos. To End 'Lawlessness'
• Gov. Wants Trader's Jury Instructions Tossed In Spoofing Case
• Metadata 101 For Lawyers: A 2-Minute Primer
• First Data's $2.6B IPO Falls Short While Albertsons Delays
• Haggen Looks To Settle $15M Claim With Grocery Trade Deal
• Shepherds Argue DOL Visa Rules Keep Wages Too Low
• Tesco Unloads 14 UK Development Sites For $386M
• SuperValu Says Lack Of Harm Should End Data Breach MDL
• Remain Seated For A High Court Reading Of RICO's Reach
• Enviros Sue Forest Service Over Nestle Water Bottling
• Hobart Linzer's Deceit Cost Food Co. $2M, Suit Says
• $1B LA Project Faces Tight Timeline, Oceanwide GC Says
• Syngenta Seeks Appeal Of 'Novel' Rulings In GMO Corn MDL
• Recent Reflections Of Heightened Class Ascertainability
• A&P Wants Bankruptcy Stay Extended To Personal Injury Suits
• 3rd Circ. Wraps Up Chocolate Price-Fixing Case: 5 Lessons
• DOJ Modelo Challenge Holds Clue To Mega Beer Deal's Odds
• Eatery Owes Patron For Big Umbrella To The Face, Jury Says
• 9th Circ. Nixes Tomato Cannery's Tin-Maker Conspiracy Suit
• EU Lawmakers Fight Plan To Allow National GMO Bans
• Insurer Fights To Keep Fondue Pot Payout Suit Alive
• FDA Warning Wire: Bird Poop, Ebola, Hello Kitty
• Vodka Co. Presses Court To Nix 'Handmade' Labeling Suit
• Sports Bar Says Workers Rightly Fired Over Facebook Posts
• Food Safety Co. Knew Of Problems Before IPO, Investors Say
• Red Lobster, Olive Garden Workers Take Pay Fight To 7th Circ.
• Q&A With Fordham's James Brudney
• DOJ Sues Meat Co. For Failing To Pay Worker Violation Fine
• USDA Beats Organic Advocates' Challenge To Synthetic Rules
• Hain Cosmetics Label Row Paused Pending 9th Circ. Rulings
• AB InBev, SABMiller Toast To $103B Deal After Lengthy Talks
• Calif. OKs Nation's Toughest Limits On Livestock Antibiotics
• Starbucks Wins Delay Of Trial Over Cancer Risk In Coffee
• Poultry Co. Wins Coverage From Lloyd's In $14M Closure Row
• Brand Battles: MLB, MillerCoors, Diageo
• 10 Ways To Become A 360-Degree Lawyer
• Trustee Wants Stroock Off Haggen Ch. 11 Over JPMorgan Ties
• Obama's FDA Nominee Too Close To Big Pharma: Sanders
• Injured Tyson Worker Says Company Got Rid Of Evidence
• EEOC Asks To Lower Class Info Order After Its Atty's Flub
• A Rare Ruling On Antitrust Whistleblower Protections
• The State Of DOL's Whistleblower Protection Program
• 5th Circ. Bars Some Fishers' Oil Spill Claims Against Barge Co.
• ITA's Vietnamese Shrimp Probe Challenged By Domestic Cos.
• Sazerac Says Wine Logo Rips Off Buffalo Trace Bourbon
• 2nd Circ. Wonders If Fight Over Vt. GMO Label Law Is Ripe
• Justices May Stress Non-Tribal History In Jurisdiction Fight
• It's Trump Who Owes $8M In Restaurant Spat, Chef Says
• Wal-Mart's Pork And Beans Pure Hogwash, Class Action Says
• WTO Nears Small Package Of Agreements For Dec. Summit
• Shake Shack Puts 26M Shares On The Menu
• Former Worker Slaps Keurig With Don-Doff Suit
• Vt. GMO Labeling Act Is Unnatural And Unconstitutional
• Anheuser 'Suprised' By SABMiller's Rejection Of $100B Offer
• How Estimates Can Miss The Mark On Age Discrimination
• Grocery Group Airs Concerns Over Sugar, Sodium Guidelines
• Potato Packers Pay $450K To Settle EEOC Sex Bias Suit
• Ex-Burger King Worker Must Arbitrate OT Suit, Court Told
• Tesco Hit With Securities Suit Over $500M Overstatement
• ITC Begins Process To Change Harmonized Tariff Codes
• Inside Anheuser-Busch's Yearlong Pursuit Of SABMiller
• Debate Over NYC Sodium Menu Labeling Gets Salty
• Deals Rumor Mill: Meituan.com, Staples, Skyscanner
• Dumpling Daughter Sues Ex-Employees Over 'Clone' Eatery
• Potato Chip Co. Defends Labor Impasse To DC Circ.
• A&P Gets Nod For $40M Wakefern Auction
• Diageo, Heineken Swap Regional Beer Holdings In $781M Deal
• 9th Circ. Appeals Should Halt Pringles Labeling Suit, Pair Says
• Chinese Herbicide Importer Says It's Not Infringing Patent
• Anheuser-Busch Makes $100B Play For Rival SABMiller
• FDA Warning Wire: Salsa, Concussion Relief, Drugged-Up Cow
• Plaintiffs Say Vodka Co.'s Claims Don't Fall Under Safe Harbor
• A&P Defends Proposed $40M Wakefern Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: SABMiller, Johnson Controls, Saudi Aramco
• NJ Houlihan's Operator Accused Of More Tip Violations
• High-Speed Trader Wants Evidence Barred In Spoofing Case
• Juice-Barrel Maker Says Rival's IP Suit Doesn't Hold Water
• Bed Bath & Beyond, Breville Sued Over Man's Amputated Hand
• Don't Despair, There Are Defenses To Prop 65 Claims
• 5 Things Clients Never Tell Their Lawyers
• Colorado Pot Grower Hit With Suit Over Fungicide Use
• General Mills Recalls 1.8M Cheerios Boxes For Gluten Risk
• US Urges High Court To Keep Tyson Workers' $5.8M Verdict
• New MetLife Debt Fund Lends $86M To Cypress For Minn. Mall
• TPP Compromises Set Stage For Political Standoff
• Fed. Circ. Sides With CIT In Chinese Shrimp Duty Row
• Fertilizer Co. Potash Nixes $8.8B Bid For Rival K+S
• Welch Tells Court Labeling Plaintiffs Torpedoed Own Claims
• Haggen Gets $92M In Bids For Calif. Grocery Stores
• Whole Foods Beats Most Claims In 'Natural' Foods Suit
• High Court Won't Hear Purina Appeal In Tainted Treat Row
• Distiller Wants Out Of 'Handmade' Vodka Class Action
• Ropers Majeski Adds AlvaradoSmith IP Pro In Los Angeles
• Nestle Mulls International Ice Cream Venture With R&R
• 7th Circ. Stands Out On Ascertainability Of Class Actions
• FTC Continues Antitrust Focus On Association Ethics Codes
• TPP Officials Strike Deal After Marathon Session
• Ex-Midamar Manager Sentenced In False Halal Export Case
• Del Monte Label Plaintiffs Taking Cert. Denial To 9th Circ.
• US Foods Says Sales Aces Took Confidential Info To Rival
• Purina Counterclaim Reads Like A Comedy, Blue Buffalo Says
• Honey Execs OK'd To Exit Smuggling Suit In $3M Settlement
• Bait Worm Farming Is Agriculture, 6th Circ. Says
• Land O'Lakes Says Tainted Whey Claims Aren't Time-Barred
• USDA Must Face Enviros' Suit Over Organic Rule, Court Says
• Coca-Cola, Visa, McDonald's Urge FIFA Prez To Step Down
• Circle K Settles National Origin Discrimination Suit
• SEC Takes Second Shot At Conflict Minerals Rule In DC Circ.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vivendi, SMBC, Mondelez
• Gordon & Rees Snags Clark Hill Labor, Food, Real Estate Pro
• DLA Piper Guides Ardian's Play For French Seasonings Co.
• 8th Circ. Won't Rehear Nixed Tyson $24M Don-Doff Verdicts
• EEOC Says Coca-Cola Bottler Passed Over Female Employee
• Sports Drink Co. Exec Gets 6 Years For $9M Fraud Scheme
• Elamex Says Insurer Should Pay $11M After Facility Fire
• Kopelowitz Ostrow Adds Name Partner From Grossman Roth
• 4 IPOs Price Below Range In Health-Heavy Day Of Debuts
• Heinz Wins Access To Starr Policies In Baby Food Suit
• Canadian Politician Pledges To Pay Farmers For TPP Losses
• EEOC Sues Farm Over Harsh Hispanic Worker Treatment
• 2 More Ex-Peanut Corp. Execs Sentenced In Salmonella Suit
• Coca-Cola Must Give Packaging Co-Inventor Credit For Patent
• High Court To Hear RJR Nabisco's Challenge To RICO Suit
• Supreme Court To Hear Neb. Appeal Of Tribal Tax Ruling
• Coca-Cola Gets Worker's Data Breach Suit Trimmed
• High Court To Hear Appeal Over Trust Citizenship Standards