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Food & Beverage - March, 2016

327 articles

• No Joke: 5 Strange But True Cases For April Fools'
• 5-Hour Energy Wins $20M In Counterfeiting Suit
• Enviros Turn To 9th Circ. To Force FDA Perchlorate Ruling
• ICSID Nudges Romania On $250M Award For Swedish Brothers
• Lithuania Investor Won Costs In $237M Case, Award Shows
• LA Galaxy Owner Disclaims Part In Team Water Row
• Blueberry Farm Again Can't Squash Haitian Workers' Bias Suit
• Restaurants Can't Fire Employees For Denigrating The Food
• Grocer Says Foe Using Antitrust Acts to Block Store In NJ
• Deals Rumor Mill: Medivation, Giordano's, SendGrid
• Food-Safety Groups Sue FDA Over Approval Of GE Salmon
• Canada's Cara Expands Into Quebec With $414M Buy
• Ex-Koch Foods Workers Case Underscores U-Visa Obstacles
• Tyson Provides Road Map For Use Of Sampling In FCA Cases
• Shifting The Law Firm Business Development Paradigm
• AgFeed Judge Says CEO's Pay Bid Hinges On Breach Claims
• CIT Upholds Duty Values On Vietnamese Frozen Fish Fillets
• FWS Used Stale Numbers In Bird-Take Regs, Judge Says
• 7-Eleven Slapped With Wage Lawsuit In NJ
• Coverage Suit Over Edible Arrangements IP Row Survives
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Green Planet Escapes Trademark Claims In 5-Hour Energy Suit
• Anheuser-Busch Will Step Up Safety At NY Metro Facilities
• Premier Foods Snubs New Takeover Bid But Is Open To Talks
• Outback Is Latest Co. To Face Suit From Blind Consumers
• Bigelow Tea Drinkers' Class Cert. Bid Denied In False Ad Row
• Real Estate Rumors: RXR, Google, Gatlin Development
• More Essential Than Ever: Insurance In Food Co. M&A
• Tyson Should Not Significantly Affect Securities Cases
• Nestle, Hershey Dodge Child Slave-Labor Disclosure Suits
• Grocer's Breach Liability Shouldn't Have Cap, 8th Circ. Told
• Whole Foods Can't Escape 'All Natural' Labeling Suit
• Enviros, Pork Producers Clash Over Farm Pollution Rule
• Monsanto Owes $15M In PCB Cancer Suit, Calif. Jury Told
• FDA Warning Wire: 'Virulent Pathogens' In Fancy Soaps
• Ex-Navy Officer Gets 2 Years For Afghanistan Bribes
• Bankrupt Haggen's $106M Store Sale To Albertsons OK'd
• Author Allowed To Drop 'How' TM Claims Against Chobani
• PTAB To Review Discount Patent Asserted Against Kroger
• Dave & Buster's Settles Background Check Suit
• 7th Circ. Weighs Beer Wholesaler's Challenge To Ind. Law
• Irrigation Co. Wants Distributor's Contract Suit Arbitrated
• TC Heartland's Restraints On ANDA Litigation Jurisdiction
• Real Estate Rumors: Chick-Fil-A, Google, Westbrook Partners
• Life After Tyson: A New Demand For Expert Counterstudies
• Pure Green Coffee Firms Drained Of Weight Loss Claims
• Dunkin' Donuts Franchisee Slams Cert. Bid In OT Fight
• Maine Asks White House To Fight Potential EU Lobster Ban
• Bakery Wants Retaliation Claim Nixed From EEOC Bias Suit
• Former CEO Says Bankrupt AgFeed Holding Back His Pay
• Whole Foods Says It Had No Duty To Preserve Yogurt in MDL
• 5-Hour Energy Rival Wants New Trial After $10.6M Verdict
• Commerce Revises Duties On Vietnamese Frozen Fish Fillets
• Mexican Restaurants To Pay Back Wages For FLSA Violations
• McDonald's Accused Of Using Graffiti Decor Without Consent
• Mindless Lawyering: Is Doc Review 'The Practice Of Law'?
• 8th Circ Axes South Dakota Ranchers' Rails-To-Trails Suit
• ConAgra Hit With $109M Verdict In Suit Over Plant Explosion
• US, Europe Gird For Food Fight In TTIP Talks
• 8th Circ. Says Jimmy John's Shops Violated Labor Laws
• 11th Circ. OKs Bagel Shop's State Suit Against Parent Co.
• Brand Battles: Nestle, 'Game Of Thrones,' Premier League
• Food Co. Wins Coverage From Hanover In Smoked Fish IP Row
• Supple False Ad Suit Kept In Fed. Court, Then Nixed
• Insurer Says Plaintiff In 1 Case Must Be Defendant In Other
• Sens. Call For CFIUS Probe Of ChemChina-Syngenta Deal
• Attys Want $16.6M For $50M Deal In Milk Price-Fixing Row
• Sprouts Farmers Market Hit With Shareholder Suit
• Kellogg Balks At $2M Suit Over 'Out Of The Blue' Bill
• Gilstrap Hands Kroger Rewards Program IP Win Under Alice
• 9th Circ. Revives Chobani 'Cane Juice' Suit Amid FDA Review
• Gerber Recalls Baby Food Pouches Over Spoilage Risk
• FCA Sampling Gets New Ammo In High Court's Tyson Ruling
• NJ Court Bars Drinking Class In TGI Friday's Pricing Case
• Chicken Co. Wayne Farms Drops $250M IPO Plans
• The Future Keeps Happening To Legal Services
• TPG, Phillips Edison Grocery REIT Form $250M Venture
• Brookfield REIT Sells Vancouver Property For $215M
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• 5 Administrative Law Myths Employment Pros Should Consider
• Neb. Tribe's High Court Win Doesn't Clinch Tax Power
• Morgan Lewis Sheds Over 100 Attorneys After Bingham Deal
• 5 Firms On The Rise In 2016
• The Firms That Lost The Most Ground This Year
• Greenberg Traurig On Track To Become Biggest US Firm
• General Mills, Class Spar In 8th Circ. Over Tyson Ruling
• Thompson Coburn Adds Ex-Wilson Elser Cybersecurity Pro
• UAE Food Co. Says NY Exporter Owes On $5.7M Award
• ITC Blocks Certain Reusable Coffee Pods In Infringement Row
• Premier Foods Spurns £496M McCormick Takeover Bid
• Nicoll Davis Beats DQ Bid In Supplement Co.'s Kickback Row
• WTO Dispute Roundup: Tuna, Fertilizer Battles Escalate
• Demystifying The Attorney-Client Privilege
• Delivery Startup DoorDash Raises $127M In Funding Round
• Real Estate Rumors: Chicago Tower, Aramark, PostWorks
• What The Narrow Tyson Ruling Means For Class Actions
• Pom Trial Loss Gives Food Cos. Juice To Beat Labeling Suits
• Tyson Ruling Tees Up More Class Action Evidence Fights
• Storage Co. Must Face Suit Over Spoiled Goods In Sandy
• CFTC Fines Credit Suisse $665K Over Futures Debacle
• Anheuser-Busch Win In Alcohol Content Suit Affirmed
• Attorneys React To High Court's Tyson Class Action Ruling
• EEOC Derides Farm Firm's 3-Page 'Health History' Form
• Dunkin' Donuts Ex-Managers Want Bigger Class In OT Fight
• US Adjusts Tuna Labeling Rules To Comply With WTO Ruling
• High Court Backs Tribe In Dispute Over Reservation Size
• High Court OKs Averaging Classwide Injury In Tyson Row
• Maui Citizens Group Defends Local GMO Ban At 9th Circ.
• Cheerios Buyers Blast Bid To Nix Protein False Ad Suit
• EPA Tells Court It Needn't Mandate Pesticide Disclosure
• US Deepens Agricultural Engagement With Cuba
• High Court Says Wyo. Liable For Mont.'s Lost River Water
• 'Jaws' Cooking Show Too Similar To Famous Flick, TTAB Says
• Enviros Fight Feds' Bid To Sink Nestle Water Suit
• Jury Squashes Pom's $77M Claim Coke Tricked Juice Buyers
• Real Estate Rumors: Related And Hudson, CK Prive, Mic
• Is Student Loan Stress The New Norm For Law School?
• Investment Trusts Must Trust Their Members' Citizenships
• Kroger Escapes Labeling Suit Over Trans Fat In Bread Crumbs
• EEOC Says 9th Circ. Ruling Backs Its Claims In U-Visa Suit
• 7 Best Practices For Managing An Associate's Personal Crisis
• Pom Says Coke Owes $77M For Juice Labeling At Trial's End
• NLRB Nixes McDonald's Appeal Bid In Joint-Employer Case
• NJ ShopRite Monopoly Dispute Rolls Into Supreme Court
• Texas Group Says It Belongs In Wal-Mart's Liquor Permit Row
• Calif. Restaurateur Wants Rehearing In $100M Blackout Suit
• Twinings Makes Bid To Toss Antioxidant False Ad Class Action
• Ill. County Says Kellogg Owes $2M In Unpaid Heating Bills
• Brand Battles: Frito-Lay, Kellogg Spar Over 'Official Snack' TM
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Morgan, Cravath
• CORRECTED: Nestle Ends Coffee-Mate False Label Action
• TTAB May Have New Standard For Interstate Commerce
• Pom Juicing Coke False Ad Harm By Over $68M, Jury Hears
• Agency Didn't Shield IP In Chobani 'How Matters' Ads: Suit
• AIG Fights Farm Firm's Counterclaims In Coverage Dispute
• Scant Motion Blasted In Credit Card Fraud Liability Case
• 9th Circ. Tosses False Ad, Slack Fill Suit Over Lip Balm
• 70 Witnesses Stripped From Co's Defense In EEOC Bias Suit
• House Committee Grills McCarthy, Mich. Gov. Over Flint Crisis
• Wegmans Can't Get $225K Sales Tax Refund On Price Audits
• Chuck E. Cheese's Managers Win Only Expense Class Cert.
• Slovak Alcohol Co. Wins State Aid Appeal In EU Court
• Starbucks Underfills Its Lattes, Suit Says
• 99 Bottles Of Beer On The Wall — 2 With The Same Name
• What To Expect From 7th Circ. In Robinson-Patman Case
• Wealth Management For Senior Partners
• Ex-Coke Exec Denies Trying To Trick Pom Drinkers At Trial
• OPINION: Missed Opportunity In Supreme Court Nomination
• Chobani With 'Cane Juice' Tricks Buyers, 9th Circ. Told
• In His Own Words: 4 Key Garland Opinions
• Garland's High Court Nomination Battle Likely To Drag On
• Judge Garland Could Bring New Consensus To High Court
• Ghirardelli, Jelly Belly Vow To Stop Directing Ads To Kids
• Olive Oil Maker Says Labeling Claims Lack Credibility
• GOP Leaders Grill Labor Secretary On Joint-Employer Moves
• Attorneys Weigh In On Obama's Supreme Court Pick
• Wal-Mart Keeps Liquor Seller Out Of Texas Permit Suit
• Kraft 'Natural' Ad Suit Ripe For Quick Decision, Class Says
• Law Firm Can't Overturn DQ Bid On Appeal In Wage Dispute
• UK Budget Would Cut Corporate, Capital Gains Tax Rates
• Anterra Nets $125M In Venture Capital For Food And Ag Tech
• Mich.'s Exit From Tax Compact Was OK, Appeals Court Says
• Obama Picks Garland To Fill High Court Seat
• Campari Swallows Up Grand Marnier Maker For $761M
• Coke Exec Warned Of 'Misleading' Label Risk, Jurors Hear
• Anheuser-Modelo $20B Deal Harmed Consumers, 9th Circ. Told
• McDermott Adds Arnold & Porter Partner As FDA Group Leader
• Bacardi Renews 'Havana Club' Cuban Rum TM Fight
• EU Tax Crackdown On US Multinationals Stirs Up Rancor
• 9th Circ. Undoes Arbitration Order, Citing 'Sham' Contract
• Voluntary GMO Food Labeling Bill Would Preempt State Laws
• Obama Withdraws AGOA Suspension Threat For S. Africa
• Shopper Fights Heinz's Bid To Nix 'Made In US' False Ad Suit
• White & Case Snags Commercial Litigation Partner From MoFo
• House Committee Skewers Ex-EPA Official Over Flint Crisis
• Chipotle Wrong To Make Worker Nix Tweets, NLRB Judge Says
• NJ Judge Downs Drink Price Claims Against TGI Friday's
• Investor Says Romania To Blame For Bitter $53K Discovery
• US, Peru Break Deadlock Over Beef Shipments
• Vt. GMO Law Deadline Looms For Food Cos. — And Congress
• Updating The Biotechnology Mission For The Bioeconomy
• Pom Founder Blasts Coke Cross-Exam At False Ad Trial
• 'Greedy' Attys Ask 9th Circ. For Higher Fees For Kraft Deal
• Class Seeks To Lay Claim To Leftover $380M In USDA Deal
• McDonald's Exec. Touts Franchisees' Choice In NLRB Case
• Insurer Asks Texas Justices For Right Of Appeal Sans Insured
• Albertsons Gets Antitrust OK For $106M Buy Of Haggen Stores
• Clinton Offers Support To Nabisco Workers Ahead Of Layoffs
• TC Heartland And The (Maybe) Changing Patent Venue Rules
• PE-Backed Brewery Nabs Stake In Florida's Cigar City
• Lowndes Drosdick, Winstead Steer $60M Xenia-MetLife Loan
• Stores Seek To Block Credit Card Fraud Rules In Antitrust Suit
• The 8 Firms GCs Can't Stop Talking About
• GCs Say These Firms Are Worth Paying Top Dollar For
• Judge Trims Whole Foods Discrimination Cases
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• 5th Circ. Says Attys Can't Collect Fees From PACA Trust
• Consumers Take 2nd Bite At Chipotle In GMO False Ad Suit
• Ascott Residence Trust To Buy NY Sheraton For $158M
• Real Estate Rumors: Moinian, Amazon, Thor Equities
• Apollo Inks $1.36B Deal For Specialty Grocer Fresh Market
• Yosemite Case Suggests No 'Iconic Names Exception' For TMs
• In Congress: FAA, Navy, And A New Education Secretary
• Coke Set Out To 'Hoodwink' Juice Buyers, Pom Tells Jury
• 8th Circ. Says Minn. Firm Can Drop Out Of Restaurant Row
• Man Attacked By Bird, Hit By Train Sues CSX, General Mills
• Enviros Ask 9th Circ. To Decide Dow Pesticide Issues
• Romania Caught Between EU And Treaty In Investor Fight
• Fed. Circ. Judge Wary Of Reshaping Patent Suit Venue Rules
• NLRB Judge Slams Some US Foods Labor Practices
• EEOC Says Bakery's Suit Against Worker Was Retaliation
• Brand Battles: Twitter, Avon, Unilever
• PF Chang's Sued Over Calif. Bathroom Accessibility
• Jackson Hewitt, AmEx Hit With Spam Texting Suit
• Antitrust Law May Deter Green Cooperation, Study Says
• When You're David Vs. Goliath In A Trade Secrets Trial
• Pom Goes To Trial To Show Coke Labels Cut Into Juice Profits
• Sides In Chancery Suit Over $13.9B Keurig Deal To Drop Case
• 'Shadow Guidelines' Guide Judge To Shorter Term For CEO
• Ex-Koch Foods Workers Ask 5th Circ. To Nix U-Visa Discovery
• McDonald's Has Super-Sized Control Over Franchisees: NLRB
• Pepperidge Farm Drops Trader Joe's Milano Cookie IP Row
• Bakery Chain Sues Panera Over 'Food As It Should Be' Slogan
• ConAgra Ducks ERISA Suit Over Autism Therapy Coverage
• Failure To Confer In Good Faith Bars Attys' Fees, Court Told
• Jury Sides With Taco Bell Workers On Skipped-Break Wages
• Real Estate Rumors: Greystar, Paper Source, Gaedeke
• Daughter Says Contaminated Dole Salad Caused Mom's Coma
• Purveyor Of World's Priciest Burger Hit With Wage Suit
• How 3 Social Media Trends Affect Companies
• Starbucks Baristas Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Tip Tax Suit
• Anheuser Unit Urges 8th Circ. To Rehear Mold-Insurance Row
• Shoppers Have Beef With Wal-Mart's Bid To Chuck Pork Suit
• CFTC Fines Farm Co-op $1M Over Corn, Soybean Reporting
• Retailers Hit Visa, MasterCard, Banks With Antitrust Suit
• Insurer Can Bring Fondue Pot Flame Injury Suit, Judge Says
• Vermont Makes Paid Sick Days A Requirement
• East Texas Patent Docket Could Be Grounded By Fed. Circ.
• Nestle Consumers' Trans Fat False Ad Suit Gets Nixed
• Coke Says Pom's 'Unclean Hands' Bar False-Ad Suit Damages
• Cattle Groups Want 'Draconian' Sage-Grouse Regs Nixed
• New Cider Tax Law Will Be Good For The Industry
• Wealth Management For Mid-Level Partners
• Taco Bell Can't Escape Assistant Manager's OT Suit
• Coca-Cola Can't Show FTC Pom Report In False Ad Trial
• Subway Wants Award OK'd In Chinese Unauthorized Store Suit
• EPA Asks DC Circ. To Sink Farm Pollution Rule Challenges
• Fox Again Escapes NY Libel Suit Over 'Low-Cal' Ice Cream
• Marshawn Lynch Ends 'Beast Mode' TM Fight With Monster
• Mosaic Unit Agrees To $2M Soil Project To Bury EPA Suit
• Shrimp Producers Can't Expand CIT Record In Duty Fight
• Monsanto Tells 9th Circ. Fed. Law Trumps Maui's GMO Ban
• Main Post Partners Raises $400M For Inaugural PE Fund
• Best Practices For Resolving FLSA Violations And Disputes
• Class Cert. Denied Again In Yakult Yogurt False Ad Row
• In 9th Circ. Restaurateurs Must Tiptoe Around Tip Pools
• 2 More Texas Attys Accused In Deepwater Litigation Scam
• Starbucks Pulls Breakfast Sandwiches Over Listeria Concerns
• High Court's Pass On Chesapeake Plan May Embolden EPA
• Blue Bell Says Refund Should Melt Listeria Lawsuit
• High Court Says 'Trust' Citizenship Based On Members
• Deals Rumor Mill: DuPont, Sharp Corp., Americana Group
• Goya Denied Quick Win in Hidden Carcinogen Suit
• Best Practices For Motions Brief Writing: Part 2
• Restaurant Owner Blames Ch. 11 On Sales, Salmonella Suit
• President Trump's Impact On Employment Law
• Kraft Says Amicus Brief In Patent Rule Row Too Long, Late
• Whole Foods Destroyed Evidence, Yogurt MDL Plaintiffs Say
• Koch's Ranch Refused Fees In Specialty Beef Dispute
• Chef Hits ConAgra With Suit Over Exploding Cooking Spray
• Starbucks Food Packager Can't Wash Hands Of Tainted Ham
• 8th Circ. Refuses Bid For New 'Popcorn Lung' Trial
• Brand Battles: Google, JetBlue, Hershey
• ConAgra Tells 9th Circ. Class Claims Fail In Oil False Ad Row
• Haggen Wants More Time To Come Up With Restructuring Plan
• Native Farmer Can't Appeal USDA Loan Discrimination Suit
• Judge Skeptical Of Mondelez Union's Plant Transfer Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, MG Engineering, Hamilton
• McDonald's Facing Tax, Competition Probe In Brazil
• Best Practices For Motions Brief Writing: Part 1
• Family Beef Over Philly Sandwich Franchise Spills Into Courts
• Buffalo Wild Wings Workers Cry Foul On Clipped Wages
• Court Limits POM's Enforcement History In False Ad Trial
• Va. Sprout Farm Snared In FDA Sweep On Disease Outbreaks
• Del. Cheese Plant Fined Over Fatal Listeria Outbreak
• Fresh & Easy Workers Denied Class Cert. Over PTO Claims
• Philly Mayor Wants Soda Tax To Help Cut Business Levies
• Slaughterhouse Owner Gets 3 Months For Bad Meat Scheme
• Cato Tells High Court Seattle Wage Law Is Unconstitutional
• What To Know About Refrigerant Tracking And EPA 608
• 9th Circ. Throws Out Restaurant's $100M Blackout Suit
• Trans Ova Fights $6M Verdict In Sex-Selection IP Case
• Wash. Fishing, Enviro Groups Say EPA Can't Delay Water Rule
• Quaker Oats Lies About Maple Syrup In Oatmeal, Suit Says
• US Lauds South Africa's Trade Concessions On Meat Exports
• Romania Is Misstating Annulment Of $250M Award, Court Told
• Smucker Goes After E-Cig Co. For Using 'Uncrustable' Mark
• Any Kefir Fan Would Know Cane Juice Is Sugar, Lifeway Says
• Honduras Vows To Undertake Sweeping IP Reforms
• Wealth Management For New Law Firm Partners
• Real Estate Rumors: Zegna, Apple, Jose Llorens
• Wis. High Court Backs Workers In Hormel Don-Doff Row
• NY DoubleTree Workers Win Partial Class Cert. In OT Suit
• DOJ Wants Extra Info On $68.8B Dow, DuPont Deal
• AB InBev Inks $1.6B Sale Of Chinese Brewery Stake
• Posner Shuts Down 'Puzzling' Land O'Lakes TM Fight
• Plaintiffs Face Challenges In 'Cheese' Class Actions
• Transgender Man Sues Grand Central Store Over Gender Bias
• Diet Supplement Co. Owner Admits Using Cheaper Substitutes
• Heinz Takes Fight Over Voided $25M Policy To 3rd Circ.
• Hendrix Estate Goes After Brother For Purple Haze Liquor
• Accounting Firm BDO Accused Of Malpractice In Ch. 7 Cases
• General Mills Again Sued Over Recalled 'Gluten-Free' Cheerios
• Ex-NVE Exec Presses Bid To DQ Nicoll Davis In Kickback Row
• Monster Monopolizing Military Energy Drink Sales, Suit Says
• USDA Officially Repeals Country-Of-Origin Meat Labels
• EPA Wants Insecticide Pulled Due To Enviro Safety Risks
• Judge Blasts Pom, Coca-Cola For Complicating False Ad Suit
• FDA Warning Wire: Exoskeletons, Diet Drugs, Salmonella
• Stevens & Lee Lied To Secure Malpractice Policy, Suit Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ball Corp., EQT Holdings, SABMiller
• Coca-Cola Settles False Ad Suit Over Juice Blends
• Labor Group Can Celebrate OT Deal, Not Amount On Facebook
• Whole Foods Ducks Proposed Overpricing Class Action
• Real Estate Rumors: Caerus, SunTrust, Weingarten Realty
• US Chicken Finally Cracks S. African Market
• Gov't Contractor Tips For Avoiding Gender Stereotype Claims