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Food & Beverage - February, 2017

247 articles

• Kona Beer Accused Of Falsely Touting Hawaiian Origin
• Bumble Bee Misbranded Tuna, Ex-FDA Official Says At Trial
• FDA Warning Wire: Cardboard Parts Found In Pfizer Vials
• Coverage Battle Over Sunken W.Va. Restaurant Will See Trial
• Enviros Settle FOIA Suit Over Groundwater Pollution Worries
• Limiting Remedies On Celebrity Right-Of-Publicity Claims
• REIT Land Securities Sells Leisure Property For $134M
• Wendy's Slams Magistrate's OK Of Data Breach Suit
• 8th Circ. Affirms Subway Franchise Fraudster's Forfeiture
• Grazing Trespass Case Reversed After 9th Circ. Remand
• Texas Resident Can't Drag Others Into $25M Tax Suit
• Trump May Use Food Safety Rules As Trade Cudgel
• Cutting Labeling Regs May Harm Companies' Bottom Lines
• How 401(k) Benefits Can Attract Millennial Legal Talent
• Steamed Coffee Chain Workers Cite Wage Theft In Suit
• Bumble Bee's Labeling Fishy, Judge Is Told As Trial Starts
• 9th Circ. Upholds Toss Of Activists' Egg Carton Label Suit
• Exporter Wins Round In Thai Rice Supply Contract Dispute
• Justices Want SG's Take On Coke Machines' ADA Compliance
• Frito-Lay Wants Deceptive Label Class Action Trashed
• The Kitchen Turns Up Heat On Wolfgang Puck In TM Dispute
• Harassment Law Not For Sex Assault Claim: Texas Justices
• Supreme Court Refuses Clorox Price Discrimination Suit
• The Loss Of Confidentiality In NY Arbitral Enforcement Cases
• Farm Settles H-2A Job Availability Suit For $545K
• Hooters Misclassifies Workers To Dodge Paying OT, Suit Says
• Restaurant Sanctioned In Defamation Suit Over Tiger Welfare
• Jersey Shore Pizza Shop Owners Sentenced In Tax Case
• Financial Cos. Slap Arby's With Suits Over Data Breach
• Whole Foods Asks 2nd Circ. To Nix NLRB No-Recording Rules
• Animal Groups Sue Over 'Orwellian' Removal Of USDA Docs
• EPA Won't Ban Fluoride In US Drinking Water Supplies
• Weil Lures PE Partner From Gibson Dunn
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Vinson, O'Melveny
• Miscimarra Dissent Slams NLRB Union Election Rule
• Heineken Hit With €100M Antitrust Suit By Greek Rival
• NYC Sues Over 'Tavern On The Green' Trademark
• Proposed Bill Threatens Franchising In Florida
• Ex-NFL Players Can't Catch Quick Win In Investment Fraud Suit
• What Lawyers Can Learn From Kellyanne Conway
• 11th Circ. Asked To Scrap $6.3M Pact In Godiva Receipt Row
• Costco $2M Deal With Drivers Stalls At First Hurdle
• Enviro, Fishing Groups Sue EPA, Pruitt Over River Temps
• Splenda, Dunkin' Donuts Settle Trademark Fight
• ConAgra Asks 9th Circ. To Pause Cert. In GMO Label Row
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Lexington, Pace Editions
• 30 Tons Of Chicken Salad Recalled Due To Listeria Risk
• Aldi Managers Get Collective Cert. In Classification Suit
• Philly Sugary Drinks Tax Brings In $5.7M In First Month
• WTO Strengthens Rebuke Of Russia's Ban On EU Pork
• Bottle Caps And The Power Of IPR Secondary Considerations
• The Mistakes Lawyers Make When Copying And Pasting
• 8th Circ. Says No Angling For Lower Sentence After Plea Deal
• McDonald's Liable For Franchisee Wage Violations, Suit Says
• Kansas Top Court Rejects Pizza Hut Franchisee's Tax Appeal
• FTC, Maine AG Shut Down Deceptive Supplement Sellers
• Consumers Win Bid To Remand General Mills Labeling Claims
• NLRB Asks 5th Circ. To OK Chipotle Break Petition Ruling
• Sixth Person Admits To $8M MillerCoors Fraud
• Judge Chides Del Monte Bid To Seal Award Injunction Docs
• AIG, Biotech Co. Fight Toss Of $36M Ad Injury Coverage Suit
• Gov't Trims Land O'Lakes' Defenses In $23M Cleanup Spat
• Calif. Court Gets Automatic Funding Disclosure Right
• Coca-Cola Bottler Prefers White Managers, Class Suit Says
• Farmer's Co-op Says MF Global Too Late To Recover $1.7M
• Dunkin' Says Buyers Can Take Sales Tax Suit To NY Agency
• Justices Offer Skeptical Look At EEOC Subpoena Power
• Keurig Pays $5.8M To End CPSC Probe Over Burning Brewers
• Syngenta MDL Class Counsel Want Other Firms To Butt Out
• 2nd Circ. Again Denies Ex-Restaurateur's Bail In Ponzi Suit
• GrubHub Hit With TCPA Class Action Over Auto-Texting
• Cole Schotz Forms Restaurant And Hospitality Group
• Legal Pot Industry Bugged By Lack Of Pesticide Guidance
• Popeyes Joins Burger King, Tim Hortons Group In $1.8B Deal
• Revamped Card Security On Buffet's Menu To End AG Probe
• Cosi Allowed To Continue Using Cash Collateral In Ch. 11
• Kuwaiti Cos. Can't Exit FCA Suit Over Service Process
• Plaintiff's Lawyer Fights Reed Smith Atty's Sanctions Bid
• Brand Battles: NCAA Swats Big Ten Over 'March Madness'
• Court Nixes Construction Worker's Restaurant Injury Benefits
• Commerce Denied 'Free Rein' On Chinese Import Duty Math
• Applebee's Franchisee Tries Again To Escape Arbitration Suit
• Blind Man Cleared To Pursue Bias Suit Against McDonald's
• Kraft Heinz Drops $143B Unilever Buyout Offer After 2 Days
• How A Guacamole Lawsuit Exposes FDA's 'Natural' Ambiguity
• Jury Finds Chinese Scientist Guilty In Stolen Seeds Plot
• Cos. In Labeling Suit Say Buyers Know Cane Juice Is Sugar
• Keurig Gets Vt. Securities Suit Over $14B Merger Tossed
• Investors Can't Revise Distribution For $15M Farm Loan Scam
• Missouri AG Lays Egg Law Appeal In Supreme Court
• Real Estate Rumors: Hampshire, Western Beef, Mount Sinai
• Kraft Wants Class Cert. Stripped In Colored-Cheese Dispute
• Calif. Brewery Can Register Neighborhood Name, TTAB Says
• Vendor Pleads Guilty In Scheme To Bilk MillerCoors
• UK Regulator To Investigate Heineken's $380M Pubs Buy
• Anglers' Bid To Halt $43M NY Wind Farm Lease Denied
• Relearning The Lessons Of Korematsu's Case
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 2
• Kraft Buyers' 'Greedy' Attys Fight Low Fee Award At 9th Circ.
• $6M Deal In Farm Wages Class Action Gets Preliminary OK
• Fireball Maker Sues Over 'Mad Hen' Whiskey
• Chancery Lets Stockholders Amend $116M Dole Settlement
• Shareholder Sues Mead Johnson, Reckitt Over $16B Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Toshiba, Ferrara Candy
• Post-Spokeo Trends Offer Clues For Standing In Privacy Suits
• Judge Halves Fee Request In Hoover Dam Artist's Suit
• FDA To Get Public's Take On Using 'Healthy' In Food Labels
• My Strangest Day In Court: When My Expert Had A Meltdown
• Uber EATS Couriers Blast Bid To Arbitrate Classification Suit
• Card Issuers Say Schnucks Clearly Had Duty To Protect Data
• Puzder Out Of Running For Labor Secretary
• Food Groups Urge Adoption Of Standard Date Labels
• Panera Employees Tell 8th Circ. Buyout Caps Were Unjust
• Beef Co. Says Cattle Sales Not Stock In $33.4M IRS Tax Suit
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 1
• Ocean Spray Berry Auction Violates Mass. Law, Court Told
• Wal-Mart Sued Over 'Craft' Labeling On Beer Collaboration
• FDA Warning Wire: FDA Denied Docs At Chinese Plant
• USDA Recommends California Milk For Federal Pricing Order
• Lloyd's Can't Dodge Coverage In Nightclub Shooting
• Calif. State Senator Introduces Sugary Drink Labeling Bill
• Monsanto Counterclaims Against Spokane Uprooted By Judge
• Odwalla Can't Escape 'Cane Juice' Suit, Judge Says
• Patent Venue Needs Overhaul
• 10 Years Of MedImmune: What Trademark Owners Learned
• Saving Lawyers 1 Less Drink At A Time
• Illinois lawmakers propose biotechnology tax credits
• Wendy's Should Face Data Breach Suit, Magistrate Says
• Puzder Chain's Rival Agrees To Halt Use Of Burger Name
• I Heart Trademarks: Valentine's Day Special
• EEOC Cites High Court's Pierce Ruling In McLane Case
• Insurer Sues To Rescind $10M Policy In Frozen Food Recall
• Deals Rumor Mill: Stada, Popeye's, Syneron
• Pa. High Court To Hold Off On Philly Soda Tax Appeal
• Heineken Nabs Kirin's Brazilian Unit In $1B Deal
• Puzder Must Answer For CKE's Labor Faults, Warren Says
• IRS Won't Apply 5th Circ. Accounting Ruling For Farmers
• Wawa Worker Enters Sanctions Bid In 'Speak English' Suit
• McDonald Hopkins Fights DQ Bid In Trade Secrets Suit
• Lawyers Cannot Stay Silent While Trump Belittles The Courts
• China-Biotics Investor Says CEO Is Embezzling Funds
• Court Puffs Up Faegre's Interest Payment To Popcorn Expert
• Jury Awards $12M To Subway Founder In Soured Fla. Deal
• PTAB Zaps Patent Covering Hot Pockets Sleeves
• Gourmet Food Co. Hit With Suit Over Underfilled Popcorn Tins
• Flextronics Gets $280M Counterclaim Nixed Over Fake Email
• Consent Questions Negate TCPA Class Action: Pizza Hut
• CKE Bias Trial On Hold Until After Puzder Confirmation Vote
• NY Appeals Court Upholds NYC Restaurant Salt Warning Rule
• Marketing Basics For Solo Practitioners And Small Law Firms
• SuperAmerica Agrees To $3.5M Deal To End TCPA Suit
• Del Monte Can't Get Rethink Of Refused $32M Confirmation
• Post-Spokeo, Not All Statutory Violations Are Created Equal
• Reckitt Benckiser Inks $16.6B Mead Johnson Buy
• Calif. Franchise Group Gets OK For $2.5M Wage Deal
• 5-Hour Energy Ordered To Pay $4.3M For Deceptive Ads
• California Bill Would Tether Caps To Plastic Bottles
• Law Profs, Students Urge 'No' Vote On Puzder For Labor
• Koch Ranch Tells 5th Circ. Damages Award Should Be Tossed
• Mead Johnson Hit With Whistleblower Suit Over Baby Formula
• Mexican Tequila Maker Jose Cuervo Raises $914M In IPO
• Nestle Sued Again Over Lean Cuisine 'No Preservatives' Label
• Much More Than East Texas Is At Stake In TC Heartland
• Key Takeaways From FTC Merger Remedy Study
• Law Firm Margin Improvement: The Long Game
• Policy Doesn't Cover Seafood Co.'s Fraud Loss, 9th Circ. Told
• Calif. Tribes Win Battle Over Water Project's Salmon Impact
• Okla. Eatery Can't Dodge $2.1M FLSA Penalty: 10th Circ.
• Trump Urged To Loosen Up Beef, Pork Trade With Japan
• Pom Says 'Wonder Fuel' Maker Forum-Shopping In TM Row
• CKE Restaurants Hit With Antitrust Class Action
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aramco, Jose Cuervo, Canada Goose
• Chinese Ammonium Sulfate Imports Harm Industry, ITC Says
• Legal Groups Back Patent Venue Rule Changes At High Court
• Texas Roadhouse Ageism Case Gets Post-Mistrial Mediator
• Packing Co. Sues To Head Off $45M Applesauce Arbitration
• Groups Sue To Block Trump's 2-For-1 Regulatory Order
• Ratkovich JV Scores $120M Loan To Pay Off CMBS Debt
• 2017 Check-Up: Is Your Law Firm Positioned For Success?
• AIG Policies Don't Cover Unfair Competition Deal, Judge Says
• Garden Fresh Gets More Time To File Ch.11 Plan
• Major Cos. Push High Court For Stricter Patent Venue Rules
• Bud Light Lime-A-Rita Not So 'Light,' 9th Circ. Told
• Pa. Legislators Urge Court To Undo Philly Soda Tax Ruling
• Wrong State's Law Used In Insurance Claim, 8th Circ. Says
• FDA Warning Wire: Dirty Dentures, Contact Lenses, Chocolate
• Okla. Gov. Aims To Ax Corporate Income Tax, Raise Fuel Tax
• Lawyer's Bid To Exit Restaurant Row Fails As Sanctions Loom
• Sens. Ask CFTC To Account For IT, Whistleblower Lapses
• Cosi Reaches Deal In Franchisee Fee Dispute
• The Missing Key To 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• What TC Heartland Could Mean For Venue In ANDA Cases
• Trends To Watch In DOJ Cartel Investigations This Year
• Ohio: A New Hot Spot For Pricing Litigation
• Insurer Sues Fire Safety Cos. Over $1M McDonald's Fire
• Cookie Dough Co. Owners To Step Down After Listeria Recalls
• Costco Workers Seek Rehearing In 9th Circ. Decertification
• Justices Urged To Overrule Patent Venue 'Reintrepretation'
• Nestle Challenges Franchisee's Defenses In IP Dispute
• Wawa Says It Rightly Fired Worker In 'Speak English' Case
• Calif. Grocery Class Waiver Is Illegal, NLRB Judge Rules
• Fla.-Based Chicken Chain To Pay $975K To End TCPA Suit
• Monsanto Can't Escape Cities' PCBs Suit, Judge Rules
• Heineken Moves Closer To Sealing $380M UK Pub Deal
• Akin Gump Steers Civitas' $550M NYC Loan To Brookfield
• SEC Slaps Tyson With Subpoena Over Chicken Quota Suits
• EU Keeping An Eye On US-Canada Wine Spat
• J.P. Morgan Loans $92M For San Diego-Area Mall
• Atty Fee Fight Won't Slow Co.'s 'Mold' Meat Refund Deal
• 9th Circ. Revives Bias Suit Over Store's Cake-Theft Firing
• Nestle, Debt Collector Can't Escape Autodialed Call TCPA Suit
• Restaurant Groups Urge Justices To Review Tip-Pooling Rule
• Atty Who Decried Depo's 'Female Energy' Faces Sanctions Bid
• Wiley Rein Adds Enviro & Safety, Product Reg Attys
• Texas Roadhouse Age Bias Case Ends In Mistrial
• McDonald's Extra Value Meals No Deal, Class Claims
• Consumers Hook $1.7M In Underfilled Tuna Can Suit
• Coffee Chain Wants 'Profit' Star To Take $26M Loss
• Texas Jury Awards $14M In Baking Soda Sales Dispute
• Fresh & Easy Ch. 11 Plan Includes $21.5M From PE Arm
• 9th Circ. Revives Greens' Suit Over EPA Pesticide Approvals
• Linklaters, Greenberg Guide $179M Polish Malls Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: ChemChina, Nature's Bounty, Pfizer
• Mondelez Asks Court To Ban Voluntary 7-Day Workweek
• Mead Johnson Confirms $16.7B Bid From Reckitt Benckiser
• Edible Arrangements Sued Over Text Message Ads
• Chipotle Lied About Using GMO Foods, 11th Circ. Hears
• Texas Roadhouse Age Bias Trial Shows Relevance Of ADEA
• Sue-per Bowl Shuffle: The Year In NFL IP Litigation — Part 2
• An Open Letter To The New FTC Chair On Pyramid Schemes
• Can Federal Agencies Reverse Course Under Trump?
• Whole Foods, Kombucha Maker Get $8M Mislabeling Deal OK
• The 4 Wittiest Dissents By Gorsuch
• Medical Food Co. Blasts Ex-VP In Stolen Secrets Suit
• Gorsuch's Opening Words Speak Volumes About His Style
• FDA Offers Advice To Food Industry On Drafting Guidance
• Senators Flirt With Nuclear Option Over High Court Pick
• Similar On The Law, Gorsuch Differs From Scalia In Style
• Uber Seeks Arbitration In EATS Courier Classification Suit
• McDonald's Seeks A Win In Franchise Workers' Wage Suit
• Attys React To Judge Gorsuch's Supreme Court Nomination
• Roust's Rapid Road To Chapter 11 Confirmation
• Mass. Jury In Texas Roadhouse Bias Trial Deadlocked
• Madison Square Garden Buys $181M Stake In Nightlife Co.
• Produce Co. Can't Shake $1.2M Award To Mexican Grower
• The Myth Of The Forceful Mediator
• Sue-per Bowl Shuffle: The Year In NFL IP Litigation — Part 1