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Food & Beverage - July, 2016

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• Utz Vendor Pleads Guilty In $1.4M False Invoice Scheme
• Blue Buffalo Supplier Fights Bid To Shift Fake-Meat Blame
• Hershey Trust Reform Deal Reached With Pa. AG
• Coca-Cola, Monster Sued Over Use Of Juice Peddler's Name
• Product Liability Regulation & Legislation: Midyear Report
• EPA Won't Rethink Bayer's Challenge To Axed Pesticide
• Blue Bell Fined $850K For Last Year's Listeria Outbreak
• Defecator DNA Test Didn't Break Law, Says Warehouse Co.
• 5 Things To Know About The Bioengineered Food Labeling Bill
• PTAB Nixes Priceline's Bid To Review IBM Patent
• SABMiller Backs AB InBev's Sweetened $103B Offer
• Prevent Litigation From Becoming A Threat To Data Security
• USPTO Tells Fed. Circ. Cuozzo Blocks Menu Patent Appeal
• Enviros Say Fish Hatchery Review Was Botched
• Calif. Food Co. To Pay $1.5M In EEOC Sex Harassment Case
• Starr Gave Up Right To Void Heinz Policy, 3rd Circ. Told
• ShopRite Sues NJ Town To Halt Competing Project
• Whole Foods Denied 'World's Healthiest Grocery Store' TM
• Real Estate Rumors: Whole Foods, Caval, Silicon Valley Bank
• Odwalla 'Cane Juice' Suit Resumes After FDA Guidance
• Avnet Pays $907M For Raspberry Pi Maker Farnell
• OPINION: Our Juries Are Being Circumvented
• Calif. McDonald's Workers Near Cert. On Unpaid Wage Claims
• General Mills Beats 'Creative' Gluten Labeling Suit
• Stockholders On Hook For Farming Biz's Tax Bill Post-Trial
• NJ High Court To Review Class Cert. In Drink Pricing Suits
• Candy Maker Topps Accuses Rival Of Infringing Lollipop IP
• Steakhouse Looks To Chop FACTA Suit For Lack Of Harm
• CIT Judge Affirms Most Of Commerce's Chinese Garlic Results
• Mega-Merger Reviews Show DOJ Obstinance On Remedies
• Senate Cafeteria Staff Gets $1M In Back Pay After DOL Probe
• 7-Eleven Targets Copycat Brooklyn Bodegas
• Craft Beer Co. Abita Sued Over 'Bootlegger' Root Beer
• Industry Data Shows Drop In Agricultural Exports To Cuba
• Retail Opportunity Investments To Sell $200M In Notes
• Ex-Utz Exec Pleads Guilty To $1.4M Fake Invoice Scheme
• Legal Aid, Meet Legal Tech
• 4 Traits Of The Top Litigation Firms
• 5 Small(er) But Mighty Litigation Shops
• Law360 Names Top 50 Firms For Litigation
• Chobani Lands Former GC From Gilt Groupe
• Food Co. Workers' $2.9M Wage Suit Win Can't Trump Ch. 11
• Venezuela Hit With Claim Over Agribusiness Nationalization
• FDA, Nonprofits Ask Ninth Circ. To Stay Perchlorate Case
• Intimidating Coconut Oil Maker Needs Sanctions, Court Told
• FDA Warning Wire: 'Slimy Build-Up' At Big Salad Co.
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 4 All-Star MDLs
• Dow, DuPont Send EU Watchdog Concessions On $130B Deal
• Monster Energy, Martinique Distributor Settle Dispute
• Melitta Fires Back At Class Cert. Bid In Coffee Label Suit
• AB InBev's New SABMiller Offer Not Sweet Enough For Some
• Testing The UBE: Portable But Inaccurate Bar Exam Scores
• AWOL Atty Lets Wendy's Off Hook In QR Code Patent Case
• Exxon Still Owes $8.5M From Valdez Spill, Fish Co. Says
• Brand Battles: Apple, Bristol-Myers, Novartis, Subway
• Fish Importer Asks High Court To Take Duty Case
• Real Estate Rumors: Atlas, Fla. Apartment Complex, Stantec
• Hormel Gets Claims Trimmed In Bacon Cooking Contract Row
• NY Food Delivery Men Forced To Do 'Side Work,' Jury Hears
• Vertellus Wants Nod For Severance Deal To Protect Secrets
• El Pollo Loco Secures Toss Of Calif. Investor Suit
• FWS Wants Claims Trimmed In Modified-Salmon Dispute
• Alaskan Tribe Loses Bid For Subsistence Fishing Permit
• Bruins Athletic Director Allowed To Testify In Tax Fight
• Testing The UBE: Missouri Benefits From Uniform Bar Exam
• Feeding The Future World: The Israel Outlook
• McDonald's To Appeal Class Cert. To 9th Circ. In Wage Suit
• Attorneys' Fees Nixed In $14B Keurig Acquisition Suit
• Vegas Strip Club Can Use 'Crazy Horse' TM, 9th Circ. Says
• Organic Food Co. Pays $1.5M To Avoid Immigration Charges
• Okla. Sends $27M Tribe Win In Alcohol Tax Suit To 10th Circ.
• Dog Bone Maker Can't Shake Most Of Pet Death Dispute
• USDA Food Safety Data Plan Hints At Larger Institutional Goals
• Delhaize, Ahold Win FTC OK Of $29B Grocer Merger
• 11th Circ. Urged To Get Fla. Court's Input On Insurance Row
• Watchdogs Demand Block Of $43B ChemChina-Syngenta Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Goldman Sachs, BRF SA
• Ingredient Co. Hit With $7.5M Suit Over Guar Gum Factory
• DOJ Stance On $100B Beer Deal Caps AB InBev Expansion
• $6M Deal OK'd, Ends 18K Pizza Hut Workers' Wage Claims
• Whole Foods Told To Pay $3.5M On Add-Backs Per NY Tax Law
• Indian Court Lets McDonald's Arbitrate With Franchisee
• WTO Dispute Roundup: Members Look To Get House In Order
• Real Estate Rumors: Orbach Group, Lennar, Brill Holdings
• Female Saks Cafe Servers Claim Firings Were Sexist, Ageist
• Startup Focused On Aiding Farmers Nets $100M From PE
• Archer Daniels Faces Class Action Over Deadly Horse Feed
• McCormick Tries To Shake False Ad Suit Over Pepper Product
• Spokeo Saves SuperValu Data Breach MDL, 8th Circ. Told
• NYC Bistro Stole Tips To Pay Immigrant, Ex-Worker Says
• Koch Foods Tells 5th Circ. EEOC-Cited Ruling Is Irrelevant
• Restaurant Owner Accused Of Penning Fake Letter To Judge
• Deals Rumor Mill: BC Partners, Mondelez, Clariant
• United Pet Foods Resolves Toxic Dog, Mink Feed Spat
• Ga. Court Sinks Ship Owner's Bid For Security In $667K Row
• Singapore Judge Tosses SIAC Award Over Palm Oil Contract
• DOJ Clears AB InBev's $100B SABMiller Deal
• Kraft Can't Halt CTFC Wheat-Manipulation Case
• XY Urges Court To Consider Halo In Sex-Selection IP Case
• NY Probe Backs Shoppers' Whole Foods Suit, 2nd Circ. Told
• Atty Scolded For 'Nearly Pathological' Late Filings
• Wash. Tribe Joins Suit Over FDA's Modified Salmon Approval
• Food Co. Utz To Acquire Rival Golden Enterprises For $135M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yahoo, Monsanto, Silver Run
• India Looks To Dodge $450M US Retaliation In Poultry Row
• Feds Fight Alaska Tribe's Bid For Immediate Fishing Rights
• Consumers Say Kraft Heinz Can't Toss False Label Suit
• An Analysis Of The First 50 Crowdfunding Offerings
• Coca-Cola Can't Halt 'No Artificial Flavors' Labeling MDL
• Exclusion Makes Bars' Ad Coverage 'Illusory,' Court Says
• Pa. Justices Drop Appeal Over Gas Station Beer Sales
• VPN Dilemma: Anonymous Expression Vs. Defamation
• Monsanto Spurns Bayer's Sweetened Offer
• Starbucks' Dismissal Request A Delaying Ploy, Court Hears
• Noodle Maker Agrees To Shut Down Unsanitary Plant
• Real Estate Rumors: Related Cos., Infinity, Newmark
• Tenn. Delivery Drivers Hit Snyder's With Wage Suit
• DC Circ Urged Not To Bail Out Caribou In TCPA Suit
• AIG Needn't Cover Unfair Competition Suit, Court Told
• US Benihana Chain Gets $1.1M In Attys' Fees In Contract Feud
• US, Vietnam Strike Deal To End WTO Shrimp Fight
• Chipotle Objects To Expert's Labeling Evidence In GMO Suit
• How Law Firms Can Create Next-Generation Office Spaces
• Selling Your Twinkie And Eating It Too
• Are Your Drug Test Policies Placing You At Risk With OSHA?
• Taco Bell Workers Win Fraction Of 'Inflated' $7.3M Fee Bid
• 7th Circ. OKs Tip-Credit Pay For Servers' Sidework
• Wendy's Beats Data Breach Class Action For Now
• Twinings Says Antioxidant Class Can't Win
• Rao's Specialty Foods Shareholders Sue To Force CEO Out
• DOL Tells 9th Circ. Tips Don't Always Count Toward Min. Wage
• Stunted-Chicken Ruling Hatches Fight Over Defect Exclusions
• Calif. Olive Oil Buyers Win Cert. In False Ad Row
• Bayer Wants Dow Appeal Of $456M Crop Science Award Killed
• TTIP Talks Wrap With Both Sides Pressing For More Urgency
• Real Estate Rumors: Property Markets, Sabates, Rockefeller
• AdvancePierre Foods Prices $390M IPO At Low End Of Range
• Brand Battles: Wrigley Pushes To Stop 'Skittles' Sex Toys
• Tobacco Co., Grocer Win Back $71M In UK Antitrust Fines
• NJ Delivery Drivers Hit Bimbo With OT Class Action
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Seafood Co.'s Antitrust Arbitration Bid
• Court Properly Voided Heinz's $25M Policy, 3rd Circ. Hears
• Sodexo To Pay $1.1M In Wage Suit With Offshore Workers
• Sainsbury's Wins $90.6M In MasterCard Interchange Fee Suit
• $5M Sex Assault Verdict Against Gay Bar Upheld On Appeal
• Kaufman Dolowich Client Hit With $500 Daily Sanctions
• SuperValu Shoppers Ask 8th Circ. To Undo MDL Dismissal
• Tribe Gets Fast Review Of Bid For Subsistence Fishing Permit
• Mongolian Whistleblower's Asylum Bid Nixed By 9th Circ.
• Bayer Raises Buyout Offer To Entice Monsanto
• NJ Court Axes Insurer Win In Stunted-Chicken Coverage Fight
• 9th Circ. Upends Jim Beam TM Win Over 'Pucker' Logo
• Insurer Says Octopus Coverage Spat Needs To Reach Further
• Delhaize, Ahold To Sell 86 US Stores To Win Nod For Merger
• Safeway Off The Hook For One Underfilled Tuna Can Claim
• GrubHub Loses Bid To Toss Calif. Driver Suit Over Wages
• Dunkin' Donuts Can't Ditch Suit Over Carcinogen Labeling
• KFC's Delays On Sale Cost Franchisee $32M, Suit Says
• EEOC Says Rastafarian Cook Wrongly Fired Over Dreadlocks
• Taco Bell Sued For Discrimination Of Deaf Drive-Thru Patrons
• Deals Rumor Mill: Jamieson Laboratories, Symantec, Carlyle
• Supplement Maker Slammed Over Allegedly Toxic Drink
• Portland 8th City To Sue Monsanto Over PCB Pollution
• Tenn. High Court Adopts Del. Standard In Family Biz Fight
• Breach Response: New Laws To Know And 5 Questions To Ask
• An Unprecedented Expansion Of Calif. Water Board Authority
• Coca-Cola Says No Hidden Motives In Pausing Labeling MDL
• Dunkin' Donuts Tries To Dump Coffee Tax Suit
• DLA Piper Leads Food & Bev Firm In $890M Fundraising
• Chinese Fertilizer Trade Case Clears First ITC Hurdle
• LabMD Draws Law Firms, Coke Into Tiversa Data Theft Row
• South China Sea Ruling Unlikely To Ease Trade Tensions
• KFC Assistant Managers Win Class Cert. In OT Row
• New EPA Advice On Selenium Limits Has Enviros Crying Foul
• Texas Atty Says Slur Merits Counsel's Suspension In ADA Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: ChemChina, Xerox, ZTO Express
• Foley & Lardner Steers Regency Center's $353M Offering
• US Probe Of Chinese Fertilizer Imports To Continue
• Benihana of Tokyo Accuses American Cousin Of Bad Faith
• Farmers Buck Preemption Arguments In Syngenta Corn MDL
• Egg Farm Says Nonprofit Can't Duck 'Organic' Label Case
• FDA Hits Back At Enviros Seeking Perchlorate Ruling
• Calling All Breweries: Is Your Wastewater In Order?
• Taco Bell Wage Deal Finally OK'd By Judge On 4th Try
• Pet Food Co. Seeks Final Deal Approval Over Product Claims
• How To Close A Law Firm — Practically And Ethically
• Tea Drinkers Hit Back At Bigelow's Bid To End Antioxidant Suit
• Rosa Mexicano Hit With Nationwide FLSA Class Action
• In Congress: Last Call Before Summer Recess
• Del Monte Faked Internet Squatting Claim, 9th Circ. Told
• Tuna Co. Wants Win Against Hanover Expanded
• Monsanto Fails To Dodge Roundup Cancer Allegations
• 9th Circ. Reenergizes Part Of Monster False Ad Row
• Coffee Drinkers Press Class Cert. In Melitta Labeling Suit
• US Asks WTO For $450M In Tariffs In India Poultry Dispute
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Skadden, Orrick
• P.F. Chang's Objects To Atty Fees In Data Breach Suit
• Wendy's Says Hackers Hit More Than 1,000 Stores
• McDonald's Workers Win Class Cert. In Calif. Wage Suit
• Dairy Farmers Appeal Lowered Atty Fees In $50M Settlement
• Burger King Employees Want Quick Win On Damages
• Samyang, Noodle Buyers Settle $1.5M Ramen Suits
• Tribe Asks 9th Circ. To Undo Fishing Rights Ruling
• Sprouts, Workers Want W-2 Phishing Suit Paused For JPML
• Chipotle Loses Employee Sanctions Bid In Worker Wage Suit
• Senate Moves GMO Labeling Bill Forward
• The Smart Money Is Not Following Traditional Law Firms
• Citrus Co. Can't Raise New Issues In Wage Suit, 11th Circ. Told
• Caledonia Investments Pays $154M For UK Pub Biz
• Whitbread Inks £84.5M Sale-Leaseback Deal For Hotel
• Danone To Expand US Offerings With $10B WhiteWave Buy
• EEOC Sues Bojangles Over Transgender Discrimination
• Egg Buyers Get $3M For Expenses In Antitrust Suit
• EEOC Settles Discrimination Suit With Ga. Farm
• Wyo. Judge Tosses 'Open Land' Data Gathering Suit
• 9th Circ. Backs EPA In Pesticide Buffer Zone Row
• Whole Foods Overcharge Claims Underwhelm, 2nd Circ. Told
• Feds Push To Collect $6.4M From Wash. Tribal Tobacco Co.
• Mass. Domino's Drivers Want Class Cert On Tip Claims
• 8th Circ. Upholds Jail Terms For Egg Execs Over Salmonella
• Coca-Cola Accused Of Delay Tactics In Labeling MDL
• High Court Reminder: The US Is Not The World's Policeman
• RFP Lessons: 5 Ways Law Firms Can Beat Frustration
• McDonald's Franchise Fired Worker For HIV Status, EEOC Says
• Chef Can't Shuck Trump's $10M Suit Over Restaurant Deal
• NC Tribe Settles TM Claims Over Anheuser-Busch Store Ads
• Tyson Can't Get New Trial In Don-Doff Case, Workers Argue
• FDA Warning Wire: Gluten, Rodents, Falsified Records
• McDonald's Pours $553M Into Germany-Wide Revamp
• Tribe's Challenge To Fishing Rights Ruling Mostly Nixed
• Chobani Says Greek Yogurt Labeling Suit Has No Case
• AdvancePierre Foods Sets Terms For $492M IPO
• Shepherds Say Judge's Report Ignores Antitrust Law Precepts
• Pallet Maker Seeks Out Of Starbucks Moldy Coffee Suit
• 2nd Philly Cheesesteak Fest Comes Wit' Noncompete Row
• Hostess Whips Up Deal To Merge With PE Co., Go Public
• RFP Lessons: 7 Tips To Improve Your Responses
• McDonald's Kills 'MacCoffee' Trademark In EU
• In Congress: Gun Control, Zika, FAA
• Judge Won't Stop Yogurt Label Suit Over Soured Co-Counsel
• Koch Ranch Told To Pay Cattle Seller $3.3M In Attys' Fees
• FDA Wants Claims Cut From Modified Salmon Dispute
• Spanish Trader Who Beat SEC Charges Charged With Perjury
• Ex-US Rep. Grimm's Biz Partner Gets 6 Months For Tax Fraud
• NLRB Slams Restaurant's Union Button Rule, Class Waivers
• Energy Drink Co. Says Policy Reading Violates Ariz. Law
• Saudi Arabia Walks Back 4-Year Ban On US Beef
• South Africa OKs AB InBev's Purchase Of SABMiller
• Hooters Says Lack Of Concrete Harm Sinks TCPA Text Suit
• Class Slams Bid For Stay In Caribou Coffee TCPA Suit
• Edible Arrangements, 1-800-Flowers End Sprawling TM Fight
• Real Estate Rumors: Whole Foods, TGM, Sabr
• Chocolate Class Actions Show Limits Of Food Label Claims
• RFP Lessons: A General Counsel's List Of Law Firm Mistakes