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Food & Beverage - May, 2016

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• SuperValu Seeks To Protect Data Breach MDL Win At 8th Circ.
• Brand Battles: Allstate, Stoli, Adidas
• Chiquita Blasts Law Firm's Bid To Split From Colombia Suit
• Attorney Web Bios: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
• Judge Bars Sales Of Ch. 11 Grocery Stores Amid Fraud Claims
• FDA Warning Wire: Horizon Air, Spiders, Falsified Data
• Starbucks Rips Amcor's Bid To Ditch Moldy Coffee Suit
• DOJ Urged To Challenge $69B Dow-DuPont Merger
• Benihana Chain 'Baselessly Drags' PE Firm Into License Row
• Shoppers Label Kraft A Flip-Flopper In Cheese Color Suit
• Firms Dodge Pa. Malpractice Suit Over Axed RICO Claim
• Farmers Plow Into Syngenta In Modified Corn MDL
• What Businesses Need To Know About The New Vt. GMO Law
• McDonald's Drive-Thrus Are Biased Against Blind, Suit Says
• Insurer Says Chemical Co.'s Fatal Explosion Suit Is Duplicative
• Washington State, Tribes Reach Salmon Fisheries Agreement
• Starbucks Wants Underfilled Drink Suits Heard In Wash.
• 5 Ways Employers Should Prep For The New OT Expansion
• Brazil's Marfrig Raises $750M In Overseas Bond Issue
• Texas High Court Will Hear OXXO's Beer-License Challenge
• Behind The Curtain: Technical Advisers In Complex Cases
• Sainsbury-Home Retail Deal Questioned By UK Watchdog
• Cocoa Co. Wants $2.6M Award Over Contract Breach Upheld
• Ark. High Court Affirms Gerber Workers' $3M Don-Doff Win
• Korean Ramen Buyers Seek Class Cert. In Price-Fixing Row
• Meat, Poultry Worker Injury Reporting Needs Fixes, GAO Says
• NY Appeals Court Lifts Stay On NYC Salt Warning Rule
• FDA Finalizes Food Safety Anti-Terorrism Rule
• DOL Accuses Pilgrim's Pride Of Race, Gender Bias In Hiring
• Blank Check Co. Landcadia Eyes $250M In Downsized IPO
• Fake 'Mister Softee' Ice Cream Trucks Hit With More Fines
• Equifax Hit With Class Action Over Kroger Data Breach
• Preventing Competitive Harm In AB InBev-SABMiller Merger
• PE-Backed US Foods Prices $1B IPO, The Year's 2nd Largest
• FDA Inaction On Shellfish Petition Dangerous, Suit Alleges
• How To Prepare Your Employees For Litigation Discovery
• What To Know About The DOL's New Overtime Regulations
• Coke Wins 'Zero' Trademark Fight At TTAB
• 5 Tips For Negotiating And Drafting Joint E-Discovery Plans
• Safeway Olive Oil Buyers Get Class Cert. In False Ad Row
• Wal-Mart On Its Own In Cheese False Ad Suits, Travelers Says
• UK Restaurateur Convicted Of Manslaughter In Allergy Death
• FDA Stirs Debate Over Labeling Authority With Sugar Rule
• Eatery's Claim Rail Project Forced Closure Gets New Life
• Damaged Crop Claim Row Needs 2nd Look, 8th Circ. Says
• Feds Charge NY Atty With Fraud Over Forged Lease
• DOL Reaches Deal With Ariz. Restaurants Over OT Violations
• Frito-Lay Wage Settlement Spurned For 'Compromised' Payout
• Joose Wants Four Loko's 'Bullying' Trade Dress Suit Tossed
• Pet Food Co. Says Wal-Mart, Purina Lying About Ingredients
• Chicago Restaurant Tax Case Highlights Broad DOJ Authority
• Evaporated Cane Juice Labels False And Misleading, FDA Says
• Pie Press Maker Says Baker Can't Back Up Monopoly Claims
• NLRB Tells Jack In The Box, Adecco To Fix Arbitration Policy
• Kraft Says Consumers Misread Regulations In 'Natural' Ad Suit
• Sports Bar Loses Bid For Coverage Of Drunken-Driving Crash
• AB InBev's EU Fix Shows Merging Giants Must Pick Battles
• EEOC Can Split Age Bias Suit Against Darden Restaurants
• Edible Arrangements Franchise Bitten By BALCA Over Report Issue
• Zurich Wants Help With $1.5M Asbestos Death Coverage Bill
• Citing Zika Risk, House Cuts Pesticide Rules Amid Veto Threat
• FDA Warning Wire: Suspect Data, Bakery Bugs, Faulty Tests
• 9th Circ. Says No Arbitration For Ex-Anheuser-Busch Worker
• NY AG Hits Domino's, Franchisees With Wage Violation Suit
• And Now A Word From The Panel: A 21st Century MDL
• Faegre Ordered To Return Fraudulent Deepwater Claim Money
• Tribe Defends Arbitral Award In $27M OK Alcohol-Tax Fight
• Sauerkraut Co. Stiffed Migrant Workers On Pay, Judge Finds
• Does Mickelson Case Signal A New SEC Insider Trading Rule?
• Monsanto Snubs Bayer's $62B Buyout Offer
• Trader Joe's, Consumers Agree To Drop Soy Milk Suit
• EU Clears AB InBev's $100B SABMiller Buy
• Panama Papers: Reminders About Law Firm Cybersecurity
• Restaurant Chain O'Charley's Unveils Payment Card Breach
• Bayer's $62B Monsanto Bid Would Break Industry Record
• FDA On The Case, Kind Tells Judge In 'Natural' Label MDL
• High Court Won't Hear Appeal Over Calif. Shark Fin Ban
• Bourbon Maker Says It Didn't Abandon 'Stitzel' Trademark
• NH Food Plant To Settle Pollution Accusations For $949K
• US Benihana Chain Takes Trademark Row To NY Fed. Court
• Fertilizer Co. CF Industries Scraps $8B Tie-Up With OCI
• Domestic Honey Producers Move To Settle Smuggling Suit
• Widow Wants High Court Look At Wrongful Death Row
• High Court Won't Hear Supermarket Antitrust Appeal
• Bayer Confirms $62B Offer For Monsanto
• In Congress: Defense Bill, TSCA Reform, Authority Over DC
• 6 Firms To Guide PE-Heavy IPOs Totaling $1.6B
• Chemical Co. Demands Coverage For Fatal Texas Explosion
• Merchants Say Credit Card Liability Suit Shows Conspiracy
• Health Hires: K&L Gates, Norton Rose Get Health, IP Attys
• Long Beach Hits Monsanto, Pfizer Unit With Enviro Suit
• Bayer-Monsanto Deal Would Be Tough Sell For Regulators
• 8th Circ. Reverses Class Cert. In General Mills Toxins Suit
• Canada Follows FDA's Lead, OKs Genetically Modified Salmon
• Noodles & Co. Looking Into Possible Payment Card Breach
• Deals Rumor Mill: AB InBev, Yahoo, London Stock Exchange
• FDA Overhauls Nutrition Facts Panel For Packaged Foods
• OPINION: Sotomayor's Solution To Pro Bono Is Incomplete
• Creating Barclay Damon: Lessons From A Law Firm Merger
• Pom Says 'Virtually Identical' Mark Makes For Easy TM Win
• Pro Golfer Mickelson Benefits From Post-Newman Turmoil
• Coca-Cola Can't Drown 'No Artificial Flavors' Labeling Suit
• Japan Drops Longstanding Ban On Italian Beef
• EPA Urges DC Circ. To End Greens' Pesticide Challenge
• Reflecting On The 20th Anniversary Of BMW V. Gore
• Pacific Seafood Urges 9th Circ. To Rethink Arbitration Bid
• 10th Circ. Says Disabled Man Can Intervene In EEOC Suit
• Stevens & Lee Insurer Says Bad-Faith Claims Belied By Facts
• Deals Rumor Mill: Onex, Sensus USA, Yum Brands
• KBR's $10M Claim For Iraq Costs Is Timely, Fed. Circ. Says
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider (The Sequel)
• Bayer's Monsanto Bid May Signal Latest Agrochem Megamerger
• Pro Golfer Mickelson Tied To Insider Trading Charges
• New OT Rules To Hit Retail, Hospitality Cos. Hardest
• Final OT Rule Could Put Employers In Classification Bind
• Supplement Co. Asks 9th Circ. For Rehearing In False Ad Suit
• Environmentalists Push EPA To Yank Dow Weed Killer
• $38M Payout Fast-Tracked In Landmark Native Farmers Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: Monsanto, Goldman, Hotel Lotte
• Taco Bell Assistant Managers Ask To Expand Class In OT Suit
• Chiquita Can't Duck Paramilitary Payment Suit, Judge Told
• Tracking The Elusive Consumer Data Breach Class Action
• Okla. Supreme Court Revives Cattle-Tracking Secrets Claims
• USDA Ups Quota For Sugar Imports Over GMO Uncertainty
• Real Estate Rumors: Amazon, Treo Group, Thor Equities
• Labor Department Issues Final OT Expansion Rule
• Safeway Urges 9th Circ. To Ax $42M Judgment In Pricing Suit
• FDA Warning Wire: Issues At Plant Linked To Listeria
• Beverage Industry Loses Bid To Halt San Fran Soda Warning
• DC Circ. Affirms Finding Noel Canning Violated Labor Law
• $43B ChemChina-Syngenta Deal Delayed For Regulators
• Deals Rumor Mill: Asahi Group, Investcorp, Valeant
• Suit Calls Earth's Best Baby Formula 'A Chemical Soup'
• Vemma Says Hanover Must Defend FTC's Pyramid Scheme Suit
• Sheppard Didn't Lie To Court In Delivery Suit, Safeway Says
• OPINION: Stop 'Vigorously Defending' Your Clients
• UAE Food Co. Says NY Exporter Can't Duck $5.7M Award
• Real Estate Rumors: GE Capital, Citizens Bank, Whole Foods
• Class Sour On Whole Foods' Destruction Of Yogurt In MDL
• Restaurant Chain Wants EEOC Expert's Computer Program
• 6th Circ. OKs Dismissal Of $5M Starbucks Tassimo Pod Suit
• Starbucks Prices Landmark $500M Sustainability Bond
• Energy Drink Co. Slams Monster's Move To Toss Antitrust Suit
• Calif. Carbon Rule Challenge Needs More Oomph, Judge Says
• NLRB Says Meat Co. Must Bargain Over E-Verify Enrollment
• Insurer Must Defend Del Monte In Ore. Personal Injury Row
• 7th Circ. Says Judge 'Jumped Gun' In Tossing Trademark Case
• Consumers Seek Cert. In Tropicana OJ False Label Suit
• Airline Groups Slap USDA With Suit Over Inspection Fee Hikes
• Colombians, Firm Blast Chiquita's Bid For Witness Docs
• DOD Agency Can't Duck $4.6M In Late Payment Claims
• Technical Food Label Errors: A Gateway To Bigger Issues?
• The Top 100 Firms For Minority Attorneys
• The Top 50 Firms For Minority Equity Partners
• White & Case Outpacing Peers In Diversity
• US Law Firms Fail To Move Needle On Racial Diversity
• The 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Minorities
• Fla. Veggie Farm Owes $1.4M For Labor Violations, DOL Says
• Purina Should Eat Its Words In Chow Suit, Blue Buffalo Says
• WTO Agriculture Chair Says Subsidies Still Top Priority
• EPA Can't Duck Away From Suit Over Bee-Killing Pesticides
• PE-Backed US Foods Sets Terms On $1.23B IPO
• Insurer Moves To Duck Coverage Of Sports Bar Patron's Crash
• Fed. Circ. Rules 'Churasscos' Trademark Is Generic
• How The Beer Industry Can Brew Better Franchise Laws
• Understanding OSHA Procedures For FSMA Retaliation Claims
• EPA's Pesticide Bias Probe Can't Be Reviewed, 9th Circ. Says
• US Track, Olympic Bodies Hurdle Challenge To Logo Limits
• Romania Says Quick Confirmation Of $250M Award Was Unfair
• Food Contractor To Pay $1.85M For Gender Bias In DOL Case
• Goya Wrapped Up In Octopus False Ad Class Action
• Deals Rumor Mill: SingTel, Bayer, Bosch
• AIG Fights Coverage Of Farm Co.'s Unfair Competition Deal
• 'E-Waiter' Tablet Crashes When Printing Receipts, Suit Says
• Zurich Subsidiary Drops $51M On San Diego Mall
• Fed. Law Doesn't Undo Trans Fat Suit, Consumer Says
• Friendly's Franchisees Can't Escape Wage Suit, For Now
• Real Estate Rumors: Alliance, Chicago Soho House, Frye
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider
• FDA's Kind Label Reversal Shows 'Healthy' Standard Is Stale
• 7-Eleven Chip Eater Tries For 2nd Dip At False Ad Suit
• Montana, Crows Urge Justices To Reject Water Deal Challenge
• Olive Oil Buyers Defend Cert. Bid In False Ad Row
• IHOP Stole Servers' Tips, Denied Breaks, Calif. Suit Asserts
• McDonald's Wins Judge's OK Of $1.5M Deal In Wage Suit
• Supplement Co. Says Rival's Protein Quality Claims Are False
• What Do The Highest-Paid Lawyers Make An Hour?
• Ocean Spray Growers Denied Cert. In Phony-Auction Suit
• Tyson, Hillshire Beat Hot Dog IP Suit But Lose Sanctions Bid
• Montana Group Asks High Court To Review Crow Water Deal
• Texas Appeals Court Says Injured Man Can't Yet Sue Insurer
• Fresh Market Strikes $5M Deal To End Workers' FLSA Suit
• Nev. Rancher Bundy Sues Obama, Sen. Reid For $50M
• South Africa Gives Final OK To SABMiller, Coke Bottling Deal
• Grocery Execs Not Liable For Slip And Fall, Texas Panel Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: ABF, Telecom Italia, Pershing Square
• High Court Urged To Reject Appeal Of Duty Payment Rule
• Whole Foods Fights Bid To Delay Yogurt MDL
• High Court Urged To Reel In Calif.'s Shark Fin Ban Case
• PE-Backed Performance Food Preps 13.8M Share Sale
• US Tells WTO China's Chicken Duties Are Still Illegal
• Risk Of Violating Right Of Publicity Is Increasing
• FDA To Let Kind Use 'Healthy' On Snack Bar Labels
• Colo.-Based Marijuana Biz Law Firm Expands Into Fla.
• Fan Vote Didn't Give Coke Opening To Spam Text, Court Told
• Gov't Must Face Claim It Broke Deal In Immigrant Bias Case
• Supplement Co. Recalls Products With Milk, Soy Allergens
• $5.2M Settlement Reached In Meat Factory Wage Class Action
• Insurer Sues To Duck Coverage Of Exploding Kombucha Suit
• NY Bankruptcy Judges Irked By Long-Winded First-Day Filings
• McDonald's Says It's Not Liable For Poor Pay At Franchises
• 7th Circ. Upholds NLRB Ruling On Plastic Bottle Co.'s CBA
• Bourbon Maker Says Rival Didn't Tap Disputed Trademark
• Brand Battles: 10 Firms Protest 'Craft Beer Atty' Trademark
• Texas Jury Invalidates Greenies Dog Treat Patents
• Germany Serves Up $103M In Beer, Food Antitrust Fines
• Twinings Again Seeks To Bag Tea Drinkers' Suit
• Taco Bell Looks To Undo Workers' Meal Break Trial Win
• Starbucks Says Amcor Must Face $5.3M Moldy Coffee Suit
• Defending 'Non-GMO' Consumer Fraud Class Actions
• Arby's Quickly Wraps Up Bourbon IP Row With Slogan Change
• Investment Firm JAB Inks $1.35B Krispy Kreme Buyout
• Cocoa Farmers Were 'Blindsided' By Arbitration, Court Told
• 3rd Circ. Sides With Giant Eagle In IRS Fuel Perks Tax Row
• Reusable Coffee Pod Co. Says It Didn't Flout Rival's Patent
• The Fastest Rocket Docket For The 8th Straight Year
• EPA Region 9 Spearheads Climate Fight, Outgoing Chief Says
• Canadian Pacific, Agrium End Hazardous Shipment Tariff Row
• Outback Assistant Managers Seek OT In FLSA Class Action
• Mo. High Court Denies Krispy Kreme Sales Tax Refund
• Caribou Coffee Hit With TCPA Suit Over Text Messages
• Crowdfunding May Be Game Changer For Restaurant Industry
• Feds Seize Illegally Imported, Mislabeled Chinese Honey
• Beer Drinkers Ask 9th Circ. For 2nd Round On Anheuser Suit
• Arby's Slammed With IP Suit Over New Bourbon Sandwiches
• Vendors Plead Guilty To MillerCoors Marketing Fraud Scheme
• Monsanto Beats $20M PCB Cancer Claims In Calif. Trial
• Fla. Must Pay $15M Judgment Over Citrus Trees, Court Says
• Kimlan Foods Hit With Suit Over 'No Preservatives' Label
• Subway False Ad Deal Only Benefits Counsel, 7th Circ. Told
• Okla. Asks Judge To Toss Arbitrator's $27M Tax Ruling
• Yogurt Buyers Fight To Keep Sugar Content Suit Alive
• 6 Ways Lawyers Can Enhance Cross-Office Communication
• Australia OKs AB InBev's $100B SABMiller Buyout Plan
• Real Estate Rumors: Donahue, Tribune, Retail Properties
• Monsanto Owes $20M In PCB Cancer Suit, Calif. Jury Told
• Fairway Gets Nod To Begin Tapping $55M Ch. 11 Loan
• Mastercard Doesn't Owe Food Co. For Data Breach Fallout
• Ex-Peanut Corp. Manager Can't Compel Trial Docs In Appeal
• New Orleans Eatery's Mark Affirmed For Original Site Only
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Le-Nature's Exec's Appeal Of 15-Year Sentence
• SABMiller, Coke Bottling Deal Gets Early OK In South Africa
• Ex-MillerCoors VP Admits $8M Fraud Scheme Against Beer Co.
• Ferragamo Sues Ex-NFL QB Over Same-Name Winery
• USDA, VC Firm Launch $100M Rural Agricultural Biz Fund
• 9th Circ. Keeps Seafood Merger On Ice In Antitrust Suit
• What Is Your Squirm Factor?
• Scalia's Vacancy Shifts High Court On Class Actions
• Rulings Clear Up Controversy Over Fla. Medical Pot License
• Ariz. Bar Settles EEOC Pregnancy Bias Suit
• FDA Warning Wire: Cancer Treatment Co. Again Under Fire
• Deals Rumor Mill: Zodiac Aerospace, Stada, S. Kidman & Co.
• ITC Clears Way For Duties On Plastic Resin Producers
• UAE Food Co.'s Arbitration Win Can't Stand, Court Told
• Koch Ranch Loses Bid For New Trial Over Cattle Rights
• Justices Asked To Review Labor Agency's 'Trial By Ambush'
• Mexico's $472M Tuna Label Retaliation Bid Gets WTO Panel
• CORRECTED: Energy Shot Maker Pushes To Undo $10.6M TM Verdict
• Real Estate Rumors: Adam America, CIM Group, UC Santa Cruz
• Interpreting Duran V. US Bank In The Aftermath Of Tyson
• Grocer Fairway Group Files For Bankruptcy
• Quaker Oats Contains Possible Carcinogen, Suit Says
• Yogurt Consumers Want Dairy Kept In Sugar Content MDL
• 2 Cuban Cos. Want Bacardi's Trademark Suit Tossed
• Ruby Tuesday Hid Traffic Woes from Investors, Suit Says
• TTAB Refuses Mucinex 'Mini Melts' TMs
• Fed. Circ. Clarifies Venue Selection In Patent Cases
• Hearthside Food Solutions Sued Over 'Unsanitary' Snacks
• US Raises Questions About Honduran Food Safety Laws
• Real Estate Rumors: Thor, Eagle Brook, Crescent Heights
• Calif. Panel Backs Roscoe's Chicken Malpractice Arbitration
• Export-Import Bank Must Pay Shipment Backer
• Roquette Asks 3rd Circ. To Undo IP Rights Arbitration Award
• High Court Won't Hear Bid To Amend Seattle's $15 Min Wage
• High Court Denies Pom's Bid To Overturn FTC False Ad Row