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Food & Beverage - September, 2016

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• Trump Backs Immigration Remarks In Chef Contract Fight
• Food Wholesaler AWI's Ch. 11 Estate Wins Plan Confirmation
• Dancers Claim Ky. Club Used Booze To Get Bad Contracts
• Miracle-Gro CEO Faces Leaner Tainted Bird Seed Suit
• Brand Battles: 'Woodstock' Wants Pot Trademarks
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petronas, Sushiro, Monte Dei Paschi
• Feds, Tribes Say 9th Circ. Needn't Rethink Culvert Ruling
• DC Atty Again Targeted For Sanctions In Chiquita MDL
• Red Wolf Killing Permits Blocked By Judge In NC
• Dole's 'All Natural' Labeling May Be Misleading, 9th Circ. Says
• Co.'s E. Coli, Salmonella Losses Aren't Covered, Underwriters Say
• Ariz. Co. Allowed Bias Against Gay Workers, EEOC Claims
• Oral Advocacy And 'Vocal Fry'
• Ex-Restaurateur In Ponzi Suit Sees New Bail Bid Torpedoed
• Banks Held To Higher Standard In Schnucks Breach Ruling
• Monsanto Shakes San Diego City, But Not Port In PCB Case
• Judge OKs Revised $12M Deal In Starkist Underfilled Tuna Suit
• Egg Producers Can't Crack Price-Fixing Conspiracy MDL
• Fox & Hound Parent's $28.6M Sale To Senior Creditor OK'd
• Priceline Source-Code 'Road Map' Suffices In IBM IP Row
• Magic Johnson Food Co. Sues Drexel U. Over Lack Of Growth
• Fage Greek Yogurt False Ad Suit Trimmed But Still Alive
• A Potential Secret Sauce For Mooting Class Claims
• Justices To Hear EEOC Subpoena Challenge
• 5th Circ. Nixes Koch Foods' Access To Identifying Visa Info
• Chipotle Hit With $7.65M Verdict In Sexual Harassment Suit
• Grocer Dodges Banks' 'Highly General' Data Breach Claims
• Co. Should Face $8.5B Iraq War Fraud Suit, Magistrate Says
• Kiss Rockers' Pub Chain Workers Near Meal Break Class Cert.
• Cosi The Latest Restaurant Chain To Seek Ch. 11
• Inside AB InBev's $100B Takeover Of SABMiller
• HP, FedEx Urge High Court To Clarify Patent Venue Rules
• Cafe Operator Says PE Firms Double-Crossed It In Takeover
• The Courtroom Where It Happened: Hamilton As A Lawyer
• Blue Buffalo Supplier's Claims Trimmed In Pet Food Suit
• AB InBev Pays $6M Over FCPA, Whistleblower Violations
• Egg Producer Says Policy Covers Bird Flu Contamination
• US, EU Slam Russia For Spurning WTO Commitments
• 4 Considerations For Challenging Agency Actions
• AB InBev Clears Final Hurdle For $100B SABMiller Buy
• Why Have Lawyers Forgotten About The Middle Class?
• Taco Bell's Arbitration Pact Includes Franchisee, Court Told
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 3 Alternatives To MDLs
• Bayer Hits BASF With Suit Over Herbicide Patent
• Consumers Lose Class Cert. Bid In Goji Berry Origin Suit
• Oil Recycler Cops To $6M Renewable Fuel Credits Scam
• FDA Warning Wire: Sketchy SuperValu Seafood, Tainted Drugs
• EEOC Hits National Food Distributor With Sex Bias Suit
• FDA Says 'Healthy'-Labeled Food Enforcement May Be Eased
• 7th Circ. Agrees With FTC That Size Doesn't Matter
• Late Subpoenas In EEOC Texas Roadhouse Beef Quashed
• Hpnotiq Kills 'Hopnotic' Beer Trademark
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blue Apron, Dick Clark Productions, Bayer
• Coca-Cola Fights Ex-Worker's Data Breach Certification Bid
• Abita Rips Trademark Suit Over New 'Bootlegger' Brand
• McDonald's Class Cert. Bodes Bad News For Franchisors
• Kraft 'Natural' Cheese Row Over Fake Color Hard To Shake
• Steakhouse Loses L-1B Suit, But Nabs 'Knowledge' Win
• Corn Producers Get Class Cert. In Syngenta GMO MDL
• El Pollo Loco Investor Says Execs Dumped $130M In Stock
• House Passes Cybersecurity, Transit, Food Security Bills
• Judge Won't Trim Contract Fight Between Trump, Celeb Chef
• ConAgra Acquires Frontera Foods, Red Fork
• ChemChina Asks For EU Clearance Of $43B Syngenta Buy
• WTO Dispute Roundup: US, Russian Tariff Fights Put To Bed
• PE Group Invests $189M In Online Grocer FreshDirect
• Katten Muchin, Kaye Scholer Steer $50M AIG NYC Loan
• Real Estate Rumors: Sugar Hill, Westport Capital, MMC
• Consumer Asks Judge To Lift Stay In Olive Oil False Ad Suit
• Del Monte Says It Can Collect Pineapple Debt From Juice Co.
• Zeroing In On Evidence In Coca-Cola TTAB Case
• Korean Aspartame Seller Sues NutraSweet For $100M Award
• Justices Asked To Nix Washington's Retroactive Tax Law
• Real Estate Giants: Comcast Center, Philadelphia
• Fishermen File Human Trafficking Suit Against Ship Captain
• Coke Femsa Expands Brazilian Operations With $1.1B Deal
• Sugar Co. Let Stones Into Yogurt Ingredients, Suit Says
• Mosaic Negligent In Fla. Chemical Plant Leak, Residents Say
• Logan's Roadhouse Reaches Deals On DIP, Plan Statement
• Wendy's Can't Exit Data Breach Suit, Financial Institutions Say
• Domino's Liable For Driver's Car Crash, Justices Hear
• China Moves To Reopen Market To US Beef
• Sloppy Deals With Cocoa Co-op Doom Trader's $2.6M Award
• Consumers Defend Starbucks Underfill Class Action
• Chipotle, Consumer Ordered To Share More Docs In GMO Suit
• Philly Says Soda Tax Suit Unresolvable Before Levy's Start
• Triclosan: Proposition 65's Next BPA?
• Seniors Urge 9th Circ. To Revive Suit Over Muscle Drink
• Beer Battles: A Summer Full Of Craft Brew Trademark Fights
• Judge Pares Suit Over Nutiva's Coconut Oil Health Claims
• Bayer Willing To Give Up $1.6B Yearly To Land Monsanto
• 1st Blue Bell Listeria Suit Melts Amid New Ice Cream Recall
• France Authorizes Agribusiness Takeover With Divestments
• 9th Circ. Says Alaska Fishery Needs Federal Management Plan
• Nebraska Meatpacker Gets Win In EEOC Anti-Muslim Bias Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Riese, FuboTV, Franklin Partners
• Are Loyal Customers Happy Shareholders?
• EPA Dodges Suit To Put Emission Regs On Animal Feedlots
• Nestlé Water Brand's 30-Year-Expired Permit OK, Judge Says
• Domino's Franchisee Wage Deal With Drivers Confirmed
• Land O'Lakes To Appeal Tainted Whey Suit Dismissal
• USDA Issues Recall For 8,700 Pounds Of Contaminated Ham
• Mass Deportations Could Cost US $4.7 Trillion, Says Report
• Honest Co.'s 'Natural' Labels Anything But Honest, Suit Says
• Dow Not Warning Calif. Residents Of Pesticide Use, Suit Says
• Biz Groups Tout Cross-Sector TPP Support In Call For Action
• Starbucks Wins Discovery Halt In Underfilled Iced Drink Row
• 10 Considerations When Advertising On Social Media
• Publix Accused Of Using Wood Pulp In Parmesan Cheese
• Whole Foods Strikes $3.5M Deal With EPA Over Waste
• Orioles' Concession Co. Slams Workers' 2nd Circ. Citation
• FCIC Earns Quick Win In Crop Insurance Rate Dispute
• High-End Tuna Brand Sues Aldi Over 'Pole & Line' Name
• Barnes & Noble Cafe Managers Deserve OT Pay, Suit Says
• Overhauling Law Firm Records Departments For A New Reality
• Senate Panel Grills Agriculture Execs Over Merger Motives
• Enviros Can't Get Favored Ruling In EPA Water Safety Suit
• Philly Soda Tax Challengers Seek Pa. High Court's Intervention
• Greenberg Traurig Lands 2 Vorys Sater Partners In Houston
• Insurer Needn't Cover Contaminated Cheese Row, Suit Says
• Kellogg Recalls 10K Eggo Waffle Cases Over Listeria Fear
• 10th Circ. Urged To Undo Tribe's $27M Alcohol Tax Win
• Seed Co. Settlement Sends Warning Signal To Exporters
• Calif. Continues Climate Push With Cuts To Super Pollutants
• Starbucks Customer Slams Bid To Halt Cold Drinks Discovery
• Herbicide In Monsanto's Roundup 'Unlikely' To Cause Cancer
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bayer, BRF, Saudi Telecom
• Dave & Buster's Sued Over Payroll Debit Card Fees In Oregon
• Enviros Ask FDA To Withdraw Livestock Antibiotic Approvals
• Tony Luke's Founder Blasts Son's Deposition Request
• Green Groups Seek To Clinch Suit Over EPA Pesticide Regs
• US Slams Bid To Toss, Transfer FCA Suit Over Army Rations
• Real Estate Rumors: Jamestown, Morton Friedkin, Terra Group
• $2.1M Fee Request Granted In Godiva Credit Card Suit
• Pinnacle, Kraft Settle Hungry-Man 'Craving' Slogan Suit
• Cat Food Cos. Urge 9th Circ. To Affirm Slave Labor Dismissals
• In Congress: A Continuing Resolution?
• Data Firm Shareholder Says Board Sneaked Stocks To CEO
• Anheuser Can't Escape 'Abbey Ale' Suit, Consumer Says
• EEOC Raises 'Smoking Gun' In Texas Roadhouse Bias Row
• Last Call Equity Holder Objects To Credit Bidding Plan
• Mexican Migrant Workers Want $5.2M From Sauerkraut Co.
• EPA Seeks Quick Win In Bee Advocates' Pesticides Suit
• Tesco Ends Final Securities Suit Over $425M Overstatement
• General Mills Touts Sugary Products As Healthy, Suit Says
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Wachtell, Jones Day
• Gov't Says Calif. Fish Preservation Effort Within Its Power
• Sea Salt Firms Appeal $600M Antitrust Suit Boot To 9th Circ.
• Class Slams Odwalla's Bid To Dodge 'Cane Juice' Suit
• Phil Mickelson On Witness List In Insider Trading Case
• Seafood Processor Angles For Spoiled Scallop Coverage
• Judge Trims Blue Buffalo's Claims Against Suppliers
• The Return Of Evaporated Cane Juice Class Action Claims
• Northrop Grumman Hit With $500M Chemical Exposure Suit
• Fox & Hound Produce Vendors Rip Greenberg Traurig Fee Bid
• Pineapple Buyer Wants Suit Halted Until $32M Award OK'd
• DoubleTree Can't Ditch Class Claims In OT Suit
• SF Tells 9th Circ. Soda Ad Rule Is Useful Public Service
• Pfizer Faces Sanctions Bid In Suit Over Poultry Vaccine
• Deals Rumor Mill: McDonald's, BP, Apollo Global
• Craft Brewers In Court Fight Over 'California Blonde'
• EPA Reneging On Perchlorate Deadline, NRDC Says
• John Deere Maker Wants Out Of Decreased Crop Yield Suit
• 3 Steps To Successful Judgment Enforcement
• Pirate Joe Loses Word Change Bid In Trader Joe's TM Dispute
• Monsanto Denied Toss of Herbicide Cancer Lawsuit In Del.
• Alternative TTIP Approaches Come With Drawbacks
• Philly Soft Drink Tax Targeted In Beverage Groups' Suit
• US To Lead Global Alliance To Fight Shady Fishing Subsidies
• Bayer's $66B Monsanto Buy To Face Tough Antitrust Scrutiny
• Receipt Suit Valid Under Spokeo, Cafe Patron Argues
• Surety Issuer Says Logan's Roadhouse Ch. 11 Plan Lacks Info
• Fox & Hound Parent Puts Off DIP, Bid Procedure Hearing
• Starbucks Wants To Put Underfilled Drink Discovery On Ice
• Ethanol Maker's Mich. Tax Credit Halved For Lack Of Payroll
• Texas Woman Disfigured In Floor Collapse Sues For $50M
• A Road Map For Future Food And Ag Antitrust Litigation
• Bayer Wins Over Monsanto With $66B Deal
• DOJ Says Fla. Schemer Took $33M From Investors, SC Gov't
• Calif. Gov. Approves Overtime Measure For Farm Workers
• Tyson, Perdue, Poultry Cos. Targeted Again Over Price-Fixing
• 8th Circ. Revives Farm Groups' EPA Data Breach Suit
• Hard Rock Cafe Escapes Franchisee's Deceptive Tactics Suit
• AgFeed Judge Again Throws Out Claims Against Ex-CEO
• Enviros Say Fishing Agency On Hook For Harm To Whales
• Grower Takes $4.3M Hit For Dodging Iran Sanctions
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bayer, Postal Savings Bank Of China, Teneo
• Consumers Seek High Court Review Of $20B Anheuser Merger
• Godiva, Class Seek Approval Of $6.3M Credit Card Settlement
• Restaurant Groups Urge High Court To Review Tip Pool Rule
• Blue Buffalo Backers To Sell 14.3M Shares
• US Brings New WTO Case Against Chinese Ag Subsidies
• Manufacturing Mishaps Don't Make For Plaintiff Paydays
• Should Your Law Firm Move To The Cloud?
• Mondelez Can't Shake Underfilled Sour Patch Suit: Consumers
• 9th Circ. Skeptical Of ConAgra's GMO False Ad Decert. Bid
• Domino's Driver Asks For New Trial On Tip Claims
• No Calendar Haggling Over Deliveries, Frito-Lay Tells Haggen
• Dole Buyers Ask 9th Circ. To Revive 'All Natural' Suit
• Kroger Nonsolicitation Policy Unfair To Union, NLRB Says
• Seafood Distributor's Ex-Employee Escapes Mutiny Claims
• Golden Investors Target $136M Utz Deal In Del. Class Suit
• Feds Reach Deal To Protect Sea Turtles From Shrimpers
• Logan's Roadhouse Seeks $1.2M In Employee Bonuses
• TTAB Won't Register 'Mount Rainer' Coffee Brand
• Tropicana Buyers Say 3rd Circ. Decision Doesn't Apply To Suit
• From The Partner's Desk: Paving Your Path To Partnership
• Canadian Fertilizer Giants Ink Deal To Form $36B Co.
• Chipotle Ex-Worker Sees Pregnancy Bias Award Cut By $200K
• Chipotle Reaches Deals With Food-Poisoning Victims
• Health Hires: Government Attorneys Join Covington, Foley
• 9th Circ. Affirms Ace's Win In $5M Tainted Fish Oil Spat
• Pittsburgh Tax Atty Convicted Of Employment Tax Fraud
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bayer, CenturyLink, Samsung Electronics
• Hendrix Estate Seeks Sanctions In 'Purple Haze' Liquor Row
• Shrimpers' €28.6M Price-Fixing Fines Stick At EU High Court
• How We Can Diversify The Legal Profession And Why We Must
• Pizza Chain Worker Looks To Reheat Break, Pay-Stub Claims
• Korean Noodle Cos. Destroyed Evidence, Buyers Say
• USDA Can't Duck Food-Safety Groups' Organic Rule Challenge
• Haggen Creditors Allege 'Machiavellian' Asset-Stripping Plot
• Roark Capital Acquires Majority Stake In Jimmy John's
• Goya Slips Some Of Octopus False Ad Class Action
• Fed Pushes For Tighter Limits On Banks' Commodity Biz
• Dems Take Issue With WTO's 'Protectionist' Claims
• FDA Reveals Draft Guidance For Infant Formula Labels
• EU's Top Court Annuls Rules Governing Agricultural Markets
• Ag Exporters Asked To Sound Off On Cuba Licensing
• Real Estate Rumors: DSA, Fross Zelnick, Walter & Samuels
• Are Vending Machines Public Accommodations Under ADA?
• Tropicana Says 3rd Circ. Backs Arguments Against Class Cert.
• Aspen Policy Doesn't Cover Tenant Damage, Fla. Court Says
• Sam's Club Escapes Class Claims Over Refund Guarantee
• Egg Product Claims Dismissed In Price-Fixing MDL
• Noodles & Co. Payment Card Breach Draws Credit Union Suit
• Tony Luke's Son Says Philly Family's Beef Can End Quickly
• CFTC And Mexican Regulators Sign Pact On Info-Sharing
• Consumers Sue Over 'Organic' Products From Babyganics
• Shepherds' Antitrust Suit Against Ranchers Dismissed
• Subway, T-Mobile Text Offer Violated TCPA, Consumers Say
• DOJ Closes Probe Into ABI's Craft Brewery Purchase
• Singapore Nut Biz Can't Force $2M Bank Row Into Arbitration
• Split 9th Circ. Rehearing Denial In Tip Cases Draws Dissent
• Bull Semen Sorting Row Needs New Trial, Supplier Says
• Kraft Can't Shake Colored Cheese Spat, Consumers Say
• Old Skills, New Tricks: Opportunities For Law Librarians
• Tea Maker Twinings Gets Win In Antioxidant Class Action
• WTO Dispute Roundup: Poultry, Alcohol Spats Hit Roadblocks
• Calif. Goji Berry Origin Suit Largely Survives Dismissal
• Bayer Sweetens Bid For Monsanto To $127.50 Per Share
• Kraft Must Wait To Appeal Wheat Futures Manipulation Ruling
• Settlement In Michigan McDonald's FLSA Row Wins OK
• Brand Battles: 'Lord Of The Rings,' MLB, Bacardi, Boeing
• Full 3rd Circ. Revives Banana Workers' Pesticide Claims
• Poultry Producers Hit With Chicken Price Antitrust Suit
• NJ Panel Affirms Market's Atty Fee Award In Frivolous Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: McDonald's, Rosneft, Expedia
• Whole Foods Says It's Time To Trash Sugary Yogurt MDL
• Economist's Testimony Admitted In Egg-Buyer Antitrust MDL
• Will 'Dr. Bull' Affect Actual Jurors?
• Pinnacle Says Kraft Stole Hungry-Man 'Craving' Slogan
• Domino's Drivers Win Class Cert. On Mass. Tip Claims
• McDonald's Beats Last Challenge To India Arbitration Bid
• Fla. Shipping Co. Wants $800K For Canceled Cow Shipment
• Fox & Hound Parent Plans Ch. 11 Sale Funded By $5M DIP
• Kimpton Says 60 Locations Hit By Payment Card Breach
• Meat, Dairy Claims Tossed From Chipotle GMO False Ad Suit
• Famous Brands Expands In UK With $144M Burger Chain Buy
• NJ ShopRite Chain Can't Limit Discovery In Antitrust Suit
• Vt., Grocery Industry Agree To Drop GMO Labeling Suit
• Judge Stands Firm That Insurer Must Defend Del Monte
• Subway's Novel Approach To Averting Wage And Hour Claims
• Anheuser Says Lack Of Jurisdiction Skunks 'Abbey Ale' Suit