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Food & Beverage - June, 2017

328 articles

• Chicago-Area Soda Tax Stayed On Eve Of Scheduled Start
• Product Liability Cases To Watch: Midyear Report
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 10th Circ. Splits With 9th Circ. On DOL Tipping Rule
• McDonald's India Closing Restaurants Amid Arbitration Row
• Brand Battles: Mars Says Hershey Can't Own 'Scary' Candy
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, WilmerHale, Latham
• DC Circ. Says EPA Botched Pesticide Registration
• $22M Pizzeria Sex Assault Award Not Covered, 5th Circ. Told
• Judge Sides With Enviros, Vacates Approval Of Mont. Mine
• 3 Key Areas Legal Operations Teams Should Focus On
• Olive Oil Co.'s Trade Secrets Public Knowledge: Judge
• Leegin's 10-Year Checkup: An Economist's Perspective
• What The Experts Said About High Court Rulings This Term
• See's Candy Sours Judge On Kosher Mislabeling Suit
• Blue Apron's Tepid IPO Serves As Reality Check For Unicorns
• Chipotle Assessed $825,000 In Fees After Axing Mom-To-Be
• Bakery Distributors Lose Cert. Bid In Wage Row
• Ex-Employee Hits McDonald's With Suit Over No-Hire Policy
• Hawaiian Dairy Producer Hit With Water Pollution Suit
• Postmates Nears OK On $2.5M Driver Credit Check Deal
• Food Supplier's Octopus Product Really Squid, Suit Says
• US Law Firms Face Discovery Of Foreign Clients' Records
• Leegin's 10-Year Checkup: Tips For Advising Clients On RPM
• The Far-Reaching New 'Domestic Injury' Rule Under Civil RICO
• Examining Subjective Damages In The Class Action Context
• Microsoft V. Baker Slams The Back Door On Rule 23(f)
• The Future Of Law And The Demise Of The Midsize Firm
• ABC Trial Broadcasts Media's Liability In 'Fake News' Era
• Calif. AG, Restaurant Debate High Court Ruling At 9th Circ.
• Buffalo Trace, Wine Can't Be Confused, Trial Judge Told
• Ex-StarKist Exec Pleads Guilty To Seafood Price-Fixing
• Coca-Cola Can't Squeeze Out Of 'No Added Sugar' Juice Suit
• Coffee Co. Wants $2.4M TM Judgment Reconsidered
• Playboy's Damages Against Drink Co. Tripled To Nearly $19M
• Meal Kit Startup Blue Apron Slashes IPO Price Range By 34%
• Panda Express Settles Immigrant Discrimination Claims
• The 10 Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• The Most Talkative Justice Of The High Court Term
• The Cases That Got The Justices Talking
• 8th Circ. Revives Retaliation Claim In Ex-Grain Worker's Suit
• Chinese Garlic Co. Gets Dismissal Finalized So It Can Appeal
• The Road To Standardizing Food Safety And Quality Dates
• Monini Wants False Ad Suit Over Truffle Olive Oil Tossed
• Crusade Against Canadian Dairy Hurdles Goes Global
• Leegin's 10-Year Checkup: No Big Changes In The Marketplace
• How Discovery Has Changed Under New Federal Rules
• ABC Settles $1.9B 'Pink Slime' Suit Midtrial
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Pre-Voir Dire Questions
• Chicago-Area Retailers Sue Over Penny-An-Ounce Soda Tax
• Darden Wants FACTA Suit Stayed Pending Spokeo Ruling
• PAGA Waiver Stalls Vons' $2.1M Late-Wages Suit Settlement
• Gorsuch And Thomas Becoming Fast Friends At High Court
• FDA Warning Wire: Belladonna In Kids' Teething Products
• Soupman, Investors Reach Deal On Temporary Injunction
• Bad Math Spurs Third Frito-Lay Wage Settlement Rejection
• 5 High Court Concurrences That Read Like Dissents
• La. Man Settles SEC's Claims He Helped Fudge Financials
• The Sharpest Dissents From This Supreme Court Term
• Worker Class Action Against Ruby Tuesday Ends In Default
• Woman Drops Vitamin Shoppe Weight Loss Supplement Suit
• Le-Nature's Ex-CEO Says He Was Coerced Into Guilty Plea
• UK Watchdog Says Heineken Pub Sales Offer Might Work
• Bondholders Push 8th Circ. To Rethink Deal With Law Firm
• Nature's Way Refutes Cert. In 'Healthy' Coconut Oil Suit
• TreeHouse Foods Investors Fight To Keep Suit Over $2.7B Buy
• Judge Won't Approve Fla. Chicken Chain's TCPA Deal
• Leegin's 10-Year Checkup: US Influence On RPM Overseas
• Why Amazon's Whole Foods Buy Is Likely To Be Cleared
• Revisiting Enforcement Of EEOC Subpoenas At 9th Circ.
• An Interview With Floyd Abrams
• Southern China Livestock Receiver Appeals Release Ruling
• Monsanto Can't Nix Calif.'s Add Of Herbicide To Cancer List
• Buffalo Trace Maker Says Winery Violated TM As Trial Starts
• LA Demands $1.45M From Carl's Jr. For Defying Wage Law
• Cheesecake Factory Looks To Spike FACTA Class Action
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• IP Cases Led The Pack In High Court Amicus Briefs
• 'Soup Nazi' Distributor Says Investor Tried To Disrupt Ch. 11
• 4 Cos. Bolster IPO Pipeline With Filings Totaling $296M
• Central Grocers Announces Liquidation Of Food Inventory
• Bucking Tradition: NewLaw And The Coming Millennials
• Bruins Win Away-Game Meal Costs In Tax Court Shootout
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Cafe Customers' Receipt Suit
• Dunkin' Donuts Selling Patties, Not Steak, Suit Says
• Third Point Takes $3.5B Nestle Stake, Calls For Change
• Russian Billionaire Buys UK Health Giant For $2.26 Billion
• Couche-Tard Wins FTC OK On $4.4B CST Buy With Store Sales
• Grubhub Hit With Class Action Over Delivery Prices
• Deals Rumor Mill: Landis & Gyr, Vapiano, Telefonica
• 9th Circ. Stands Behind CAFA Ruling In Visa Antitrust Suit
• Leegin's 10-Year Checkup: State RPM Rules Vs. Federal Rule
• State AGs Responding To Trump Policies: 3 Areas To Watch
• High Court Wants SG's Take On Vitamin C Price-Fix Dispute
• Gray Matters: We Feel, We Decide
• Stalking Horse Fight Heats Up In Joe's Crab Shack Ch. 11
• Sanderson Poultry Hit With Suit On '100% Natural' Claim
• 8th Circ. Asked To Rethink Overdue Insurance Claim Suit
• 8 Companies Perk Up IPO Pipeline With Deals Surpassing $1B
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• US Olive Producers Demand Duties On Spanish Competitors
• Deals Rumor Mill: Shell, Eddie Bauer, Walmart
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Vinson, Mayer
• Chipotle Urges 11th Circ. To Toss Customer's GMO Suit
• Flavor Co. Makes $56M Settlement In Trade Secrets Suit
• US Slams Door On Brazilian Beef Imports
• Leegin's 10-Year Checkup: RPM Rule Breeds Inconsistency
• 9th Circ. Raises The Bar On Misprision Of A Felony
• Farmers Awarded $218M In 1st Syngenta GMO Corn Trial
• June Brought A Flurry Of Employment Law Developments
• NJ Gas Stations Can't Dodge Developers' Competition Suit
• Ground Beef Cos. Say ABC Report Put End To 'Pink Slime' Use
• Brewer Tells 2nd Circ. It Had 'Rogue' Marks Before Clothier
• Vineyard's $6M Wage Deal Nears OK With Cut Attys' Fees
• Synutra Investors Demand Appraisal Of $125M Go-Private Deal
• Cupcake Sushi Co. Sues Rival Over Dessert Patents
• Judge Orders New Seafood Origin Rule Following Challenge
• Goya Insurer Slaps Spice Co. With NJ Suit Over Food Recall
• Deals Rumor Mill: China Unicom, Vinci, WhistlePig Whiskey
• Burger King Wrongly Ditched Wage Activist, 8th Circ. Says
• Show Me Lab Tests, Judge In Trader Joe's Truffle Tussle Says
• Coke Raises Mexican Tax Credits First In Massive IRS Row
• Justice Kennedy's Moderating Influence On The High Court
• Korean Ramen Cos. Seek End To Price-Fixing Class Action
• Fla. Gov. Given 5 Days To Answer Petition Over Tree Cuts
• Justice Sotomayor On The Power Of Dissent
• Whataburger Gets Partial Win In Row Over Franchising Deal
• Fresh Market Investors Get Class Cert. In Del. Suit
• Girardi Keese Sued For Accounting Of $120M In Settlements
• Cattle Futures Traders To Pay CFTC $5.5M For Flouting Limits
• What To Know About New NYC 'Fair Workweek' Laws
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Vending Machine CEO's Fraud Conviction
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Juror-Posed Questions
• Philly Pub, Produce Stand To Pay $700K For OT Violations
• Sullivan Reps Diageo In Up To $1B Buy Of Clooney's Tequila
• Venue Fight Not Over In TC Heartland Patent Suit
• Insurer Seeks To Toss Restaurant Group, O'Hagan Meyer Suit
• Plaintiffs Bar Perspective: Grant & Eisenhofer's Michael Barry
• 'High Risk' DIP Loan Worries 'Soup Nazi' Distributor Judge
• 5-Hour Energy Scheme Nets Husband 7 Years, Wife 2 Years
• GrubHub Users Say DC Circ. Case Irrelevant To TCPA Row
• House Of Thaller Recalls Hummus After Food-Risk Scare: FDA
• Ranchers Sue USDA Over Foreign Beef, Pork Labeling Rules
• Central Grocers Ch. 11 Cases Transferred To Ill. Court
• Kobe Steakhouse Can't Push Away Landlord's $3.2M Beef
• Deals Rumor Mill: BMC Software, Cosco, CVC Capital Partners
• Nestlé Leads $77M Funding Round For Freshly
• Real Estate Rumors: Cohen Clair, PGIM, Sentinel
• Nutrition Labeling Changes Should Be Rethought, FDA Hears
• Kraft Cheese Buyers Want A New Shot At Cert.
• Edible Arrangements Seeks to Toss Text Ad Suit
• What Lenders Must Know About The FSMA: Part 2
• Supermarket Income REIT Eyeing £200M IPO
• Trump Floats Names To Fill Posts At NSA, DOD, USTR, More
• Justice Sotomayor On Working A Room And The Post-Scalia Void
• Welch Likely To Pare, Not Dodge, Fruit Snack Labeling Suit
• Hershey Nears Sweet Success In Vending Competition Row
• Amazon's Whole Foods Buy Unlikely To Face Antitrust Hurdles
• Meal Kit Startup Blue Apron Leads Seven IPO Launches
• Truck-Stop Co. Can't Challenge Conditional Cert. Grant
• Worker's Atty Barred From Depos In Chefs' Warehouse Case
• Growth-Hungry Delivery Hero Launches $1B IPO
• Tea Co. Blasts 'War' On Coconut Oil In Mislabeling Suit
• Coke Buyers Seek Class Cert. In 'No Artificial Flavors' MDL
• Broker Trims Tropical Smoothie's Suit Over Insurance Woes
• 10 Problems To Avoid In Social Media Influencer Marketing
• What Lenders Must Know About The FSMA: Part 1
• High Court Won't Take On Spokeo Divide In Card Receipt Row
• Beef Co. GC Says ABC's 'Pink Slime' News Sank Its Sales
• Brand Battles: Nintendo, Conagra, Volkswagen
• NJ ShopRite Cleared Of Negligence Over Worker's Photos
• Conspirator In Fake 5-Hour Energy Scheme Gets 6 Months
• Univ. of Alabama Fan Agrees To End Coca-Cola TCPA Suit
• Ex-Commerce Employee Found Guilty On Bribery Charges
• Dow-DuPont Deal Highlights Division's Immunity To Politics
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Weil, Paul, Gibson
• Luxury Candy Seller Says Competitor Isn't Acting Sweet
• Pecan Co. Says Nut Supplier Is Responsible In $1.5M Hack
• Gizmo Beverages Sues Ex-Chair For TM Infringement
• Tips For Complying With ABA's New Encryption Guidance
• Amazon Inks $13.7B Whole Foods Buy
• Judge Recommends Insurer Win In Pet Food Coverage Case
• 'Pink Slime' Coiner Tells Jury USDA Approval Was Wrong Call
• NYC Eatery Says Its TM Doesn't Tread On Condiment Co.'s
• Pa. High Court Likely To Have Say In Philly Soda Tax Fight
• Micula Award Enforcement Stay Can Be Appealed, Judge Says
• Divided 9th Circ. Upholds Calif. Ban On In-Store Booze Ads
• DOJ Clears Massive Dow, DuPont Deal With Divestitures
• South Africa Raids 7 Meat Suppliers In Price-Fixing Probe
• Syngenta Looks To Nix Farmers' Claims In 1st GMO Corn Trial
• Once-Hesitant US Sugar Producers Cheer Mexico Deal
• Insurer Looks To Dodge Coverage In Food Bag Trademark Suit
• Russia Says It's Settled WTO Concerns In EU Tariff Spat
• Mondelez Trans Fat Suit Should Survive, Consumer Says
• DDR, Madison International Realty Ink $1.05B Mall Recap
• Sens. Want NAFTA To Knock Down Canadian Poultry Hurdles
• Justice Ginsburg On Oral Argument And 'Imperious' Attorneys
• DOC Weighs Bangladesh Labor Woes In Vietnam Shrimp Case
• ABC Reporter Defends 'Pink Slime' News In $1.9B Trial
• 'Soup Nazi' Distributor Hits Ch. 11 After Tax Evasion Case
• Frozen Pea Recall Coverage Suit Belongs In NY, Insurer Says
• FDA Delays New Requirements For Nutrition Labels
• Winn-Dixie Loses ADA Fight Over Website Accessibility
• Real Estate Rumors: Opal, Jeff Shapack, Broadway Tech
• Marsh Approved For $28M Sales Of 26 Stores, Inventory
• Safeway Tells 9th Circ. Online Prices Didn't Flout Terms
• WTO Won't Settle Russia-Ukraine Fertilizer Row Before 2018
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Preliminary Instructions
• Philly Beverage Tax Survives Challenge In Pa. Appeals Court
• Restaurant App's TM Win Doesn't Merit Fees, Judge Says
• Aykroyd's Vodka Co. Nears $870K Win, US Ban In IP Row
• 5 Tips To Avoid A Bumble Bee-Like Deal Review Debacle
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hexagon, Brookdale, Eldorado Brasil
• Due Diligence From The Lateral Partner's Perspective
• Yum Brands Prices $750M Notes Offering
• Canada Dry Buyers Agree To Combine False Ad Suits
• Papa John's Franchisee Sued Over Vehicle Reimbursements
• Kroger Unit Fired Contaminated-Test Whistleblower, Suit Says
• Caribou Coffee Settles Proposed TCPA Class Action for $8.5M
• Consumers Urge 9th Circ. To Revive Subway TCPA Claims
• UK Agency Wants Concessions In Heineken's £305M Pub Buy
• Lateral Partner Due Diligence: Where Should A Firm Begin?
• Justice Ginsburg On Diversity And Persuading Her Colleagues
• US, China Finalize Deal To Open Up Beef Trade
• West American Sues Nutiva Over False Ad Suit Coverage
• Mexico, US Reach Understanding To Bypass Sugar Duties
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Bayer, Lotte
• Gordon Ramsay Asks Chancery To Dissolve Restaurant Biz
• Brand Battles: Walmart, Dr Pepper, North Face
• 8th Circ. Backs Firm, Underwriter Liability In $8M Bond Deal
• Feds Ask For Dismissal Of Challenge To Fish-Saving Efforts
• Chipotle Denied Bid To Decertify Wage-And-Hour Employees
• NJ Craft Beer Maker Fined $2M Over Sales, Invoice Violations
• Norway Pauses Free Trade Talks With Canada
• Mo. Pet Food Co. Can't Get Top Court's Ear In Ohio Tax Row
• DOJ Urges NY Court To Toss Trump 'Emoluments' Suit
• Tritax Big Box REIT Drops $117M On UK Distribution Center
• EU-Canada Agreement Is An Opportunity For Duty Savings
• McDonald's Faces $750K OT Damages For Overnight Workers
• Kraft Succeeds At Nixing Class In 'Natural' Cheese Suit
• NJ Soup Maker Resolves Spat Over GMO Ingredients
• Product Liability Regulation & Legislation: Midyear Report
• Atty Beats Muzzling Motion In Chiquita MDL
• Rupari Seeks To Seal Worker Info In Bankruptcy Filings
• Owner Of NC Restaurant Pleads Guilty To $2.8M Tax Fraud
• DC Circ. Won't Scrap NLRB's Revised Back Pay Formula
• Taxation With Representation: Debevoise, King, Proskauer
• Trans Fat Suit Should Stay In Federal Court, Mondelez Says
• Calif. Jelly Belly 'Cane Juice' Suit Tossed For Now
• EU High Court Nixes German Co.'s Glucose Health Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tivity Health, Smithfield Foods, Uber
• EPA Probing Alleged Collusion Between Ex-Staffer, Monsanto
• Del. Bankruptcy Judge OKs $2.7M Settlement In Haggen Ch. 11
• 5-Hour Energy Users Lose Cert. Bid In False Ad MDL
• Patrizia Drops $74M On Amsterdam Mixed-Use Property
• Mich. High Court Denies Ethanol Maker's Tax Credit Bid
• Panera Served More Securities Suits Over $7.5B Buyout
• CIT Rejects Challenge To Duties On Chinese Garlic
• Clearing Up CAFA Post-Removal Amendments At 9th Circ.
• 'Pink Slime' Is Safe To Eat Despite ABC Report, Jury Told
• Trump Says Wine Bar Can't Delay Dismissal Hurdle
• Consumer Groups Weigh In On $100B InBev, SABMiller Deal
• FDA Sued Over Nutrition Labeling Rule Delay
• Simpson Thacher Leads PetSmart In $2B Post-Buy Note Issue
• Monster Seeks OK Of Arbitration Award Against Ex-Distributor
• Chipotle Is Exploiting Judge's Block On OT Rule, Suit Says
• US Sugar Cos. Not Sweet On Trade Deal With Mexico
• 3rd Circ. Says Former Le-Nature's Exec Can't Lower Sentence
• Colo. Judge Tosses Chipotle Derivative Suit Over Food Safety
• Gambler Billy Walters Says Prosecutors Endorsed Perjury
• Russia Has Until Dec. To Comply With WTO Pork Ruling
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Setting Trial Time Limits
• Syngenta Exec Sniffs At China's View On Seeds
• CEO Of Freight, Drink Cos. Fudged Financials, SEC Says
• Former Quiznos Brass Can Recover Legal Fees: Chancery
• Topps Lollipop IP Suit Against Rival Can Go On, Judge Says
• ABC 'Pink Slime' Report Scared Buyers, Beef Co. Expert Says
• Joe's Crab Shack Parent Hits Ch. 11 With $50M Purchase Bid
• Big Business Lobby Tries To Hobble Litigation Finance, Again
• AdvancePierre Investor Seeks Records Of $4.2B Tyson Merger
• Transmar Blasts ABN Amro's Ch. 7 Conversion Request
• Ex-Guard For Heinz Exec Wants Insider Trading Suit Tossed
• Rupari Gets Sale Nod, Tony Roma's Fight Sent To Mediation
• US, Mexico Reach Revised Sugar Trade Agreement
• Real Estate Rumors: Ballard Spahr, DR Horton, Extell
• 7 Democratic AGs Challenge Trump's EPA Over Pesticide
• Convicted Human Trafficker Can't Get 10-Year Sentence Cut
• ABC's 'Pink Slime' Lies Cost Beef Co. $1.9B, Jury Told
• Syngenta Seed Launch Slashed Market, Farmers Say At Trial
• Cargill, ADM Seek Tariffs On Citric Acid Imports
• Colgate Seeks Stay Of 2 Cases Until FDA Defines 'Natural'
• Groups Ask DC Circ. To Revisit EPA Farm Pollution Rule
• 5th Circ. Revives Kroger Employee's Slip And Fall Suit
• Weyerhaeuser's Uruguay Biz Changes Hands For $402.5M
• Judge Won't Split Texas Roadhouse TM Suit
• Marsh Supermarkets Must Name Execs In Bonus Plan: Trustee
• Fla. Classes Blast Vetoes Of $37M For Citrus Trees Judgment
• Five Guys Burger Co. Hit With Wage, Background Check Suit
• Dr Pepper Can't Dodge Canada Dry Ad Suit, Consumers Say
• Vineyard Uncorks IP Suit Against Winery Of The Same Name
• Congressional Forecast: June
• Monster Iced Military Competition, Rival Tells 9th Circ.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Conagra Brands, L'Oreal, Enel
• Central Grocers' $205M Ch. 11 DIP, Sale Plan Approved
• Trader Joe's Wins Toss Of Tuna Can-Underfilling Claims
• Meal Kit Startup Blue Apron Leads 7 New IPO Filings
• UAE Food Contractor Can't Escape False Claims Suit
• 2nd Circ. Revives Whole Foods Overcharging Suit
• Panera Investors Want To Stick A Fork In $7.5B Buyout
• FDA Investigates Frozen Tuna For Hepatitis A Risks
• Brand Battles: Chipotle, Houston, World Wildlife Fund
• Snack Maker Says Federal Law Bars GMO Labeling Suit
• RMP Scores $170M Refi For Calif. Grocery Retail Portfolio
• Trump Says Wine Bar Suit Must Stay In Federal Court
• Russia Seeks WTO Talks With Ukraine On Trade Restrictions
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Linklaters, Wachtell
• Former StarKist Exec Charged In Tuna Price-Fixing Probe
• Haggen Creditors Can't Block Use Of Sale Proceeds: Judge
• $22M Pizzeria Sex Assault Award Is Covered, 5th Circ. Told
• Reed Smith Atty Seeks To Bar Opposing Counsel From Depos
• Nabisco Parent Slams Trans Fat Suit, Jabs Consumer's Attys
• Chinese Honey Co. Can't Undo New Anti-Dumping Duty
• Linklaters, Kirkland Steer Deere's $5.2B Wirtgen Purchase
• Darden Slapped With FACTA Suit Over Restaurant Receipts
• 2nd Circ. Affirms NLRB Ruling On Worker Recording Ban
• GrubHub Asks To Stay TCPA Suit Until DC Circ. Ruling
• SEC Wins Pump-And-Dump Claims Against Coffee Investor