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Food & Beverage - June, 2016

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• Fuddruckers Gets Nod To Settle Beef Over 'Kobe' Burgers
• Wash. Tribe Says Judge Misinterpreted Fishing Rights Ruling
• 2nd Circ. Revives 2 FACTA Suits In Light Of Spokeo
• Companies Return To Bond Markets With Big Post-Brexit Deals
• Fed. Insurer Not Wrong To Deny Peanut Crop Claim: 11th Circ.
• EPA Needn't Mandate Pesticide Disclosure, Calif. Judge Says
• EU Probes Possible AB InBev Belgian Trade Restriction
• Grubhub Hit With Misclassification Suit By Delivery Drivers
• Hershey Spurns $23B Mondelez Buyout Offer
• NY Should Unify Standards For Atty Fees Against State Agency
• Caisse Invests $222.9M In Products Testing Firm Eurofins
• Monsanto Can't Nix Herbicide Cancer Suit
• EB-5 Investors Could Fill The Restaurant Funding Void
• Kindly Rethinking FDA's Definition Of 'Healthy'
• Consumer Stands By Melitta Coffee Labeling Class Claims
• Pom Wins TM Victory Over Competitor's 'Pom' Flavor Name
• Wash. Tribes Want Federal Judge's Fishing Order Trimmed
• Chinese Garlic Supplier Challenges Anti-Dumping Duty
• Card Data Breach Hit Over Half Of Noodles & Co. Locations
• Arbitrators Overstepped In Biotech IP Row, 3rd Circ. Told
• Potassium Chloride Should Be Potassium Salt On Food Labels
• Texas Atty Insists 'Sapo' Wasn't Meant As Slur In ADA Suit
• Apollo Global To Acquire Diamond Resorts For $2.2B
• Monsanto Still In Talks With Bayer After Rejecting $62B Bid
• How To Manage Your Law School Debt After Graduation
• Krispy Kreme Investors Want $1.35B Buyout Paused
• Food Co. Found To Violate Labor Laws During Union Push
• Insurers Seek To Escape Coverage In Blender Defect Row
• Pepsi Reaches Settlement In Suit Over Carcinogen Content
• Dunkin' Donuts Not On Hook For Stores' Sales, NJ Judge Says
• How To Become The Firm Every GC Wants To Hire
• Hogan Lovells Partner Among 18 Named To Calif. Bench
• TTAB Says 'Dickman' Is A Surname, Not A Trademark
• The 24 Firms GCs Love The Most
• Kraft Seeks Quick Win In 'Natural' Cheese Class Action
• Seed Co. To Pay $200K To Settle DOJ Immigrant Bias Claims
• Human Trafficker Gets 15 Years In Prison For Forced Labor
• GE Continues Sell-Off, Shedding Most US Restaurant Assets
• Starbucks' Transfer Pricing Behind EU's $34M Tax Ruling
• Feds, Tribes Seek End To Enviros' Fish Hatchery Claims
• PE Investors Plug $111M Into Online Grocery Thrive Market
• Hard Rock Las Vegas Hit With New Credit Card Data Breach
• FTC Accepts Divestitures For Ball's $7.2B Rexam Deal
• Consumers Slam Chipotle's Bid For Docs In GMO Suit
• The Firms That Won Big At the Supreme Court
• The Top Supreme Court Dissents Of The Term
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term
• A Divided Court Finds New Ways To Be Unanimous
• Farmers In Syngenta MDL Fight Bid To Sink Class Actions
• 8 Wasn't Enough For Lawyers Seeking High Court Clarity
• Kroger Sues Visa Over Debit Card Signature Requirement
• 9th Circ. Says Wash. Must Fix Culverts In Tribal Salmon Suit
• Whole Foods, Kombucha Maker Rip Exploding Drink Suit
• Calif. Judge Moves AmEx Fraud Liability Row To NY
• Dallas Church, Bishop Want Out Of Deion Sanders FCA Suit
• Starbucks Skimpy-Drinks Transfer Bid Is Tactical, JPML Told
• PF Chang's Appeals Data Breach Coverage Loss To 9th Circ.
• The Cloud And Ethical Considerations For Lawyers
• AIG Policy Covers Unfair Competition Suit, Farm Co. Says
• Texas Business Group Says Alcohol Regulator Discriminates
• Tyson Foods Pushes For New Trial In Don-Doff Case
• Kraft Can't Duck Wheat Futures Manipulation Suit
• Class Attys Seek $1M Share Of $3M Rita's Ice Settlement
• Blue Buffalo Fights Purina's Separate Trials Bid In Chow Row
• 7th Circ. Provides Road Map For Preference Defendants
• Salmon Sets Stage For Future GMO Labeling Regime
• Humpty Dumpty Falls Into Costco Hepatitis Berries Suit
• Ky. Strip Club Slapped By Dancer Classification, Wage Suit
• Fed. Circ. Says 'Maya' Wine Won't Be Confused With 'Mayari'
• Ft. Riley Food Fight Can Remain In Kansas, Judge Says
• Starbucks Wins Early Round Of $5.3M Moldy Coffee Suit
• Jimmy John's: Poster Child For National Noncompete Debate
• How Lawyers Can Harness The Power Of Social Media
• Univ. Of Kentucky Wins Toss Of Distillery's 'Kentucky' IP Suit
• Texas Can't Give Inmates Arsenic-Laden Water, Judge Rules
• MillerCoors Brewery In Texas Cited For Safety Violations
• Senators Say Compromise Reached On GMO Labeling Bill
• Lithuanian Grocer, Baker Hit With €16M In Price-Fixing Fines
• Hain Says Baby Formula's 'Organic' Label Backed By USDA
• Yuengling Brewery To Pay $10M To Settle Pa. CWA Violations
• Post Foods Hit With 3 Spats Over 'Natural' Cereal Claims
• Chipotle Seeks Employee Sanctions In Workers' Wage Suit
• Blue Buffalo Slams Distributor's Bid To Skip Chow Claims
• From The Partner's Desk: Tips For Recent Law Grads
• Post-Tyson, Defendants Should Play Offense In Discovery
• Broker Must Face SEC's Claims Of $15M Farm Loan Scam
• Jimmy John's Nixes NY Noncompetes In Agreement With AG
• No Reason To Fear Teamsters In Extortion Case, Judge Told
• Airbnb Faces IP Suit For Using Julia Child's Name In Ads
• WTO Dispute Roundup: Workload, Personnel Issues Linger
• Beer Logo Can't Feature Empire State Building, TTAB Says
• Mexico Pours $4.9M In Fines Over Sugar Cartel
• Deals Rumor Mill: McDonald's, Starwood, Post Holdings
• Takeaways From The High Court's New Rule On RICO's Reach
• 'Taking My Talents To South Beach': Law Firm Version
• Restaurant Co. Fined $18K In Form I-9 Row
• FDA Warning Wire: Cancer Doc Targeted Over Plant Conditions
• Tribe Secures Win Over Okla. In $27M Alcohol-Tax Fight
• Coke Wants Labeling MDL Paused For 9th Circ. Rulings
• Native Farmers' Class Rep To Fight $380M Plan In DC Circ.
• Akin Gump Guides Tier REIT's $191M Chicago Tower Sale
• ADM Can't Stop Indonesian Suit In $21M Soybean Row
• Jury Slashes Damages In Hoover Dam Artist's Second Trial
• USDA Official Urges House To Lower Barriers To Cuban Trade
• Zurich Can't Pawn Off Asbestos Deal Coverage, Insurer Says
• Arbitration Clause Died With Written Contract, Judge Says
• Trader Joe's Strikes Deal With Feds Over Refrigerator Leaks
• Your 401(k) Plan: A Ticking Time Bomb Of Liability?
• EPA Great Lakes Plan Greatly Contrasts Chesapeake Bay
• Monsanto Suit Accuses Ex-Analyst Of Stealing Secrets
• Consumers Soured By 'Slack-Filled' Sour Patch Candy Boxes
• Blue Buffalo Seeks Green Light For Defenses In Food Fight
• USDA Organic Fertilizer Rule Buried Over APA Stink
• Andrews Kurth Atty Defends Brief In $445M Dow IP Row
• Firms Must Plant Roots In These Cities To Compete Globally
• 4 Firms Lead The Pack In Global Expansion
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2016
• High Court Gives Gov't License To Take RICO Claims Global
• Houston Atty Sues Starbucks Over Spilled Hot Coffee
• Brand Battles: Wrangler, 'Grand Theft Auto,' NBA
• Philly Sugar Tax's Bitter Foes Face Long-Shot Legal Battle
• Kellogg Cooks Up $100M Fund To Back Innovative Food Cos.
• Del Monte Wins $32M In Costa Rica Pineapple Contract Row
• Chipotle Looks To Duck GMO-Ingredient Class Action
• EU's Antitrust Agency OKs Ardagh's Ball Corp., Rexam Buy
• High Court Limits RICO's Reach Beyond US In Civil Cases
• Starbucks Drinkers Can Move Ahead With Slimmed Latte Suit
• Andrews Kurth Atty Can't Crash $446M Dow Row, Bayer Says
• Atlantic City Casino Union Plans July 4 Weekend Strike
• Health Hires: Quarles, Sheppard Mullin, Manatt Grow in DC
• PE Duo Pays £217M To Buy Tesco's Dobbies Garden Centres
• US Senate Panel Opens Door For More Food Exports To Cuba
• MillerCoors Dodges Blue Moon 'Craft Brewed' Suit
• Wendy's Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach
• Philly City Council OKs Sugary Drinks Tax
• Landmark Ruling Doesn't Curb Tribe's Fishing, Judge Says
• Farmers Seek Nationwide Class Cert. In GMO Corn MDL
• Commerce To Review Ammonium Sulfate Imports From China
• Ex-Chiquita Exec Wants Out Of Colombia Paramilitary Suit
• Calif. Fuel Groups Win OK To Update Carbon Rule Challenge
• CVS, Walgreens Coupon Patent Suit Halted For PTAB Review
• Solazyme Urges 3rd Circ. To Back IP Rights Arbitration Award
• Policies Clash In $445M Dow Appeal, Andrews Kurth Atty Says
• Reed Smith Adds PE, M&A Pro From Winston & Strawn In NY
• Coconut Oil Maker Slams Suit Over 'Healthy' Labeling
• Ex-Chuck E. Cheese Manager's Civil Penalties Claim Tossed
• Wachtel Missry Guides Thor In $76M NYC Property Deal
• Caribou Coffee Wants TCPA Case Stayed For DC Circ. Ruling
• Why Olympic Runner's Antitrust Suit Didn't Clear Hurdle
• Italian Vending Machine Cartel Fined More Than $116M
• Maker Of GE Salmon Wants In On FDA-Approval Challenge
• Morgan Lewis Guides NBK Capital In $110M Fund Close
• Melitta Seeks Toss Of Class Action Over Coffee Labeling
• Grassley Urges DOJ To 'Analyze' $130B Dow-DuPont Merger
• Dairy Farmers Win Larger Share Of $50M Price-Fixing Award
• Ex-Utz Worker, Vendor Charged In $1.4M Fake Invoice Scheme
• NC Tribe Claims Anheuser-Busch Store Ads Infringe Marks
• FDA Warning Wire: Sanitary Worries At Whole Foods Plant
• 5th Circ. Agrees Credit-Card Tip Offset Ran Afoul Of FLSA
• Nestle Waters Faces Calif. Workers' OT And Meal Break Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Zom, Hauser, Create World America
• General Mills GMO Cereal Suit Paused Pending FDA Review
• GOP Lawmaker Urges Vigorous Oversight Of TPP Food Rules
• McCormick Says Rival Copied 'Old Bay' Package
• Blue Buffalo Shakes Most Of Purina's False Ad Counterclaim
• CPSC Civil Penalties: A Divide Along Party Lines
• 6 Factors Every Law Firm's Gender Diversity Initiative Needs
• It's Time For Congress To Reel In The USDA Catfish Rule
• Kraft Colored Cheese Case Not Clear Cut, Judge Finds
• Amazon, J&J, Others Pledge To Improve Wage Equality
• Krispy Kreme Faces Investor Suit Over $1.35B Buyout Deal
• Seafood Co. Wants Coverage In Octopus Mislabeling Suit
• Clorox, Kingsford Accused Of Infringing Charcoal Patent
• Keurig Slams 'End-Around' Suit Over $14B Deal
• Ex-Exec Says Firing Due To Unauthorized-Worker Concerns
• High Court Won't Review Labor Agency's 'Trial By Ambush'
• FDA Actions 'Inadequate' On Powdered Caffeine, Group Says
• Chipotle Demands More Info In GMO Class Action
• McDonald's Announces HQ Move to Downtown Chicago
• Wegmans Foils Pa. Land Assessment On Appeal
• NY Order To Hike Min. Fast Food Wage To $15 Upheld
• The Bayer-Monsanto Deal Through An Antitrust Lens
• KFC's Spanish Ads Are Finger Lickin' Bad, Suit Says
• Justices Won't Hear Suit Targeting FDA For Tomato Sales Drop
• Calif. Agricultural Co. Pays $235K For Visa Violations
• Waffle House Can't Shake Background Check Class Action
• High Court Won't Take Up Water Deal Challenge
• 12 Ways To Ensure Compliance With New Food Defense Rule
• FDA's Cane Juice Rule Doesn't Impact Label Suit, Lifeway Says
• Wendy's Widens Data Breach Estimate With New Reveal
• Brand Battles: Google, Bob Marley, Seattle Seahawks
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bayer, Oaktree Capital, Valeant
• Twinings Says 7-Eleven Case Irrelevant To Tea Class Action
• Monster Tries To Force Foreign Drink Distributor To Arbitrate
• India Nearing Compliance In WTO Poultry Dispute
• Internet Speech And The 'Fire Cider' Trademark Case
• Insurance Challenges For Dietary Supplement Manufacturers
• In-House Teams Are Voting With Their Feet — And Then Some
• Dave & Buster's Agrees To Pay $2.1M To End Wage Suit
• Weber BBQ Sauce False Label Suit Scorched By Rebate
• WTO Members Take Stock Of Farm Subsidies
• Judge Revokes Bail For Ex-Restaurateur Tied To NYPD Probe
• Bigelow Seeks Quick Win In Antioxidant False Ad Row
• $794M Morgan Hotels-SBEEG Merger Hit With Class Challenge
• EU Competition Watchdog OKs Sysco's $3.1B Brakes Buy
• Navigating FDA's New Nutrition And Supplement Facts Rules
• How ADM Cut Its Outside Counsel Rosters By 680 Law Firms
• Ill. AG Hits Jimmy John's With Suit Over Noncompete
• PF Chang's Loss Highlights Common Holes In Cyber Coverage
• Former Ethics Judge Cops To $3M Fraud
• Judge Allows TGI Friday's Workers To Add Claims In Wage Suit
• Energy Drink Co. Too Late To Claim Coverage, Hanover Says
• Class Cert. Sought In Calif. Coconut Oil Label Suit
• Almond Milk Buyers Fight Stay Pending Other False Ad Deal
• DOJ, FTC Get Tougher On Remedies: Can Your Deal Be Fixed?
• 7 Tips For Writing An Effective Amicus Brief
• The 25 Law Firms GCs Recommend To Their Friends
• Subway Asks 7th Circ. To Uphold Short Sandwich Class Deal
• Branded Tribal Gaming Experiences Could Be A Win-Win
• 5 Insights From Garden City Group GC Scott Nader
• EU Says Luxembourg Knew McDonald's Profits Weren't Taxed
• Heinz Tells 3rd Circ. Judge Wrongfully Voided $25M Policy
• 9th Circ. Revives 7-Eleven Chip Eater's False Ad Suit
• Trader Joe's Pirate Store Should Walk The Plank, 9th Circ. Told
• DC Comes Closer To Approving $15 Minimum Wage By 2020
• Romania Arbitration Spat Awaits Mobil-Venezuela Appeal
• Agency Challenges Pepsi Over Super Bowl Ad Copyright
• Fairway Market Gets Nod On Ch. 11 Plan
• Feds Charge NJ Food Co. Owner With $3.4M Fraud Scheme
• Waffle House Applicants Seek Cert. In Background Check Suit
• Amcor Urges Court To Toss Starbucks' Moldy Coffee Suit
• Papa John's Driver Sues For Mileage Money Under FLSA
• Costco Can't Slip Coconut Oil 'Healthful' Label Row
• 3 Firms Guide Cott Corp.'s $525M Water Cooler Co. Buy
• Foie Gras Critics Can't Prove Health Risk, USDA Says
• Between A Bang And A Whimper: High Court On Class Actions
• Syngenta Says Several GMO Corn Class Actions Barred
• Dallas Chef Aims To Block Ex-Partners' Use Of His Name
• Taco Bell Workers Want $7M Fee Bid Decided After Appeal
• Mr. Coffee Maker Inks $4.5M Defect Deal With CPSC
• Shepherds' Wage Suit Doesn't Show Collusion, Judge Says
• Mars Wants 'Recycled' M&M Slack Fill Class Action Tossed
• PF Chang's Can't Get More Coverage For Data Breach Fees
• Top Hershey Trust Atty On Leave After Letter Slamming Board
• US, European Regulators Set Derivatives Partnership
• PF Chang's Dodges Gluten Allergy Discrimination Suit
• High Court Rejects Saucy CBP Duties Rule Challenge
• Constitution Claims Nixed In San Francisco Soda Ad Ban Suit
• PTAB Axes Claims Of 2 Steuben Foods Packaging Patents
• Pie Press Maker's Success Shows Monopoly Power: Baker
• Del. High Court Sets Example For Revisiting Daimler
• 5 Steps To An Anti-Corruption 'Culture Of Compliance'
• AmEx Fights For Arbitration In Credit Card Fraud Liability Row
• Brand Battles: Coca-Cola, Denver Broncos, 'The Walking Dead'
• Bayer Loses EPA Row Over Axed Pesticide
• Ex-Restaurateur With NYPD Ties Denies $12M Ponzi Scheme
• Produce Co. Hit With $14.5K Fine In I-9 Violations Case
• DC Circ. OKs Rule Allowing Endangered Antelope Hunting
• Supermarket Can't Dodge Arbitration Over Starbucks Plan
• Bankruptcy Watchdog Raises Red Flag Over Fairway Releases
• Ex-NFL QB Says Ferragamo TM Suit Belongs In Calif.
• 6 Supreme Court Cases Every BigLaw Attorney Should Watch
• Starbucks Fine Has Companies Reading CPSC's Tea Leaves
• No Meat In Reason For Late Filing, Slaughterhouse Told
• Vitamin Cottage Says Insurer Owes Coverage For Data Breach
• Taco Bell Slams Workers' $7M Atty Fee Bid After Wage Trial
• Chiquita Can't Ditch Colombia Paramilitary Torture Claims
• JPML Consolidates Parmesan Cheese Label MDLs In Chicago
• Quaker Oats Hit With Class Action Over Pesticides
• A Brief History Of Law Firm Cyberattacks
• Food Co. Can't Sell FDA-Regulated Items Over Safety Issues
• Carriuolo V. GM And The Future Of The Overcharge Theory
• Darden Restaurants' Defenses Trimmed In EEOC Age Bias Suit
• Starbucks Unit's $3.75M Exploding Tumbler Fine Splits CPSC
• FDA Urges Food Industry To Cut Sodium By One-Third
• Whole Foods Buyer Asks 2nd Circ. To Weigh Overcharge Suit
• Dow Urges Fed. Circ. To Nix $456M Patent Arbitration Award
• Okla. Wants Tribe's Arbitration Win In Alcohol-Tax Fight Nixed
• AB InBev's $100B Deal Gets S. Africa, Canada Agencies' OK
• Deals Rumor Mill: AB InBev, Google, Caisse Des Depots
• Marley-Linked Coffee Co. Settles SEC Pump-And-Dump Case
• Wyo. Defends Ban On 'Open Land' Data-Gathering
• Ex-NFL QB Blasts Trademark Suit From Same-Name Designer
• Coca-Cola To Pay $575M For Unilever's Latin America Soy Biz
• Biz Mogul Denies $43M Dean Foods Insider Trading Charges
• Pa. Readies 1st Interim Regulation For Medical Pot