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Food & Beverage - March, 2017

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• McDonald's Canada Loses 95K Job Applicants' Data In Breach
• Chili's Franchisee Can't Escape Tipping-Wage Suit
• Judge Says No Class Cert. For Papa John's Drivers
• Lime-A-Rita Drinkers Urge 9th Circ. To Rethink Case Toss
• Wendy's To Face Breach Claims After Magistrate's OK Upheld
• Delmonico's Partners Look To Cut More Claims
• Texas Roadhouse Settles Ageism Row With EEOC For $12M
• DuPont Divests Crop Unit In $1.6B Asset Swap With FMC
• Brand Battles: Cleveland Indians, NJ Turnpike, Big Ten
• A Law Firm's Guide To Social Media
• Smart & Final Slapped With Calif. Wage-Hour Class Action
• PTAB To Review Soup Rack Design Patents In Campbell's Row
• Danone To Sell Stonyfield For DOJ $10B WhiteWave Deal OK
• Lawmakers Seek Review Of Havana Club Trademark
• Gov't Charts Dean Foods Trades By Walters And Mickelson
• Judge Swallows Islands' 'Questionable' $2.7M Wage Deal
• Wendy's Franchisee Wins Round in EEOC Bias Probe
• 'Walking Dead' Creator Can Drop TM Suit, Judge Says
• 'Codfather' Pleads Guilty To Mislabeling In Overfishing Plot
• Food Maker's Bogus Numbers Caused Stock Drop, Suit Says
• Cocoa Co. Seeks Emergency Sale Of Forward Contracts
• Ruby Tuesday Settles Investor Class Action For $5M
• Think Your Insurance Will Cover Your Recall? Think Again
• Dean Foods Chair 'Impeached' In Walters Trial, Say Feds
• Zurich Needn't Cover $15M Injury Verdict, Judge Says
• LA Hotel Owner Adds Tips Without Warning, Suit Says
• Chipotle Wins Decertification In OT Collective Action
• OrderUp Delivered A Win In Securities Fraud Suit
• MasterCard, Visa Push To Nix Testimony In Chip Antitrust Row
• Ill. FCA Doesn't Cover Tax Violation Claim, Appeals Court Says
• Paraguay Co. Says No Need to Revisit Soybean Shipping Row
• No 3rd Trial For 'Cowboy' Bourbon TM Dispute
• Farmer Says $50M Milk Antitrust Deal Is Product Of Extortion
• Monsanto Denied Pause Of Doc Handover In Syngenta MDL
• Boulder Brands Ducks Investor Suit On Product Shift, Demand
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, BuzzFeed, Blue Apron
• Dan Aykroyd's Skull Vodka Co. Wins Booze Bottle IP Trial
• Widow Jane Slams Buyer For 'Smoke & Mirrors' Sales Process
• The Issues Justices Are Focusing On In TC Heartland
• Pleading Civil RICO: Lessons From The Abbott Litigation
• EU Endocrine Disruptor Fights Could Lead To US Litigation
• 'Comma Case' Takeaways That Go Beyond Grammar
• India's Competition Watchdog Flags PotashCorp, Agrium Deal
• Artist Testifies Prior Witness Lied In Aykroyd Vodka Trial
• Ex-Broker Tells Walters Jury Of Large, Risky Trades
• Judge Dumps NY Town's CERCLA Suit Against Landscapers
• 'Heart Attack Grill' Sues Over 'Heart Attack Shack'
• 5th Circ. Revives Crawfish Farmers' Pipeline Dredging Suit
• Beer Drinkers Ask 9th Circ. For Another Round In Merger Fight
• Starbucks Customer Wants Another Shot At Iced Drink Suit
• 10th Circ. Won't Nix 10K Opt-Ins To Chipotle FLSA Suit
• Israel's Strauss Group Buys Rest Of Coffee Biz In $279M Deal
• WTO Sides With China Over EU's Poultry Quotas
• Minn. Cheesemaker Pays CFTC Fine Over Milk Futures
• Darden To Pick Up Casual Restaurant Chain In $780M Deal
• PTAB Finds Patent On Digital Membership System Is Abstract
• Jelly Belly Mislabeled Its Sport Beans Candy, Suit Says
• Meat Industry Wants Trump To Break Chinese Beef Block
• Jam Recipe Yields 1st DTSA Verdict
• Joint Employment Relationships: Best Practices And Risks
• Nestle Likely To Get Crest Counterclaims Tossed In TM Suit
• High Court Hesitant To Upend Decades-Old Patent Venue Rule
• Del Monte To Get Clarification On $32M Pineapple Award
• Food Products Co. Dodges ADA Suit At 6th Circ.
• Dean Foods Chair Gave Gambler Public And Bad Info: Defense
• Darden Beats TM Suit Over LongHorn 'Can't Fake Steak' Line
• Judge Won't Cut Kraft 'Natural' Cheese Class Sans Details
• Wal-Mart Escapes $70M Suit With Judge's Restaurant Ruling
• Meras Can't Stay $12.5M Patent Verdict, Rival Says
• Are Your In-House Lawyers Happy?
• 9th Circ. Urged To Order Class Cert. In Yakult False Ad Suit
• 'Manure Nutrients' Don't Absolve Alleged Polluter, Court Says
• Longfellow Nabs $78M Loan From Citizens Bank, Capital One
• Dean Foods, Food Lion Settle Antitrust Suit On Trial's Eve
• EU Competition Watchdog OKs Dow, DuPont Deal With Fixes
• Aykroyd's Booze Brand Survey Was 'Unrealistic,' Jury Hears
• Jimi Hendrix's Brother Hits Adopted Sis With Libel Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Kirkland, Simpson
• 8th Circ. Rules Cargill's Refusal To Bargain Flouted Labor Law
• Instacart Delivers $4.6M To Escape Labor Suit
• DLA Piper Guides Inventure Foods In $23.7M Pictsweet Sale
• BIA Can Ditch Liability In Flooded Spuds Suit, Judge Says
• Ex-Monsanto Lawyer Must Hand Over Docs In Syngenta MDL
• Cosi Files New Creditor-Backed Reorganization Plan
• ITA Removes Certain Vietnamese Cos. From Fish Duty Review
• Arby's Faces Consumer Class Action Over Data Breach
• No Rehearing For Koch Foods In EEOC Fight Over Visa Info
• Google, NASA, Planes And A Stronger Legal Team
• Dan Aykroyd Breaks Down Booze Bottle Angles In IP Trial
• Chancery Says Release From Co. In Receivership Binding
• Feed Co. Must Face Ex-Workers' Same-Sex Harassment Suit
• Utz Vendor Gets 3 Years For $1.4M False Invoice Scheme
• Israeli Coke Distributor Could Face $17M Antitrust Fine
• Investors Hit Meat Processing Co. Over Bribery Concealment
• Patent Venue's Big Day In Court: What You Need To Know
• Deals Rumor Mill: Credit Suisse, Pret A Manger, Shell
• Paul Weiss Guides Oak Hill In $525M Checkers Restaurant Buy
• Purina's Fish Food Killed Bass, Fish Farm Says
• Almond Milk Co. Calls False Ad Suit A Wasteful Attack
• Judge OKs Subway's Record $31M FACTA Settlement
• S. African Antitrust Watchdog Raids Produce Distributors
• NYC Celeb Chefs Settle Trademark Beef Over 'Landmark'
• 10 Tips For Better Legal Negotiations
• Dole, Execs Reach $74M Deal In Federal Shareholder Row
• Food Lion Stands By Merger Arguments In Dairy Antitrust Row
• Trader Joe's Wants Tuna Class Suit Canned
• USDA Beefs Up Brazilian Meat Inspections Amid Bribery Probe
• Walters Jury Hears 'Bat Phone' For Prostitutes, Not Trades
• Arab Bank Seeks $2M From Shipper In Corn-Delivery Row
• Employment Lawyer Fined $7K For 'Female Energy' Remarks
• FDA Says 23 Sick In Soy Nut Butter E. Coli Outbreak
• In-N-Out Must Allow 'Fight For $15' Buttons, NLRB Says
• Campbell's Healthy Soup Labeling Suit Gets Tossed
• Del Monte Seeks To Halt Pineapple Sales In Contract Dispute
• DC Circ. Panel Sends Dues-Checkoff Case Back To NLRB
• DOJ Settles Immigrant Discrimination Case With Pizza Chain
• Sysco Seeks Dismissal Of Hidden Fuel Surcharge Class Suit
• Gray Matters: Decision Error
• Something In The Water: Product Claims Get Creative
• Subway Strikes Record $30M Deal In FACTA Receipt Suit
• Tequila Co. Founder Tells Jury Aykroyd's Vodka No Influence
• House Dems Say Pruitt, Perry 'Flouted' Law With Rule Delays
• Ex-Dean Foods Chair Lists Years Of Insider Tips To Gambler
• EEOC Blasts Texas Roadhouse's Bid To Beat Ageism Suit
• Food Co. Wants Triple Damages After Fake Jam Verdict
• Trump Hat-Wearing Man Claims NYC Bar Wouldn't Serve Him
• Judge Nixes New Trial Bid In Tiger Welfare Defamation Row
• Enviros, Farmers Sue EPA Over Weed Killer Registration
• MasterCard, Visa Seek Transfer Of Chip Card Antitrust Suit
• Wendy's Slims Beefed-Up Data Breach Spat For Now
• 11th Circ. Says Natural Skim Milk Is Legally 'Skim Milk'
• Wash. Tribe Wins Temporary Block On Others' Halibut Fishing
• Meras Says $12.5M Verdict May Be Mooted By USPTO Move
• PCAOB Fines Former PwC Brazil Partner Over Sara Lee Audit
• Real Estate Rumors: HNA Group, Berenberg, Patron Spirits
• Salt Sold To US Must Be Reassessed, Canada Tax Court Says
• Law Schools And Law Firms: Seeking Common Ground
• Justices Asked To Tackle Spokeo Divide In Card Receipt Row
• Iraq Contractor Can't Turn To Fed. Circ. Midcase, ASBCA Says
• Houston Nightclub Must Face Feds' Racial Bias Suit
• Distillery Owners Battle Over Oral Operating Agreement
• Wine Co. Can't Trim 'Redundant' Claims In Worker Death Suit
• 9th Circ. Says Fishermen's APA Suit Lacks Jurisdiction
• Fishing Co. Blasts Angler's 'Fantastical' Claims In Injury Suit
• 37 Tons Of Beef Recalled For Rare Type Of E. Coli
• Judge Urged Not To Melt Margarine Suit After Cert. Denial
• $2M In Attys' Fees, Costs Sought In McDonald's Wage Suit
• Iowa Water Nitrate Pollution Suit Is Tossed By Fed. Court
• Posh NYC Cafe Gets Trial Date For Waiter Pay Class Action
• $5.7M Arbitration Award Confirmed In Grocery Contract Row
• Why We Need The Fairness In Class Action Litigation Act
• Employer Hope Amid Pending Wage And Hour Law Changes
• Regulatory Pathways Emerge For Gene-Edited Products
• Killing Class Actions Means Everybody Loses
• Not From Around Here? Trying A Case As An Out-Of-Towner
• Fed. Circ. Backs Dow's $5.9M Fee Award In Bayer Patent Case
• Pilgrim's Pride Temp Agency Sees EEOC Bias Suit Tossed
• 1 El Pollo Loco Insider Trading Claim Advances In Del.
• Bharara Said To Have Been Eyeing Stock Trades By HHS' Price
• Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Beats 'Marijuanaville' TM
• Mondelez Beats Job Applicant's Credit Reporting Suit
• GNC, Consumers Agree To End 'Slack Fill' Suit
• Judge Shaves Attys' Fees In Rita's Ice TCPA Settlement
• Bud Light Lime-A-Rita Is 'Light' Enough, 9th Circ. Holds
• Jimi Hendrix Family Feud Continues With New Suit Over Pot
• 9th Circ. Asked To Rethink Fee Award For Kraft Buyer Attys
• CIT Revives Vietnamese Shrimp Duty Fight
• Dean Foods Says Merger Conspiracy Claim Is A No-Go
• Insurer Needn't Fund Texas Liquor Chain's Data Hack Suit
• Calif. Steakhouse Sued For Requiring Customers' ID Info
• EU Agency Says Monsanto Weedkiller Doesn't Cause Cancer
• There's More On USTR's Plate Than New Tariffs And NAFTA
• Deals Rumor Mill: Virtu Financial, Alinta Energy, BRF SA
• Injured Filipino Angler Says Arb Agreement Coerced
• Sysco Hid Fuel Surcharges In Delivery Bills, Customers Say
• Aykroyd's Skull Vodka Co. Tells Jury Rival Made Knockoffs
• State Law Claims Harpooned In Seafood Price-Fix MDL
• Packaging Co. Ardagh Raises $308M With Shearman-Led IPO
• Activists Say No New Trial In Tiger Welfare Defamation Row
• DOJ Gets Injunction On Contaminated Milk Powder Products
• AB InBev Sued Over 'Spuds MacKenzie' Super Bowl Ad
• Guard For Heinz Exec Stole Info On $28B Deal, SEC Says
• Sens. Seek Food Safety Review For Foreign Sales Of US Cos.
• EEOC Hits Back At Applebee's Franchisee In Arbitration Row
• Consumer Goods Cos. Get OK For $250M In News Corp. Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: R&R, Block Capital, GFI
• Odwalla Sued Over 'No Sugar Added' Label On 100% Juices
• Coca-Cola Can't Nix $14M Plant Valuation At Ohio High Court
• Eatery Asks To Stick A Fork In Ill. Proposed Class Action
• Buyers Know Kraft Parmesan From Fresh Cheese, Co. Says
• In Dispute Over Oxford Comma, 1st Circ. Sides With Drivers
• Safeway Settles Underfilled Tuna Suit In California
• 'K-Cup' Labeling Suit Class Hits Back On Decertification Bid
• Judge Warns That Sausage Suit Stuffed With 'Boilerplate'
• Beware Intended Consequences Of Class Action Reform, Too
• How The Most Profitable Law Firms Structure Their C-Suites
• Washington Says Monsanto PCB Suit Belongs In State Court
• Florida Arby's Hit With FLSA Suit Over OT Pay
• Ranchers, DOL Fight Shepherds' Wage Floor Challenge
• Wendy's Execs Want Customer Data Breach Suit Tossed
• Clifford Chance Guides Ivanhoe's $565M Madrid Mall Sale
• Retailers Seek Class Cert. In Card Chip Antitrust Suit
• Cheese Recall Expands In Fatal Listeria Outbreak
• McDonald's Beats Suit Over Franchises' Alleged Pay Breaches
• Monsanto Can't Keep Glyphosate Off Calif. Cancer List: Court
• Chipotle Workers Say FLSA Trial Delay Might Shrink Class
• Investors Say Starbucks Must Face Suit Over EU Taxes
• 'March Madness' Trademark Tips And Traps
• Settlement Strategy: What Does The Client Really Want?
• Bumble Bee Buyers Face Uphill Fight As Mislabel Trial Ends
• DOD Contractor Hits Maersk With $2M Cargo Suit
• 'Healthy' Food Labeling Needs Hybrid Approach, FDA Told
• Chinese Food Additive Co. Sues US Over Dumping Duty
• US, Mexico Pledge New Effort To Clear Sugar Trade Impasse
• Brand Battles: Trump Campaign Picks New TM Fight
• Tropical Smoothie Sues Broker Over Insurance Troubles
• Philly Urges Appeals Court To Affirm Soda Tax's Legality
• Vape Dealers Say Pa. E-Cig Tax Overbroad, Discriminatory
• In The Associate Lateral Market, All Law Firms Are Not Equal
• DC Circ. TCPA Challenge Fails to Pause Caribou Text Suit
• Pharma Groups Urge Justices To Avoid Patent Venue Changes
• Ex-Judge Can Serve Dual Roles In Arbitration Row, Court Says
• Judge Denies Bid To Delay Texas Roadhouse Age Bias Trial
• Enviros Sue Fla. Chicken Plant Over Alleged River Pollution
• EPA Opens Civil Rights Investigation Of Hawaii Pesticide Use
• Reflections From A Mock Trial
• Celeb Chef Sues Over Four Seasons Successor 'Landmark'
• NLRB's Joint Employer Test Comes Under Fire At DC Circ.
• EEOC Settles Sex Discrimination Suit Against Nestle Waters
• Makers Want Class Decertified In 'K-Cup' Labeling Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bayer, Novomatic, Stada
• Benihana Of Tokyo Loses Suit Against American Cousin
• Martha's Vineyard Golf Club Hit With Wage Suit By Ex-Cook
• Political Operative Atwater's Name Can't Be Trademark: TTAB
• Real Estate Rumors: Wharton, Columbia, Whole Foods
• Trump Hotel's Ties To White House 'Unfair,' DC Eatery Says
• Mexico Moves To Knock Down Costa Rica's Avocado Barriers
• When Grumpy Cat Becomes Grumpy Plaintiff: Memes In Court
• Chipotle Foodborne Illness Shareholder Suit Gets Tossed
• Texas Roadhouse Blowing Smoke To Delay Bias Retrial: EEOC
• Hard Rock Franchisee Asks 11th Circ. To Revive Trade Suit
• Applebee's Settles Unpaid Vacation Claims With Ill. Workers
• No Jurisdiction In Kazakh Farm Dispute, UK High Court Says
• Monsanto Blasts Wash.'s Bid To Remand PCB Pollution Suit
• Shepherds' Antitrust Minimum Wage Suit Tossed
• Del Monte Can't Stop Pineapple Sales In $32M Award Fight
• Beware Unintended Consequences Of Class Action Reform
• FDA Warning Wire: Wockhardt Again In FDA Crosshairs
• Coffee Chain Gets Wage Theft Suit Moved To Federal Court
• Insurer Sued For Coverage Of $3.5M Frozen Pea Recall
• Fishermen Challenge Obama's Atlantic Marine Monument
• Reusable Coffee Pod Inventor Asks Fed. Circ. To Revive Patent
• Pepsi Wants Wage Suit Moved To Calif. District Court
• EEOC, Seyfarth Owe Discovery Fees In Hiring Bias Suit
• NY Employers Can't Avoid Overtime And Minimum Wage Regs
• Cannabis Industry Standards: ASTM May Fill The Vacuum
• Meras Seeks New Trial For 'Excessive' $12.5M Patent Award
• SoyNut Butter Co. Sees First Suit Over E. Coli Outbreak
• Chipotle Loses 8th Circ. Appeal Over Pay Protest Firing
• Commercial Fishers' Suit Tossed Back To Federal Agency
• Kraft Wins 'Natural' Cheese Suit Stay Pending FDA Guidance
• Supplement Co. Hid SEC Subpoena, Investors Say
• Fisheries Service Says It Complied With DC Circ.'s Order
• Simpson, Nelson Mullins Steer Northwood's $350M Loan
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive Conspiracy Suit Against Ex-Employer
• Domino's Franchisee Ordered To Undo Class Waiver Policy
• McDonald's Workers Seek Nod For $950K Credit Checks Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: BIG, Nike Communications, LNR
• China's Food Safety System In The Year Of The Rooster
• Insights From Oral Arguments In McLane V. EEOC
• Data Analytics Now Cost-Effective For Smaller Firms
• Ga. Court Tosses Libel Suit Over Dr. Oz's Olive Oil Segment
• Texas Roadhouse Says Boston Globe Story Taints Jury
• Kraft Tells Court Congress Should Change Patent Venue Law
• Olive Oil Maker Blasts Class Cert. Bid In False Ad Suit
• UK Can Vary VAT Deduction And Repayment Dates, Court Told
• ConAgra Looks To End Margarine Suit After Cert. Denial
• Tideland Owners Can't Duck Fishing Plan Dispute With Tribe
• Atty Rips Malpractice Claims Over Domino's Franchise Sale
• Law Firm's Mishaps Cost Coffee Franchisee $11M, Suit Says
• WTO To Screen Statements In US-Mexico Tuna Dispute
• Workers Take Ala. Wage Law Race-Bias Row To 11th Circ.
• Former Le-Nature's Exec Can't Reduce 20-Year Sentence
• India Implores US To Drop $450M Poultry Retaliation Bid
• Brand Battles: Warner Bros. Rips 'Golden Ticket' Beer
• Don't Underestimate The Value Of An Internal Audit
• What Food Cos. Can Expect From New Date Label Standards
• 9th Circ. Stays ConAgra Label Row For High Court Review
• FreshDirect Faces $900K Suit Over Sculpture Damage
• Monster Energy Renews Push To Arbitrate Distributor Row
• SuperAmerica's $3.5M TCPA Deal Gets Initial OK
• 9th Circ. Not Hooked By Wash. Bid To Rehear Salmon Row
• Widow Jane Bourbon Buyer Claims Seller Refuses To Close
• Electrolux Broadens Its Food Biz With $108M Grindmaster Buy
• Kraft Foods Lacks Taste In Attack On Counsel, Class Says
• Bumble Bee Marketers Ignored Internal Warnings, Judge Told
• Returning Balance To The NLRB
• New Business Opportunities In Shared Workspaces
• 9th Circ. Won't Up Fee Award To 'Greedy' Kraft Buyer Attys
• 8th Circ. Says Food Giants Can't Arbitrate Antitrust Row
• Hard Rock Leads Buyers Of Trump Taj Mahal From Icahn
• Fed. Circ. Affirms $455M Award To Bayer In Dow Patent Case
• Defamation Suit Against Cold Stone Revived By Fla. Court
• Appeals Court Affirms $3.5M Award Over Outbreak Coverage
• Benihana Beats Server Suit Decrying Tip-Pooling Policy
• Decertified Costco Workers Lose Rehearing Bid At 9th Circ.
• Organic Baby Food Co. Says Rival Similac Infringed Its Name
• Workers Group Hits City Of Memphis With Free Speech Suit
• Rachael Ray's Dog Food Slammed For False 'Natural' Labels
• Bayer Aims To Trim Debt In $1.58B Covestro Stake Sale
• Fisher, Fish Industry Subclass Win Cert. In Calif. Spill Suit
• South Africa Looks To Fine Unilever Over Margarine Cartel
• Backer Firm Looks For Class Cert. In Costco Junk Fax Suit
• Essential Precautions To Take In Liquor Licensing Sales