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Food & Beverage - August, 2018

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• 7th Circ. Agrees Bakery Distributor's Breach Suit Was Too Late
• Brand Battles: Ohio State, Oklahoma Spar Over 'O' Trademark
• Domino's Can Deliver Pizza Hut's Invalidity Pie In IP Row
• New Pass-Through Deduction Will Pass Over Many Lawyers
• Broadway Venue's Outside-Food Rule Violates ADA, Suit Says
• Ex-Wawa Workers Get $25M Deal, $5M Atty Fees In Stock Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Commerce Preps Duties On Chinese, Indian Glycine Imports
• NAFTA Watch: US Proceeds With Mexico As Canada Talks Lag
• How Reckless Judicial Impeachments Threaten Rule Of Law
• Papa John's Control Battle Heats Up With New Chancery Suit
• Dairy Co. Denied Win On $7M Income Loss Coverage Bid
• 3 Firms Steer Coca-Cola's $5.1B Costa Coffee Tie-Up
• Judging A Book: Fogel Reviews 'Good Judgment'
• A New Direction For EPA Enforcement Program
• Papa John's Hid Papa's Problems, Investor Fraud Suit Says
• Enviros Pluck USDA Data From Poultry Labeling Row
• Applebee's Franchisee Cites Progress On Ch. 11 Lender Deal
• EEOC Sues Calif. Chain For Refusing To Hire Male Waiters
• Sen. Booker Proposes Moratorium On Agribusiness Mergers
• Campbell Trims Business Amid Activist's Pressure To Sell
• BIA Officials Can't Nix Oglala Sioux Rancher's Cattle Suit
• 10 Ways To Prevent E-Discovery Woes
• ITC Launches Probe Into Anheuser-Busch's Keg Imports
• Eaton Units Must Pay $293M In Asbestos Settlement Row
• 9th Circ. Doubts Monsanto's Claim PCB Suit's A Federal Matter
• NYC Thai Eateries' Employees Get Collective Cert. In Pay Suit
• NC Farm Labor Contractor Debarred From H-2A Visa Program
• Real Estate Rumors: WeWork, Henley, Blackstone
• TM Licensors Beware: Your Product Liability Risks May Vary
• 11th Circ. Changes Course On New Value Defense
• BJ's Hits Tyson, Perdue And Others With Price-Fixing Suit
• Baker Donelson Nabs IP Atty From Fox Rothschild
• Insurer Had Duty In Tribal Rights Dispute, Wash. Court Says
• Estefan Eatery Takes $2.4M Coverage Bid To 11th Circ.
• 7th Circ. Backs Disbarred Atty's Fraud Conviction, Sentence
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yum China, Coronado Coal, Saudi Aramco
• Wendy's Wants Negligence Claims Axed In Data Breach Suit
• Cloudy With A Chance Of Price Gouging
• Plaintiffs May Be Hard-Pressed In New Olive Oil Cases
• LLC Derivative Claims In The Wake Of Wenske
• An Unclear Path For Defending Calif. Wage-And-Hour Claims
• 4 Key Components To New Firm Partnership Agreements
• TTAB Says 'Keto' TMs Are Merely Descriptive Of Diet Products
• USDA To Pay Farmers $4.7B To Offset Trade War Losses
• Dow Looks To Sink Enviros' Weedkiller Suit
• Feds Agree To Set Humpback Habitat Decision Deadlines
• Amazon Not Liable For Products Sold Via Website, Judge Says
• Open The Federal Courthouses
• Brand Battles: Texas Fights For Famous Alamo 'Sand' Phrase
• $1.4M Bias Suit Fee Bid Cut For 'Lack Of Billing Judgment'
• Hospitality Cases And Trends To Watch For The Rest Of 2018
• Jamba Juice Squeezed By 2 Del. Suits Over $200M Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Papa John's, ABB, Oi
• Judge Doubles Jury Award To $4M In French Press IP Fight
• Beef Co.'s Agreement With IRS Allows $8M Of $33M Deduction
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Mayer, Vinson
• Local Sugar Taxes May Be Headed For A Crash
• Fish Feed Maker Wants Quick Win In Suit Over Dead Bass
• DOL Letting Employers Lower Farm Wages, Suit Says
• Shinnecock Members' Fishing Suit Must Be Nixed, NY Says
• Coke Pays $2.25M To Settle EEOC Disability Bias Claims
• Jamba Juice Smoothies Not Healthy As Advertised, Suit Says
• Mich. Restaurant Group Can't Block $12 Minimum Wage Vote
• German Co. Too Late To Stop China From Razing Buildings
• Sweetener Co. Altered Data To Avoid Exec Awards, Suit Says
• Look Out, Tax Zapper Users: Feds Join State-Level Crackdown
• Philippine Conglomerate Preps $2.7B Follow-On Offering
• Brexit: Bracing For A No-Deal Scenario
• 3rd Circ. Revives Suit Against Eatery Over Drunken Crash
• Fla. Chocolatier Can't Secure Coverage Of Competition Suit
• Restaurant Group Inks $1.49M Deal To End Wage Suit
• Chase Says Landry's Atty Can't Be A Witness In $20M Suit
• Grumpy Cat Denied Attys' Fees In 'Grumppuccinos' IP Claim
• Dr Pepper Beats False Ad Suit Over Diet Drink, Again
• Deals Rumor Mill: GSK, Amaysim, Cepsa
• Whistleblower's FCA Suit Says Egg Board Forged Records
• Workers Serve NYC Celeb Chef A Suit Over Withheld Tips
• Bob Dylan's Whiskey Brand Hit With TM Suit
• 'High Availability' — A Key Term In Law Firm IT Strategy
• Wash. AG: More Fast Food Giants To Ax 'No-Poach' Clauses
• NJ College Dodges Part Of No-Bid Vending Contract Suit
• La. Eatery Owner Urges 5th Circ. To Uphold Win In TM Spat
• Kellogg's Cereal Buyers Get Cert. In False Ad Row Over Sugar
• 15 Minutes With Plated's General Counsel
• Davis Polk Guides Tyson In $2.16B Keystone Foods Buy
• The 'Post-Fact' Jury In The 'Fake News' Era
• PepsiCo Inks $3.2B Cash Deal To Buy SodaStream
• More China Tariffs Loom As USTR Opens Marathon Hearings
• Brewer Must Face Investor's Breach Of Contract Suit
• NLRB Dems Fight Post-Epic Review Of Wage Suit Ruling
• McDonald's Moves Hiring Credit-Check Suit To Federal Court
• Egg Producers Cite 3rd Circ. Ruling In Scramble To Exit MDL
• Walmart Can't Crunch Buyer's 'All Natural' Pita Chips Suit
• Arby's Must Extend Info Search In Data Breach Dispute
• NJ Appeals Court Won't Revive Grocery Sales Tax Challenge
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• General Mills Didn't Warn Of Weedkiller In Cheerios, Suit Says
• Brand Battles: Hershey, Unilever, 'Game of Thrones,' NFL
• Deals Rumor Mill: Mafengwo, Marfrig, LafargeHolcim
• DC Circ. Revives Shepherds' Challenge To H-2A Practices
• Peering Behind The Peer Review Curtain
• Cava Mediterranean Chain Buys Zoe's Kitchen For $300M
• 600 Lb Gorillas Gets $725K Of $3.9M Sought In Dessert Spat
• Judging A Book: Lipez Reviews 'Last Great Colonial Lawyer'
• Will Law Schools Start Counting 'Generation ADA'?
• TKK Symphony Prices $220M IPO To Pursue China Deal
• Food Service Workers Get Limited Cert. In Pay Suit
• NJ College Aims To Toss Suit Over No-Bid Vending Contract
• Where Vegetables End And Sauces Begin: A Customs Story
• USDA Must Face Tribe Member's Contract Suit: Fed. Circ.
• Dean Foods Says Ex-Chair, Gambler Owe $9.7M For Fraud
• Applebee's Franchisee Gets Bank's Cash To Prep Ch. 11 Goals
• BK Franchisee Can't Stop Strike Talk In Parking Lot: NLRB
• Monsanto's $289M Roundup Loss Ripples Across Industries
• Wendy's Sells Stake In Restaurant Franchiser For $450M
• NYC Butcher Shop Stiffed Workers On Wages, Suit Says
• A Chat With Ogletree Knowledge Chief Patrick DiDomenico
• A Teachable Moment On Adequate Disclosures
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive $600M Antitrust Row Against Mitsubishi
• DQ Attys Of Chobani Founder's Ex-Wife, 'Consultant' Says
• Consumers Seek To Restart Kind Bar False Labeling Suit
• Mass. Grocers Appealing Loss In Wholesaler Antitrust MDL
• Unions Want Trump NLRB Appointees Out Of McDonald's Row
• Dining Co. To Pay Boston Servers $1M To End Tip Pool Suit
• 600 Lb. Gorillas, Mister Cookie Face Case In Jury's Hands
• WTO Dispute Roundup: Aircraft, Food Fights Trudge Along
• Equipment Seller Tells 5th Circ. $26M Tax Suit Wrongly Nixed
• Corona Owner Drops $3.9B Into Canadian Cannabis Biz
• New Accessibility Lawsuit Trend: Class Action Complaints
• Gerber Can't Dodge Consumer Class Action Over Formula
• How One Firm Moved The Needle On Disability Inclusion
• Chiquita MDL Judge Narrows Claims Against Executives
• Insurers Needn't Cover Nutiva's False Ad Suit Defense
• FDA Warning Wire: Concern At Apotex Plant, Poppy Seed Tea
• Union Wants Quick Win On Mondelez Workweek Arbitration
• DOJ Taps Ex-AG Mukasey To Monitor Bayer-Monsanto Deal
• Bourbon Maker Asks 9th Circ. To Revive Wine Co. IP Row
• Atty's 'Thumbs-Up' On Monster Deal Isn't Binding: Calif. Panel
• US Can't Ease Mexican Import Ban Protecting Porpoise: CIT
• Hilton Suites Can't Escape Barista's Disability Bias Suit
• Dr. McGillicuddy's Hits Rival Mint Liqueur With TM Suit
• Interview Essentials For Attorneys On The Move
• 1 NASA Small-Biz Contract, 1 Giant Leap For Plantkind
• David Boies On How Dyslexia Shaped His Practice
• BigLaw's Mental Health Stigma Shows Signs Of Fading
• 5 State AGs Argue Against $62B Bayer-Monsanto Deal
• Calif. Panel Nixes WinCo Foods Meal Break Suit
• Farmers, Dairy Co-Op Reach $40M Deal To End Milk Price Suit
• Rakoff Hits Ailing Cocoa Trader With 3 Years In $350M Fraud
• San Diego Beats Monsanto Water Pollution Counterclaims
• Cozen O'Connor Hires New Head For Calif. Franchise Practice
• NYC Restaurant Group Fights Foam Ban At Appeals Court
• 9th Circ. Nixes Suit Over Frozen Burger Hydrogenated Oil
• Winery Can't Ban 'Cellar Lives Matter' Vest, NLRB Judge Says
• Glycine Exporter Can't Dodge $11M Smuggling Scheme Claim
• Clerking For Ginsburg
• Gaining Access: Disabled Lawyers Share Their Stories
• How The Legal Industry Lets Down Lawyers With Disabilities
• Restaurants Imposed 'Tax' To Steal Servers' Tips, Suit Says
• Mexican Treat Maker Infringed Rival's TMs, DC Circ. Holds
• Pepperidge Farm Sued By Alleged Salmonella Goldfish Victim
• Monsanto Owes $289M In Landmark Roundup Cancer Trial
• Consumers Seek OK On New Kimpton Data Breach Settlement
• WTO Will Finish Review Of Chinese Ag Quotas Next Year
• DOL Clamps Down On 'Inhumane' Housing Of Farm Workers
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cleary, Weil
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 3 Surprises
• 8th Circ. Says CBA Negates ConAgra Workers' Don-Doff Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Aetna, NB Private Capital, Stiles
• We Have No Food, Chicken Joint Tells Trans Group, Suit Says
• Citing 'Mastermind Vodka,' TTAB Rejects 'Mastermind' Beer
• TM Suit Over Historic NOLA Market Survives Bid To Toss
• 9th Circ. Forces EPA Action On Risky Pesticide
• Wash. Tribe Urges Supreme Court To Review Fishing Decision
• Testing Mandate Is Straining California Cannabis Cos.
• Trump Allies Make Bid For Stricter Beef Labeling In NAFTA
• Clerking For Ginsburg: A Superhero Supreme
• Texas Appeals Court Tosses Suit Over Feral Hog Poison Rule
• InBev-SAB Deal Didn't Swallow US Beer Biz, 9th Circ. Says
• EEOC Says Female Employees Harassed At Sports Bar
• Mike And Ike Candymaker Escapes Cert. In Slack-Fill Suit
• EEOC Slaps Ga. Piggly Wiggly With Sexual Harassment Suit
• Jenny Craig To Settle TCPA Claims Over Texts For $3M
• Potato Chip Maker Can't Toss Billy Goat Tavern Suit
• Blockchains: A Better Tool For Supply Chain Management
• Papa John's Workers Seek Class Cert. In Unpaid Training Suit
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 4 RBG Lessons On Having It All
• Calif. Employer's Guide To Tracking Off-The-Clock Tasks
• Monsanto Owes $412M For Roundup 'Reckoning,' Jury Hears
• Pinnacle Foods Investor Challenges $10.9B Conagra Deal
• Court Orders Pause Of Use Of Historic NOLA Market Name
• Bankrupt Real Mex Gets Access To $1.6M In DIP Financing
• 9th Circ. Kills Olympic Advertising Antitrust Suit
• Ahold Delhaize Serves Up Latest Chicken Price-Fixing Suit
• Philly Exec Settles Business Journal Defamation Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Advent, Alibaba, HNA
• US Chicken Producers Gain Access To Moroccan Market
• CookieCon Settles TM Dispute With Calif. Event Groups
• Weed Killer In Rachael Ray's 'Natural' Dog Food, Suit Says
• Egg Producer Settles With DOJ In Immigrant Hiring Bias Suit
• US Will Seek $350M In WTO Sanctions Against Indonesia
• Clerking For Ginsburg: How To Play The Long Game
• Considerations When Hiring A Seasonal Workforce
• EEOC Can't Keep Immigration Docs In Farm Rape Case Sealed
• Monsanto Faces Punitives Bid As Cancer Trial Nears End
• Texas Retailers Sue USDA to Keep SNAP Data Confidential
• Blue Apron Hit With Another Stock-Drop Suit
• Brewery Wants End To Thelonious Monk IP Lawsuit
• Real Mex Chain Again Files Ch. 11 With Planned $47M Sale
• Judge Won't Yet Swallow $2M Jamba Juice Wage Settlement
• 'Superpower' Beer and Fruit Juice Not Related, TTAB Says
• Diet Pepsi Drinkers Ask 2nd Circ. To Revive False Ad Suit
• Grocery Co. Didn't Retaliate Against Whistleblower: DOL
• 3K Chipotle Workers Dropped From Wage Suit
• Sports Concessions Co. Kills Printed-Receipt Suit
• 5 Firms Guide $5.2B Amcor, Bemis Packaging Co. Tie-Up
• Inside The Latest Congressional Hearing On Crypto
• Clerking For Ginsburg: In Pursuit Of Precision
• Lender Says Applebee's Franchisee Ch. 11 Bonuses Excessive
• El Pollo Loco Can't Escape $8.8M Award In Franchise Suit
• Jury Awards $473.5M In Nuisance Suit Over Hog Farm
• Lack Of Notice Fatal To Calif. Restaurant Access Suit
• DC Circ. Asks NLRB Why Wildcat Strike Was Protected
• Calif. High Court's Starbucks Decision: Bombshell Or Blip?
• Brand Battles: Honda Aims To Block Ford 'Pilot' TM
• Nearly 400 Sick From McDonald's Salad, FDA Says
• Coca-Cola Unit Wins Toss Of Staffing Co.'s ERISA Claims
• 7th Circ. Upholds Grocery Store Worker's Title VII Win
• Deals Rumor Mill: Amcor, Kraft Heinz, Ofo
• Heineken Inks $3.1B Partnership With China Resources Beer
• Smucker, Transnational Hit With Olive Oil Labeling Suits
• Clerking For Ginsburg: My RBG Guide To Judging
• FLSA Settlements Face Challenges In NY After Cheeks Ruling
• 11th Circ. Says Citrus Grower Isn't Joint Employer
• Online Smoothie Startup Loses Bid To Halt In-Store Rival
• Edible Arrangements Can't 'Derail' Text Suit, Court Told
• Focus Brands Inks $200M Deal To Take Jamba Juice Private
• ITC To Review Duties On Italian And Turkish Pasta
• Food Group Sues USDA Over Delayed GMO Rule Release
• Albertsons Says FCA Suit Makes Same Claims As Earlier Ones
• Gap Between Calif. And Federal Wage And Hour Law Grows
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 4 Things I Learned
• Junior Mints Dodges Class Action Over Slack-Fill In Boxes
• TTAB Says Houston Distillery Can Register 'East End'
• Nestle Wants Poland Spring Labeling Row Tossed
• 3 Cybercrime Group Members Arrested For Hacking 100+ Cos.
• SF Lawmakers Propose Ban On Tech Worker Cafeterias
• Koch Foods Pays $3.75M To Settle EEOC Discrimination Row
• Benecol Buyers Seek Class Cert. In Trans Fat False Ad Suit
• Chipotle Sued Over Food Poisoning Outbreak in Ohio
• Strategies For Dealing With US-China Tariffs
• Clerking For Ginsburg: The Equality Lessons