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Food & Beverage - April, 2017

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• A Look Back At The FDA's 'Healthy' Journey
• 4th Circ. OKs RJ Reynolds' Win In $50M ERISA Suit
• Fla. Judge Won't Bar Sales Of Primo Shrimp In Contract Row
• Fresh & Easy Ch. 11 Plan, Disclosure Confirmed In Del.
• Wine Co. Can't Clip Bourbon Co.'s TM Suit Except In Damages
• Property Sale Proceeds Being Misused, Haggen Creditors Say
• Why Medical Marijuana Delivery May Soon Be Legal In LA
• Dr Pepper Says Consumers' False Ad Claims Unsupported
• IP Provisions Emerge As Hurdle In EU-Japan Trade Talks
• Costco Fax Recipients Get Class Cert. In TCPA Suit
• NYC Steakhouse Hit With Wage Suit For 'Blatantly Stealing'
• The Mediator's Proposal As A Tool For Litigants
• Increasing Focus On Info Exchanges Among Competitors
• Agricultural Facility Co. Faulted For I-9 Violations
• 11th Circ. Affirms $60M Tax Deficiency In Magnate's Estate
• Costco's $2M Wage Suit Deal Isn't Up To Snuff, Judge Says
• Rupari Gets Go-Ahead For $26M Ch. 11 Auction Plans
• Insurer Sues 2nd Insurer Over Spoiled Pizza Hut Brownies
• Feds Tell Supreme Court Not To Review Parents' Vaccine Suit
• Co. Selling Adulterated Weight Loss Supplements, Buyers Say
• FDA Nominee Clears Senate Panel Despite Dems' Criticism
• Pakistani Restaurant Owner Admits To Immigration, Tax Fraud
• Expectations After The Trump Administration's First 100 Days
• Restaurateur Gets 2 Years For Tax Fraud, Undocumented Staff
• Restaurant Wrong To Fire Workers Over Critical Email: NLRB
• EU High Court OKs Use Of Tax Probe Docs In Price-Fix Case
• Food Co. Expands Recall Of Golf Ball-Flecked Hash Browns
• Cleveland Mixed-Use Property Snags $142M For Construction
• Real Estate Rumors: El Tablon, Yeshiva, Goldman Properties
• 9th Circ. Rebuffs Lime-A-Rita Drinkers' Bid To Rethink Suit
• Bayer Fights En Banc Review Of Dow's $455M Patent Loss
• Deals Rumor Mill: Seibu, Volkswagen, Castle Brands
• Canadian MP: Trump 'Shooting Himself In The Foot' On NAFTA
• Counterfeit 5-Hour Energy Ringleader Sentenced To 7 Years
• Chipotle Warns Of Payment Processing Data Security Breach
• 5th Circ. Nixes Sara Lee's Early Win In Energy Drink Row
• Supplement Co. Hit With False Ad Suit Over Illicit Steroids
• 'Milking' The 1st Amendment To Defend Food Label Claims
• Mass. Court Revives Coverage Battle Over Spoiled Scallops
• PF Chang's Data Breach Suit Moves Forward
• Unsecured Creditors, Trustee Object To Rupari Sale Plans
• Fla. IHOP Franchisee Hit With Overtime Suit
• Chinese MSG Duties Need Redo, CIT Says
• Deere, Monsanto Can't Get DOJ Expert Notes In Merger Suit
• The 9-Year Winning Streak Of Virginia 'Rocket Docket'
• FDA Warning Wire: Teva, Inspection Refusal, Cheese Deaths
• PocketProtein Investor Demands Records On Licensing Deal
• Maker Of Rachael Ray's Dog Food Blasts 'Natural' Label Row
• Mass. Lawmakers Pull Sugary Drink Tax From House Budget
• Boston Market TM Suit Grills Eatery's Copycat Admission
• Herr Escapes 'No Preservatives Added' Claims For Now
• Fed. Judge Backs Bankruptcy Court In Bagel Co. Row
• Produce Giant Dole Eyes Return To IPO Market
• Ex-Pa. Judicial Ethics Panelist Gets 6½ Years In $3M Fraud
• Organic Dog Food Co. Recalls Chow Due To Pentobarbital
• EU Parliament Greens Look To Sink Bayer, Monsanto Deal
• Ex-MillerCoors Employee Gets Probation In $8M Fraud
• US On The Hook For $163M Over Tuna Labeling Rules
• Tyson Aims To Bolster Prepared Food Biz With $4.2B Buy
• Scott Gottlieb And The Future Of The FDA
• Let's Talk About Half-Hearted Innovation
• Pet Food Buyer's Action Didn't Claim Damages, Judge Says
• Cosi Seeks Ch. 11 Plan OK, Fights Exec's Severance Claims
• NJ Soup Maker In Hot Water Over GMO Ingredients
• Hash Browns Possibly Mixed With Golf Ball Bits Spurs Recall
• Consumer Subpoenas Denied In Chicken Antitrust Suit
• Senate Confirms Trump Agriculture Secretary Pick
• Tyson Broiled Competition, Restaurant's Antitrust Suit Says
• Rupari Says Ch. 11 Adversary Process Must Move Swiftly
• Trial Lies Merit Fees In Bottle Battle, Aykroyd's Co. Says
• Ketchup Cap Co. Says Heinz Leaked Trade Secrets
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hypermarcas, Whole Foods, Abraaj Group
• Vitamin C Antitrust Case Could Trip Trump Up On Trade
• 'Star Trek' Artist Sues Over Destroyed LA Mural
• Counsel To Counsel: Insights From Law Firm GCs
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Cravath, Simpson
• Reed Smith Client Re-Ups Sanctions Bid After Atty Threatened
• Brand Battles: Prince, Jägermeister, Wisconsin Badgers
• DOJ Says Deere, Monsanto Can't Access Expert's Notes
• Facebook Rant Not Enough To Fire Worker, 2nd Circ. Says
• Vendor Seeks Probation In MillerCoors Marketing Fraud Case
• Ship's Failure Cost $3M In Spoiled Bananas, Chiquita Says
• Cosi Fights Over $2M In Shareholder Claims In Ch. 11
• EPA Settles Alaskan Seafood Processor Clean Air Suit
• Gray Matters: The Attorney-Client Team
• Wis. 'Artisanal Butter Ban' Unconstitutional, Ohio Co. Says
• McDonald's Loses Calif. OT Fight, Queuing Up Damages Trial
• $31M Confirmation Bid Lacks US Connection, Co. Says
• Tony Roma's Says Licensing Deal Not Part Of Rupari Sale
• Slaughterhouse Workers Gain Conditional Cert. In FLSA Row
• Judge In Endangered Fish Lawsuit Lifts Hold On Montana Dam
• Hain Celestial Investors Launch $1.4B Stock-Drop Suit
• Almond Milk Class Fires Back At Bid To Dump Suit
• Litigation Finance, Big Data And The Limits Of AI
• Why Oregon Lawmakers Are Shielding Cannabis Buyers' Data
• Counsel To Counsel: Mama Said There'll Be Days Like This
• Feds Want 9 Years For Head Of Counterfeit 5-Hour Energy Plot
• 9th Circ. Revives Gerber Baby Food False Ad Suit
• Calif. Hospitality Group Hit With Wage-Hour Class Action
• Aussie Regulator's Food Safety System Is Comparable: FDA
• Instacart Can't Yet Ring Up $4.6M Misclassification Deal
• 'No Sugar Added' Claims Vex 9th Circ. In Juice Labeling Suits
• Bunge Agrees To Turn Over Trading Info In Kraft Wheat Row
• Coca-Cola Wants 'No Added Sugar' Juice Suit Dumped
• Dr Pepper Can't Duck Canada Dry Ginger Ale Labeling Row
• WTO Dispute Roundup: Food Fights Come To The Fore
• Judge Won't Scrape Last Claim Off Margarine False Ad Suit
• Aramark FACTA Suit Can't Survive Under Spokeo, Judge Says
• Omaha Steaks' Shipping Fees Excessive, Suit Charges
• Judge Won't Weed Claims From Port's Suit Against Monsanto
• Counsel To Counsel: A Law Firm GC's Data Protection Duties
• Tyson Can't Escape Deceptive Labeling Suit, 9th Circ. Told
• Cases Targeting Puerto Rico's Import Tariff Consolidated
• FDA Warning Wire: Faulty St. Jude Devices Used In Patients
• Eighth Defendant Pleads In $8M Fraud Of MillerCoors
• Food Delivery Startup's $5M Worker Deal Hits Speed Bump
• 2nd Circ. Affirms $50M Milk Price-Fixing Settlement
• Feds Fight Egg Execs' Bid For Justices To Review Sentences
• Post Holdings Swallows UK's Weetabix In £1.4B Deal
• Liquor Co. Says Dan Aykroyd's Co. Can't Halt World Sales
• Counsel To Counsel: Evaluating Positional Conflicts
• Liquor Chain's Merchant Deal Nixed Coverage, Judge Says
• Beverage Industry Fights SF Soda Warnings At 9th Circ.
• Challenge To Feds' Fish Saving Efforts Mostly Moot
• Rupari Seeks Expedited Timing Of Tony Roma Licensing Fight
• Cravath Guides Ashland In $660M Pharmachem Deal
• Flint Moms' Suit Blames Racial Bias For Water Crisis
• New Policies Pose Threat To Immigrant Workplace Rights
• Counsel To Counsel: 5 Challenges For A Law Firm GC
• Understanding The US Ban On Importing Forced Labor Goods
• Turkish Co. Hit With $8M Verdict In Hep A Pomegranate Suit
• Tribes, Enviros To Drop Salmon Suit Claims After Consultation
• Ex-Domino's Owner Says Atty Kept Mum About Sale Proceeds
• 'Reserve' Variations Can't Be Trademarked, Judge Rules
• Deals Rumor Mill: BJ's, Charter NEX Films, Anbang Insurance
• Slack-Fill Suits See Boom Despite Few Class Wins
• Halal Food Co. Founder, Son Lose Appeal Over False Exports
• Brand Battles: Dr. Pepper, MLB, Dom Perignon
• 8th Circ. Sends General Mills Age Bias Row To Arbitration
• 4 Key Takeaways From EPA Farm Reporting Rule Decision
• Real Estate Rumors: KMR, Mike Sarimsakci, Evelyn Greer
• 'Gluten-Free' Cheerios Made People Sick, 9th. Circ. Told
• Syngenta Loses Bid To Enforce Pesticide Label Copyright
• Kerrygold Gets Restraining Order Over Butter Trademark
• Checkers Cook Files Minimum Wage And OT Suit
• Lawyers In Flow: Get Out Of Your Head And Into Your Case
• Baker Says Insurer Wouldn't Cover Pies It Said To Toss
• Odwalla Seeks To End Delivery Driver's Rest Break Suit
• Fla. Inspectors Find Food Violations At Trump's Mar-a-Lago
• Neal Gerber Lands Former Kirkland M&A Attorney
• Don Pablo's Tex-Mex Chain Gets Ch. 11 Bankruptcy Plan OK
• TGI Friday's Staffers Seek Cert. On Notice Issue In Wage Row
• Syngenta To Face Punitives In Minn. GMO Seed Bellwethers
• Chipotle Case Shows How Cos. Can Avoid Overtime Claims
• Farmers Co-Op Loses Bid To Ax $1.7M MF Global Trades Suit
• Kerrygold Butter Says Irishgold Is Phony In Trademark Suit
• Weil To Represent China Fishery Despite Funding Concerns
• Minn. High Court Says CEO Personally Liable For Sales Tax
• Purina, Dog Owners Resolve Claims Over Beggin' Strips
• McDonald's Pittsburgh Store Buy Wasn't Legal, Judge Says
• Bankruptcy Watchdog Troubled By Rupari Ch. 11
• Snack Cos. Launch Trademark Battle Over 'Skinny' Popcorns
• Construction Co. Faces $5M Suit In Alleged Restaurant Plot
• Judge Says Mom May Regret Not Taking Royal Caribbean Deal
• Spotlight On Corruption-Related Successor Liability Risks
• NJ Appeals Court Nixes 2 ShopRite Suits Against Competitor
• A Law Firm Ranking Model By 'Fake News & Distorted Reports'
• Soft Drink Bottler Refresco Rejects $1.5B PE Buyout Offer
• Smucker Tries To Toss Mars' Pet Pill Treat Trademark Suit
• 2nd Circ. Revives TCPA Claims Against Supplement Co.
• NJ Can Tax 100% Of Company's Asset Sale Gain, Court Says
• Food Delivery Biz Forks Over $5M In Contract Worker Row
• FDA Warning Wire: Mylan's New Woes, NYC Juice Claims
• Trader Joe's Can't Dodge Tuna Can Claims, Consumers Say
• Real Estate Rumors: JEMB, Realty Income, Chris Carlos
• Judge Strikes Candymaker From $55M Warehouse Fire Suit
• San Diego Urges Judge To Save Monsanto PCB Suit
• BBQ Distributor Rupari Hits Ch. 11, Wants To Hold Auction
• Neb. High Court Nixes Farming Cos.' Sales Tax Refund Bid
• Mexico OKs $43B ChemChina-Syngenta Deal With Conditions
• McLane V. EEOC's Impact On Employer Subpoena Responses
• EPA Farm Pollution Rule Struck Down By DC Circuit
• Kraft Demands Food Co.'s Trading Info In Wheat Futures Row
• Trump Co. Reaches Deal With 2nd Chef Who Quit Hotel
• Monsanto Hit With False Labeling Suit Over Roundup
• FDA Must Revisit Menu Labeling Rule, Retailers Say
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, YPF, Whole Foods
• McCormick, Wal-Mart Seek To Grind Up Pepper Antitrust Suit
• Sodexo Faces FCRA Dispute Over Consumer Reports
• TSG Buys $264M Stake In Scottish Craft Beer Maker BrewDog
• Two IP Attorneys Join Armstrong Teasdale In Kansas City
• NJ Feedstock Processor Gets 5 Years In Biofuel Fraud Case
• Dead Bat Found In Salad At Wal-Mart Spurs Recall
• Steakhouse Says Receipt Suit Still Fails Under Spokeo
• Godiva, Consumer Urge 11th Circ. To Affirm $6.3M Deal
• Apollo Cuts Hostess Stake With Public Offering
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Jones Day, Weil, Paul
• Carrabba's Italian Grill Hit With Nationwide Overtime Suit
• Transmar Lender Gets OK To Subpoena Over Lost Collateral
• Dunkin' Shops Offer Up Buttered Treats To End Patrons' Suit
• Trump Co. Settles With Chef In Anti-Immigrant Speech Row
• HFF Closes $52.4M Sale Of Philly Shopping Center
• Afghan War Food Contractor Says FCA Suit Thin On Details
• Costco Rivals Denied Class Status In 5-Hour Energy Suit
• Five Guys Burger Says Website Not A 'Place' For ADA Suit
• Crowdfunding For Legal Cases: 5 Trends Reshaping Justice
• Jury Convicts Gambler Billy Walters Of Insider Trading
• Enfamil Maker Hit With $5M Class Suit Over Infant Illness
• Juice Co. Fights Del Monte Bid To Stop Pineapple Purchase
• Fla. Judge Pens Tribute To Doughnuts In Tim Hortons Opinion
• ConAgra Looks To Toss Leftovers In Margarine False Ad Row
• Ex-Dean Food Chair Back-Tracked Trades, Defense Says
• Former NYC Restaurant Owner Says Couple Is Ruining Him
• Nestle SA Wants Locke Lord Sanctioned For 'Baseless' Claim
• Dechert Cost Fishing Ship Owner $1.8M, Mass. Justices Told
• Davis Wright Nabs TroyGould Litigator In LA
• Pa. Judge Sends '100% Natural' Quaker Oats Suit To Ill.
• Coca-Cola Seeks $1M In Coverage For Nepal Blockade Losses
• Edible Arrangements Sued Over 'Incredible Edibles' TM
• NJ Appeals Court Sinks Supermarket's Challenge To Rival
• Dairy Lobby Wants Crackdown On Canadian Pricing Program
• Unilever Eyes Unit Sale, Buybacks After $143B Buyout Snub
• ABA Needs A New Model Legal Ethics Rule
• What Does Lateral Partner Success Look Like?
• Judge Kills Suit Seeking $213M On 140-Year-Old Guano Notes
• 'La Finca' Is Merely Descriptive Of Wine, TTAB Rules
• ITC Judge Recommends Unblocking Eko Coffee Pod Imports
• Monster Energy Can Arbitrate Distributor Complaint In Calif.
• Evidence Against Walters Devastating, Feds Say In Closing
• Enviros Ask 9th Circ. To Force EPA To Ban Pesticide
• CORRECTED: Food Cos. Dispute Trade Secrets Verdict In Fake Jam Suit
• Food Biz Partners Sue Co. For $10M In Dessert Profits
• Deere, Monsanto Say Weak Analysis Dooms DOJ Antitrust Suit
• Are Lateral Recruitment Opportunities Shaping Your Strategy?
• Hoover Dam Cafe Owner To Face Debtor Exam In IP Row
• Takeaways From The ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting: Part 3
• Pepsi Unit Can't Dodge Buyers' 'Slack Fill' Class Action
• JAB Holding Inks $7.5B Buyout Of Panera
• $8M MillerCoors Vendor Fraud Ends With 2 More Guilty Pleas
• EU Watchdog OKs ChemChina's $46B Syngenta Buy
• Pa. Appeals Court Mulls Whether To Junk Philly Soda Tax
• Summations Loom In Walters Insider Trading Trial
• Omitted Drink Prices Flouted Consumer Law, NJ Justices Told
• Sazerac's Buffalo Bourbon TM Suit Charges Toward Trial
• FDA Warning Wire: Agency Skeptical Of Cannabis Oil Claims
• Vitamin C Buyers Ask Supreme Court To Revive Antitrust Suit
• Lateral Partner Hiring: Time To Look In The Mirror
• Fla. Tomato Farm Squashes Workers' Credit-Card Pay Suit
• FTC Orders ChemChina, Syngenta To Shed Assets For Merger
• Wise's Potato Chip Bags Mostly Air, Consumers Say
• Credit Unions' Counsel Bid Denied In Noodles & Co. Suit
• Nestle Swings At Steuben Foods' Bottling Patent At Fed. Circ.
• Real Estate Rumors: FreshDirect, CK Holding, Capital One
• McDonald's Hit With Consumer Antitrust Complaints In Europe
• Fed. Circ. Revives $13.4M Dispute Over Iraq War Food Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Panera, Staples, Abengoa
• Chili's Grill & Bar Dodges NJ Wage Class Action
• Pet Food Makers Look To Escape Prescription Antitrust Case
• Splenda Owner Says Applebees, IHOP Knockoffs Dilute Mark
• Walters Called 'Babe Ruth Of Risk' By Former Broker
• Nevada Can't Stop Agencies' Sage-Grouse Habitat Plan
• Justices' EEOC Subpoena Ruling Ups Ante At Trial Court
• Dow Wants Review Of $455M Weed Control Patent Loss
• ConAgra Beats Consumers' Crunch 'N Munch Trans Fat Action
• DOJ OKs $12.5B Danone Deal With Divestitures
• Restaurant Co. Sues Ruth's Chris For $25M Over Water Bill
• ASBCA Halts Another Iraq Supply Dispute For Criminal Case
• Magic Johnson Food Co. Wants To Depose Drexel's President
• Consumers Win Cert. On Scotts Tainted Bird Seed Claims
• Bumble Bee Wins Calif. Bench Trial Over Fishy Labels
• Coca-Cola Scores Quick Win In Ex-Worker's Data Breach Suit
• Families Attack Chiquita Defenses In Colombia Torture Suit
• South Africa Watchdog Says Cos. Restricted Potato Seed Use
• Deals Rumor Mill: Panera Bread, Psagot, Grab
• Bakery Distributors Can't Unionize With Teamsters
• Guatemala Axes Tariffs On US Chicken Ahead Of Schedule
• Reckitt Benckiser Weighs Unit Sale After Mead Johnson Buy
• Beef Co. Asks 8th Circ. To Nix Immigrant Bias Probe Deal
• When Does Data Breach Liability Extend To The Boardroom?
• Defending Restaurant Manager Misclassification Claims
• High Court Wants Light Touch On EEOC Subpoena Reviews