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Food & Beverage - January, 2020

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• Oregon Ranchers Fail To Undermine Tribal Water Enforcement
• Former Mo. Business Owner Pleads Guilty In Fraud Scheme
• Hemp Heavyweights Urge USDA To Ease Testing Rules
• $7.5B Panera Deal Price Gets Nod In Chancery Appraisal Suit
• Beyond Meat Investor Sues Over Legal Row With Ex-Supplier
• Calif. Roundup Trial Paused At 11th Hour For Global Deal Talks
• Cott To Sell Coffee And Tea Biz For $405M
• Trade Agreements With EU Will Still Be Elusive Post-Brexit
• Pringles-Buying Chef Can't Get Redo On False Ad Class Cert.
• Lucky's Market Floats $13M Ch. 11 Store Sale To Publix
• Why Some Cities, States Are Rejecting Cashless Commerce
• Most Lawyers Do Not Understand How AI Works
• Corn Dog Co. Rips Estranged Family's Rival Biz In IP Fight
• 4 Considerations When Moving To A New Law Firm
• Long-Eared Bat Ruling A Boon For At-Risk Species
• Burger King Says Impossible Whopper Isn't Billed As Vegan
• Bumble Bee's PE Owners Freed From Tuna Price-Fix MDL
• Investors Say EU Raising Wrong Issues In $356M Award Fight
• Altria Wipes Another $4.1B From Value Of Juul Stake
• Attys Seek $13.5M In Fees For 49ers Accessibility Settlement
• ITC Rejects Commerce's Duties On Turkish Dried Cherries
• Trump Navigable Waters Rule Bound For Court Challenges
• A Modest Plan To Streamline Civil Cases In LA Superior Court
• Commerce Bungled Duty Rates, Say Italian Pasta Cos.
• DOL Opinion Letters Getting Chilly Reception In Courts
• Real Estate Rumors: Welsh, BentallGreenOak, Aspen Dental
• Mobile Messaging Co. Closes $70M In Latest Funding Round
• Nutrition Claims Trimmed In Walmart False Ad Suit
• What Courts Are Saying About Litigation Finance Disclosure
• Heineken USA Hires Longtime Red Bull Atty As New CLO
• Ex-Little Caesars Manager Drops 6th Circ. No-Poach Appeal
• CBD Risks Linger Despite Farm Bill, USDA Hemp Rules
• Mass. Buyers Can't Intervene In $5.4M Ocean Spray Deal
• Compass Group Sued In Ill. Over Biometric Vending Machines
• Enviros Accuse Hawaii Of Flouting Aquarium Fishing Rules
• SF Public Works Director Charged In Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Bar Louie Can Use $8M Of Its $22M Ch. 11 Financing
• Pan Am Says It's Not To Blame For Toppled Tater Tots
• Truck Stop Wins Appeal Over 'Bizarre' Toilet Paper Injury
• Calif. Lawmakers Float Rollback Of Misclassification Law
• Two Plaintiffs Drop Wage Claims Against Chicken Processors
• GSA In 'Very Rare Circumstance' Amid Trump DC Hotel Sale
• Hershey Says Exec Took Trade Secrets To Snack Bar Maker
• Lawmakers Urge DHS To Give Employers 65K More H-2B Visas
• Real Estate Rumors: Amazon, G6 Hospitality, DL3 Realty
• Buyers Claim BodyArmor Sports Drink Is Soda In Disguise
• Starbucks Baristas Denied Cert. In Closing-Time Pay Dispute
• Texas Justices Tackle Arbitration Appeal Rights In Cattle Case
• Tyson Says $2.1B Chicken Co. Deal Fight Must Be Arbitrated
• Surefire Marketing Methods To Build Your Legal Practice
• In California, Off The Clock Is No Longer On The Table
• Village Inn, Bakers Square Parent Gets OK On $10M DIP Loan
• Bacardi Beats Suit Over 'Grains Of Paradise' Gin
• Starbucks Baristas Seek Class Cert. Over Closing-Time Pay
• Fairway DIP Plan Moving Too Quickly, Judge Says
• CIT Rejects Regs Limiting Importer Refunds Of Excise Taxes
• Chipotle To Pay $1.4M To Settle Child Labor Violation Claims
• McCormick's $2.5M Deal In Slack-Fill Suit Gets Interim Nod
• Real Estate Rumors: Ladder, Horizon, BTI
• Setting Boundaries: An Essential Skill For Lawyers
• Justices Will Hear Texas-NM Pecos River Evaporation Dispute
• WTO Dispute Roundup: Amid Uncertainty, Cases Inch Forward
• Parent Of Village Inn, Bakers Square Restaurants Files Ch. 11
• Bar Louie Files For Ch. 11 With Plans For Auction
• Nestle Can't Shake False Ad Suit Over Trans Fat In Creamer
• Expect More Pro-Business Rulings From NLRB This Year
• MoneyGram's New General Counsel Is Starbucks Alum
• 3 Takeaways From The New, Narrower Clean Water Act Rule
• Del Monte Won't Have To Reveal Docs In $32M Pineapple Fight
• Unions Find Organizing Cannabis Industry A Bumpy Road
• UK Investigation Delays Takeaway.com's $8B Just Eat Deal
• Calif. Wants Pot Shops To Post QR Codes Amid Vaping Crisis
• Calif. Appeals Court Remands $4.3M Atty Fee Dispute
• Workers Hit SC Beachside Grill With Wage And Tipping Suit
• Roundup Deal Talks Stop St. Louis Trial Before It Starts
• ABA Rules For Departing Attys Set Unprecedented Limits
• US Sugar Co. Wants Revised US-Mexico Sugar Deal Scrapped
• MLB Accused Of Singling Out Health Food Co.
• Molson Coors Tries To Slip Investor Suit Over Tax Reporting
• 17 WTO Members Agree To Set Up Interim Appeals System
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Fight For $15 Convinces NLRB Judge Not To Toss McD's Case
• Nude Dancer Hits Fla. Club With Wage Suit
• Borden Reaches Truce With Lenders Over Ch. 11 Cash Use
• Gov't Scrutiny On Tap For Anheuser's $321M Craft Brew Deal
• 'Old Bay' Spice Maker Settles TM Dispute With 'New Bae' Rival
• 4 Takeaways From Roundup Jury Selection In St. Louis
• Pro-Employer NLRB Rulings May Prompt Handbook Reviews
• Bumble Bee Foods Cleared For $926M Ch. 11 Sale To FCF Co.
• Raley's Inks $2.8M Deal To End Pregnancy Bias Suit
• Buyers Claim Coke's Tea Not Honest About Sugar Content
• EPA Narrows Federal Oversight Of Water Pollution
• Fairway Files Ch. 11 With $70M Bid From Village Super Market
• 7th Circ. Sets Fee Penalty For Atty Who Filed 'Monstrosity'
• Ex-Domino's Driver Asks 6th Circ. To Revive No-Poach Suit
• Borden Dairy Defends Use Of Cash Reserves In Ch. 11 Case
• Mondelez Tracks Down Cos. Behind 'Stoney Patch' Pot Candy
• NLRB Says Leaked Doc Can't Revive McDonald's Fight
• Lab-Grown Meat Co. Closes On $161M Funding Round
• Navigating Criminal Antitrust Inability-To-Pay Claims With DOJ
• Legal Lessons From Esports Sponsorship Deals
• Nissan Ex-CEO Illustrates Do's And Don'ts Of Image Repair
• Kraft Urges 7th Circ. To Decertify Class In Wheat Market Suit
• Class Counsel Gets $36.5M In Navistar Engine Settlement
• Winston & Strawn, Gibson Dunn Guide Danfoss' $3.3B Eaton Hydraulic Buy
• Fed. Circ. Asks Gov't To Weigh In On TTAB's Constitutionality
• 4th Roundup Trial Kicks Off On Monsanto's Home Turf
• Federal Suit Over Fish Protection Plan Not Ripe, Calif. Says
• US, Mexico Sign Deal To Settle Sugar Trade Dispute
• Krystal Burger Chain Slides Into Ch. 11 With $65M In Debt
• Real Estate Rumors: Shapack, Taco Bell, Madison Marquette
• 3 Federal Court Rulings Highlight Key Privilege Lessons
• Courts' Deference To DOL Joint Employer Rule Is Up In The Air
• FTC Advertising Atty Who Led POM Wonderful Case To Retire
• Judge Sinks Chicken Of The Sea, Food Preparers' $6M Deal
• Kansas Warns That Hemp Rules Could Hamper Industry
• DoorDash Says $39M Deal Should Halt Courier Cases
• Tanenbaum Keale Snags Marshall Dennehey Partner In Pa.
• Workers Group Fights To Keep McDonald's NLRB Case Alive
• CBD Co. Says Consumer Suit Relies On Flawed Testing
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Boston Labor Atty Drops Out Of US Senate Race
• Turkey And Chicken Price Suits Can't Flock Together, Cos. Say
• States Sue Trump Administration Over Food Stamp Rollbacks
• Deals Rumor Mill: Albertsons, Springer Nature, DuPont
• Aramark Strikes $21M Deal To End Managers' Bonus Suit
• How Associate Life Has Evolved Over The Past Decade
• K&L Gates Snags Experienced Enviro Atty In Seattle
• The New Class Action Frontier Under Illinois Privacy Law
• Delivery Hero Raises €2.32B To Back Woowa Buy
• Restaurants Unlimited's Ch. 11 Plan Disclosure Gets Approval
• Romania Tells DC Circ. $356M Award Was Wrongly Enforced
• How The US Plans To Enforce Its New Trade Deal With China
• Hispanic Chipotle Workers Can't Get Cert. In Bias Suit
• Checkers Drive-In Settles Nationwide TCPA Suit Over Texts
• US-China Trade Deal Aims To Bolster IP Protection
• NJ Panel Sinks Ex-ShopRite Worker's Age Bias Appeal
• Trader Joe's $1.3M Deal Gets Nod In Underfilled Tuna Can Suit
• US, China Ink 'Phase 1' Trade Deal After Years Of Turmoil
• Perkins & Marie Callender's Liquidation Plan Approved
• Prevagen False Ad Case Ends In Mistrial After Jury Deadlocks
• What To Look For In The US-China 'Phase One' Trade Deal
• Lawmakers Told Lack Of Research Belies Pot's Risks, Benefits
• Ben & Jerry's Wants 'Happy Cows' Suit Put Out To Pasture
• Badia Settles Trademark Dispute With Rival Spice Co.
• Houston Deli Tries To Sink $400K Kolache Poisoning Verdict
• Popeyes Franchisee Says Ill. Court Can't Hear ADA Claims
• DOD Hit With New Protest Over $1.4B Food Supply Deal
• Wine Co. Shareholder Objects To Report In $28.7M Award Row
• Amid FDA Warnings, Hemp Companies Rethink CBD
• GrubHub Drivers' Wage Suits Belong In Court, 7th Circ. Told
• Germany Whops Pesticide Cartel With $172M In Fines
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Patent Wins For Coffee Pod Maker
• Bumble Bee's Executive Bonuses Approved In Ch. 11 Case
• Post Holdings Cereal Merger Toast Amid FTC Challenge
• The Evolving Legality Of Lesser-Known Cannabis Compounds
• 2nd Circ. Pension Liability Ruling Is A Big Win For Employers
• Insurers Say Grocer Isn't Owed Defense Costs In Opioid Case
• Justices Decline To Hear Allens Ch. 7 Trustee's Fraud Case
• Meatpackers Push To Ditch Cattle Ranchers' Price-Fix Suit
• How International Trade May Play Out In 2020
• Turkey Buyers Want Same Judge As Chicken Price-Fixing Suit
• Judging A Book: Dyk Reviews 'Democracy And Equality'
• The Firms That Dominated In 2019
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• DOL Finalizes Overhaul Of FLSA Joint Employer Test
• Texas Appeals Court Won't Reinstate Bikini-Latex Club Tax
• Ex-Manager Says Wawa Scapegoated Workers After Breach
• Calif. Judge Won't Hold Multiplaintiff Roundup Cancer Trials
• Attys Can't Duck Client's Claims On Failed Hepatitis Berry Suit
• Just Eat Shareholders Deliver $8B Takeaway.com Deal
• Ruling Deferred On Bumble Bee Ch. 11 Incentive Bonuses
• Firms Seek To Exit Malpractice Suit Related To Syngenta MDL
• King & Spalding Adds Akin Gump Trial Partner In Austin
• Jim Beam Rival's Lipstick Logo Gets No Love At 9th Circ.
• Nationwide Sues To Duck $8.6M Verdicts Over Cruddy Chicken
• 7 Insider Tips For Working With In-House Counsel
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Wells Fargo Kiboshes Website Calling Its Atty 'The Prostitute'
• Subway Starts Fresh With Greenberg Traurig Atty As New CLO
• Wis. County Can't Impose Zoning Rules On Tribe's Land
• Commissioner Wants FTC Clampdown On Noncompetes
• Horse Vet Clinic Can Hire Guest Workers For Breeding Season
• PF Chang's Doesn't Want Out-Of-State Workers In Wage Suit
• Ex-McDonald's Worker Says Franchise Isn't A Single Brand
• 50 Years Later, Interpretive Challenges Remain For RICO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Voya Financial, Armis Security, Grubhub
• China Poised To Sign Early-Phase US Trade Deal Next Week
• States Should Not Follow ABA On Attorney Conduct Rules
• Jury In False Ad Trial Told Memory-Boosting Pill Is A Lie
• 2nd Circ. Told That FLSA Ruling Will Lead To Unfair Deals
• Prairie Farms Accused Of Misleading Vanilla Ice Cream Claim
• Wells Fargo Slams Website Calling Its Atty 'The Prostitute'
• Chancery's Forum Ruling Was 'Nonsense,' Del. Justices Told
• Missouri Booze Ad Rules Found To Violate 1st Amendment
• Borden Opens Ch. 11 Case With Fight Over Cash Budget
• Union Can't Convince NLRB Food Co. Bribed Worker
• Wholesaler Backs High Court Challenge To Conn. Liquor Law
• Real Estate Rumors: Vienna Beef, Normandy, Ignacio Murman
• Texas Roadhouse Accused Of Stiffing Managers On OT
• Bumble Bee Defends Ch. 11 Bonuses For Dozens Of Execs
• More Than A Dozen Firms Steered 2019's Top Hospitality Deals
• How Courts And Litigants Can Benefit From Special Masters
• NLRB Urged To Revisit McDonald's Joint-Employer Case
• McDonald's Franchising Execs Say Leaders Overtly Biased
• Whistleblower Fights Safeway's Bid To End Drug Price Suit
• Spotted Pig Owner Settles Workers' Sexual Harassment Case
• Calif. Justice Rips Individual Deals Killing PAGA Suits
• Miss. Pizza Hut Delivery Man Loses Negligence Suit
• Uber Policy Calls For Refresher On ABA Confidentiality Rules
• Importer Says Hay Bale Netting Should Be Duty-Free
• Diageo Wants $2.3M Verdict Reversed In Fight With Distributor
• Bellagio Wins New Trial After Judge Tosses 'Fat Andy' Verdict
• 5 Advertising Law Trends To Watch In 2020
• Real Estate Rumors: Cantor Fitzgerald, Kitopi, Northpoint
• NY Saw Big Changes To Its Liquor License Laws Last Year
• Landry's Breach Bares Cards Swiped At Unencrypted Device
• Top LA Eateries Win Decertification In Price-Hike Suit
• Candy Co. DIP Lender Agrees To Lower Ch. 11 Sale Floor Bid
• Health Food Co., Edibles Maker Want To End 'Kiva' TM Fight
• Retailers To Ask 3rd Circ. To Undo Loss In Egg Price-Fix Trial
• Full Fed. Circ. Won't Take Up Menu Patent Fight
• Rethinking Corporate Crisis And Litigation Communications
• Class Cert. In 11th Circ. Supplement Case Comes With Limits
• Disney, US Foods Can't Stop $135M Navistar Engine Deal
• 3 Firms Seek $8M Fees For $42.5M Pilgrim's Pride Settlement
• Food Halls Hold Special Legal Considerations For Landlords
• Real Estate Rumors: Savanna, Sunburst Hospitality, Passco
• Jimmy John's Workers Push For Class Cert. In No-Poach Suit
• EU Trade Chief Set For US Visit As Tensions Mount
• Winn-Dixie Settles Price-Fixing Suit Against Dairy Producers
• Winery Sues Insurer For $12M Coverage From Wildfires
• Curdling Dairy Industry Sends Borden Into Ch. 11 In Del.
• Bumble Bee Creditors Call Ch. 11 Bonuses 'Purely Gratuitous'
• Kraft Investors Get Class Cert. In Wheat Market Rigging Suit
• Firm Says Lead Counsel Bids In Wawa Suits Should Wait
• Court Says Trucker's THC Suit Is Not A Federal Matter
• Wawa Settles Class Suit Over Booting Workers Off Stock Plan
• NJ Tax Talk: Exemptions And Earned Income Tax Credit
• 2 Overlooked Advantages Of Hourly Fees
• Hershey Fudged Low-Sugar Protein Bar Label, Buyer Says
• Marijuana Patient Not Interested In Settling Compass Suit
• 9th Circ. Revives Fishers' Challenge To SF Herring Ban
• The Top 10 Changes To Illinois Employment Law From 2019
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Prosthetic Leg Didn't Worsen Slip-And-Fall, Neb. Panel Says
• General Mills Unit Sued For Deceptively Carb-Rich Dog Food
• 9th Circ. Sides With Dr Pepper In 'Diet' False Ad Dispute
• Munger Bros. Strikes $3.75M Deal To End Migrants' Labor Suit
• Chancery Keeps $1.4B Fresh Market Sale Challenge Alive
• Food And Beverage Policy Trends To Watch This Year
• 2020 May Be The Year Of The Great CBD Market Correction
• The Hottest Food And Beverage IP Topics Of 2019
• Hospitality Cases And Trends To Watch In 2020
• Product Liability Legislation And Regulation To Watch
• Major Antitrust Developments To Watch In 2020
• International Tax Cases To Watch In 2020
• Real Estate Trends To Watch In 2020
• California Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2020
• 5 Things To Watch In Litigation Finance This Year