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Food & Beverage - January, 2018

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• 11th Circ. Scolds Winn-Dixie Rivals' Attys In Exclusivity Row
• Peco Stuck With Broiler Chicken Price-Fixing Suit For Now
• Miami Restaurant Looks To DQ Ex-Worker's Attys In Wage Suit
• Insurer, Security Co. Denied Wins In Injury Coverage Row
• Hunger For Food And Bev M&A May Cause Antitrust Concerns
• NLRB Nixes Case Over Alleged Firing Threat At Burger King
• Centers Of Influence Are Key To Small Law Firm Rainmaking
• Approaching Restaurant Leases As A Tenant: Part 1
• Kellogg Beats Ex-Worker's Disability, Age Bias Suit
• Russia-EU Pork Trade Battle Moves To New WTO Phase
• Walgreens To Pay $2.2M To Settle Suit Over Expired Wares
• Pilgrim's Pride Investor Challenges $1.3B Moy Park Deal
• Canada's Competition Bureau Won't Fight Privilege Ruling
• Pineapple Grower Fights Bid To Protect $32M Award
• 'Excessive' Chipotle Class Fees Cut From $3.2M To $600K
• Mondelez Food-Labeling Consumers Push High Sugar Claims
• German Watchdog Says Court Backs 'Wedding Rebate' Ruling
• Wrigley Sues Vape Co. Over Starburst, Skittles Flavors
• Romania Trying To Avoid $250M Award Proceeding, Court Told
• Pa. Justices To Hear Philly Sweetened Beverage Tax Challenge
• How The Hospitality Industry Is Dealing With Tip Pool Regs
• Nestlé Says Crest Must Pick Up Discovery Pace In IP Fight
• 9th Circ. To Rethink Block Of San Francisco Soda Law
• CIT OKs Commerce's Reevaluation Of Vietnam Fish Imports
• 9th Circ. Reverses Whole Foods Win In 'EatRight' TM Row
• From Law Firm To Newsroom: An Interview With Bob Woodruff
• Insurers Say Poisoned Bees Are Excluded From Farm's Policy
• DC Circ. Gives NLRB 2nd Crack At Restaurant's Work Rules
• DC Circ. Keeps McDonald's Out Of Drunken Fight Death Suit
• EU Extends Deadline For Bayer-Monsanto Review
• Trade Groups Back McDonald's In Pay Suit At 9th Circ.
• Macaroni Grill Creditors Seek OK For $8M Lien Challenge
• Dr Pepper Snapple, Keurig Merge To Create Beverage Titan
• Judging A Book: Kendall Reviews 'On The Jury Trial'
• Gene-Edited Crops Ripe For Renewed Regulatory Focus
• Fresh Market Board Says Law Supports Toss Of Investor Suit
• Wawa Wins Ex-Worker's 'Speak English' Discrimination Suit
• Chipotle Shouldn't Get $1.4M Fees, Costs In GMO Row: Judge
• Brand Battles: Warner Bros., Sazerac, Amazon
• EPA Backtracks, Now Says Pebble Mine May Be Too Risky
• Deals Rumor Mill: Remington, Kroger, Dell
• Probe Of Afghan-War Food Supplier Keeps FCA Suit On Ice
• High Court Fight Pits Tribal Rights Against $2B Repair Tab
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• NYC Applebee's Eateries Can't Escape Forced-Tipping Suit
• New York To Hold Hearings On Ending Tip Credit
• Australia's WTO Wine Battle Against Canada Draws EU's Eyes
• Wesson Labeling Class Slams McGuireWoods For Transfer Bid
• Farmers Pick Mo. To Host Dicamba MDL Against Monsanto
• Tea Co. Can't Trim Coconut Oil Mislabeling Allegations
• E.Coli Outbreak Over, CDC Says, As FDA Probes Its Source
• 'Heart Attack Grill,' 'Heart Attack Shack' Settle TM Beef
• Blender Co. Knew Magic Bullet Posed Serious Risk, Suit Says
• Girardi Can't Shake Accounting Suit Over $120M Class Deals
• Do I Need New Trial Counsel? 9 Questions To Ask
• Pro Golfer Hit With $4.3M Suit Over Drink Co. Promotion Deals
• California Restaurant Operator Beats WARN Layoff Suit
• Food & Beverage Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
• Weil Atty Helps Secure Loans For 3 Of 2017's Largest Deals
• Jimmy John's Employees Challenge Franchise Noncompetes
• Shepherds Fight H-2A Visa At DC Circ. In Wage Dispute
• Ex Ad Agency Worker Claims Dr Pepper Exec Groped Her
• NYC Eatery Faces Suit Over Pay Policies, Sex Bias
• Synutra Directors Say Take-Private Deal Complied With Law
• Grocers Slam Teva, Mylan Over Drug Price-Fixing 'Conspiracy'
• Grumpy Cat Gets Mad Over IP Coffee Case, Wins $710K
• $26 For A Whopper? Burger King Takes On Net Neutrality
• Winn-Dixie Escapes Ex-Worker's FLSA Retaliation Suit
• Plunkett Cooney Adds MSU Global Food Law Professor
• Bodybuilding Co. Says Steroid-Alternative Suit Lacks Detail
• Food & Beverage Group Of The Year: Perkins Coie
• DoorDash's Arbitration Try Barred By State Law, Drivers Say
• McDonald's Tells 9th Circ. Crew's Pay Beef Is With Franchisee
• Justices Urged To Spurn Attacks On $380M Native Farmer Deal
• US Sets Preliminary Anti-Dumping Tariffs On Spanish Olives
• Real Estate Rumors: Rockwood, Goldman, TotalBank
• Worker Centers Seen As Likely Targets For Trump Regulators
• DLA Piper Adds 2 Partners To Chicago Office
• Bob Evans $1.5B Post Deal To Face Del. Chancery Appraisal
• KFC Ducks Suit Over Halal Chicken Policy
• 11th Circ. Upholds Ex-Peanut Corp. Execs' Convictions
• FDA Warning Wire: Web Sales Of Banned Obesity Drug
• Candy Seller Sugarfina Says Rival Unresponsive In TM Suit
• Cargill Wins $106M RICO Award Against Warehouse Co.
• Lessons From President Trump's Failed Judicial Nominations
• Pepsi Says False Ad Suit Over 'Diet' Soda Is Preempted
• 4 Ways GCs Can Prepare For Potential Worksite Raids
• Food & Beverage Practice Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
• The Possible Pitfalls Of A Text Messaging Ad Campaign
• Whole Foods Overloads Supplements With B12, Suit Says
• Covington Guides Bacardi's Patrón Purchase
• Insurer Needn't Cover Bakery's Auto Accident: 2nd Circ.
• US Foods, Sysco Cast Nets Into Canned Tuna Price-Fixing Pile
• Brynwood Nabs $649M For Largest Fund To Date
• Consumers Lose Cert. Bid In Tropicana OJ False Label Suit
• DOL Maneuvers To Handle Surge In H-2B Visa Requests
• Food & Beverage Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block
• How To Control Data As Technology Complicates E-Discovery
• 5 Things Advertisers Learned From NAD Last Year
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit Tribes' Right To Hunt Whales
• Attorneys Preparing Clients For A Costly Shutdown
• Immigration Standoff Keeps Government Shuttered
• Loews Wants Out Of 20% Restaurant Service Charge Suit
• Vegetarians Lose False Ad Row With Buffalo Wild Wings
• NLRB Gets 2-Month Pause In McDonald's Case To Talk Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: Liquidation Office, Romspen, Drive Shack
• Kuwait Co. To Get Up To $1.3B To Supply Food To US Troops
• Whole Foods Recalls Cheesecake Bars In New England
• Brand Battles: Green Bay Packers Tackle 'Titletown' TM
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bunge, Adyen, Dalian Wanda
• Applebees, IHOP Can't Toss TM Suit Over Splenda Knockoff
• Insurer Needn't Cover Vandalism By Ex-Tenant, Court Says
• Food & Beverage Group Of The Year: Faegre Baker Daniels
• 1st Circ. Urged To Revive Conagra 'Natural' Labeling Suit
• Simon-Starbucks Case May Give Landlords A Legal Roadmap
• West American Must Cover False Ad Suit, Nutiva Argues
• Judge Won't Kill Soil Sample App Patent Under Alice
• IHOPs Say EEOC Failed To Disclose All Harassment Claims
• Investor In Wine Distributor Wants $28M Award OK'd
• 4 Key Takeaways From FDA's 2017 Enforcement Stats
• Disney Keeps AIG Dispute Over 'Pink Slime' In Arbitration
• Ore. River's Proposed 'Wild' Label Stands For Now
• US Cancels Haitian Eligibility For Temp Worker Visas
• Chinese Chicken Duties Still Violating WTO Rules, Panel Says
• Ruling On Short Sandwiches May Cast A Long Shadow
• Goldman Sachs Exec's Ex-Aide Accused Of $1.2M Wine Theft
• Del. Justices Grapple With Tolling Query In Pesticide Case
• Romania Looks To Ax Suit Seeking OK Of $250M Award
• CDC Warns Coconut Linked To Salmonella May Be In Stores
• 10th Circ. Revives Kellogg Workers' Religious Bias Claims
• Cott To Sell UK Juice Plant To Clear $1.25B Refresco Merger
• Wendy's Rips Cert. Bid In Data Breach Suit
• A Chat With Davis Wright CSO Mark Usellis
• McDonald's Delayed NLRB Case But Won't Be Reprimanded
• Trump's Mar-A-Lago Again Cited For Food Safety Issues
• House OKs Bill Lowering Hundreds Of Tariffs
• 37 Babies Sickened By Recalled French Milk Products
• Ferrero Inks $2.8B Deal For Nestle's US Confectionery Biz
• Australia Breaks WTO Silence To Fight Canadian Wine Rules
• ITC Finds Chinese Sodium Gluconate Imports Hurt US
• Burger King, Supermarket Hit With ADA Suits Over Websites
• Starbucks Wins EU Ruling Over 'Coffee Rocks' Trademark
• Indonesia Still Working To Resolve WTO Food Fight
• A Momentous Year For CFIUS: Part 2
• The Firms That Dominated In 2017
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Fee Award In Godiva Receipt Deal Too Sweet For Objectors
• Gov't Misconduct Dooms Gambler's Conviction, 2nd Circ. Told
• High Court To Review Tribal Fishing Rights Ruling
• Big Banks Sue Bankrupt Cocoa Firm Claiming Financial Fraud
• Seafood Co., Staffing Firm Can't Dodge EEOC Sex Bias Suit
• Vietnam Asks WTO For Talks With US Over Fish Tariffs
• A Survey Of In-House Attorney Views On Trade Secrets
• A Momentous Year For CFIUS: Part 1
• Texas Landlord Owed Defense Of Lease Dispute, 5th Circ. Told
• Drake's Virginia Black Whiskey To Uncork $30M 'Mini-IPO'
• NOAA Seeking $1M Penalties Against Jailed 'Codfather'
• US Probes E. Coli Cases As Canada Says Its Outbreak 'Over'
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit Tribes' Wash. Fishing Rights Row
• NYC Applebee's Operator Says Judge's Report Could Ruin It
• Tips Equal Over Half Of Restaurant Staff Income, Report Says
• 6 E-Discovery Predictions For 2018
• Bankrupt Soupman's Ex-CEO Sued Over Stock Loss
• Post's 1st Amend. Defense In Cereal Row Fails To Sway Judge
• ICE Raids 7-11s Nationwide, Arrests 21 Immigrant Workers
• Banks Urge 7th Circ. To Revive Schnuck Data Breach Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: 21st Century Fox, Nestle, Aramco
• Produce Giant Dole Withdraws IPO
• Mass. Cos. Settle Claims They Flouted State Labor Laws
• Nature's Way To Face Amended 'Healthy' Coconut Oil Claims
• 6 Roles To Embrace In An Evolving Legal Industry
• Report On Rural America Calls For Removing Trade Barriers
• Whistleblowers Destroyed Evidence, SuperValu Says
• REIT, Energy Services Co. Launch IPOs Totaling $511M
• NLRB Joint Employer Shift No Silver Bullet For McDonald's
• Hershey's Target Sued In Bid To Block $1.6B Acquisition
• SEC Bars Restaurant Treasurer For $3.9M Embezzlement
• NYC Seeks Quick Win In Tavern On The Green TM Suit
• Ace Looks To Nix Coverage For $8M Grubhub Ad Texting Deal
• This Year, Let's Invest In Lawyer Resiliency
• Bob Evans Investor Wants To Investigate $1.5B Sale To Post
• Walmart Shoppers Sue Over Labeling Of 'Cage-Free' Eggs
• Argentine AgTech Co. Bioceres Takes Second Bite At IPO
• Winston & Strawn Hires 2 Jenner & Block Int'l M&A Attys
• Monsanto Engaged In Seed-Price Inflation Scheme, Suit Says
• Trump Dials Back Anti-NAFTA Rhetoric At Farm Bureau
• 5 Legal Technology Predictions For 2018
• SEC Suspends Trading Of Hong Kong Blockchain Company
• Indirect Purchaser Cases In 2017: Key District Court Rulings
• Spokeo Dooms Burger King Receipt Row, Fla. Judge Says
• NY Papa John's Franchisees To Pay $170K In Back Wages
• Subway Founder's Cos. Get $10M Atty Fees Award In Row
• Fed. Circ. Affirms DuPont Win In Monsanto Patent Re-Exam
• Brand Battles: BuzzFeed's 'Wordy Wine' Hits Trademark Snag
• FDA Says It Won't Enforce Some Food Safety Rules
• Starbucks Wins Toss Of Underfilled Latte Class Action
• Panera Workers Prevail In Buyout Caps Row At 8th Circ.
• India Raises Antitrust Worries Over Bayer-Monsanto Deal
• Insomnia Cookies Hits Snooze On Trademark Spat
• Canada Goes On Offense To Make NAFTA Case To US Farmers
• Indirect Purchaser Cases In 2017: Key Appeals Court Rulings
• 8th Circ. Grants Grocer Jury Trial In $85M Contract Row
• Oregon Sues Monsanto Over $100M PCB Pollution Cleanup
• Ex-Panda Express Recruiters Get Jail For $1.5M Invoice Con
• TerraVia Holdings Moves Ahead With Ch. 11 Liquidation
• 9th Circ. Says Parts Of Idaho 'Ag-Gag' Law Unconstitutional
• Domino's Drivers Seek Final OK On Mass. Tip Suit Settlement
• Shipping Co.'s $800K Award For Canceled Cow Shipment OK'd
• Consumer Group Suit Over Formula's 'Organic' Label Tossed
• Litigation Finance Trends To Watch In 2018
• Calif. Vineyard Developers Sued Over Salamanders' Habitat
• 7th Circ. Revives Transporter's Suit Over Ind. Liquor Laws
• Chiquita Loses Bid To Escape Trial In Terrorism MDL
• 'Rogue FBI Agent' Didn't Taint Gambler's Trial, 2nd Circ. Told
• HSBC Can't Challenge Probe In China Fishery Ch. 11 Case
• E. Coli Outbreak Kills One In US, CDC Confirms
• Real Estate Rumors: Wells Fargo, Schmier & Feurring, Pepsi
• TTAB Says 'Donq' Not Related To Rum Brand Don Q
• Calif. Can't Ban Credit Card Surcharges, 9th Circ. Finds
• Food Truck Can't Be Banned For Slur In Name, 2nd Circ. Says
• The Enneagram And The Practice Of Law
• Alissa Starzak On Net Neutrality, US Army, Leap To Startup
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Forcing Cott-Refresco Concessions
• Russia Rips EU's Claims It Didn't Comply With Pork Rules
• Commerce Hits Citric Acid Imports With Dumping Duties
• Munchee Case Clarifies SEC's Stance On Digital Tokens
• AB InBev, Molson Can't Skirt Antitrust Suit, US Brewer Says
• Individual Settlements Kill PAGA Claims: Calif. Panel
• Investor Sues Del. Cos. Over Forum Provisions In Charters
• Pie Maker Sued Over 'Made With Real Butter' Claims
• Ramen Noodle Cos. Must Face Price-Fixing Class Action
• Ex-General Mills Employees Must Arbitrate Age Bias Claims
• Judging A Book: Tymkovich Reviews 'Gorsuch'
• 'Posh' Manhattan Bar Sues 'Basic' NC Spot Over Name
• Food & Beverage Cases To Watch In 2018
• 4 International Arbitration Cases To Watch In 2018
• 5 Things To Watch For In FCPA Enforcement This Year