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Food & Beverage - February, 2021

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• Chipotle Reaches $15M OT Deal Amid 'Novel' DOL Rule Issues
• Brand Battles: DC Comics Targets 'SuperPower' Shapewear
• NY Grocer Accused Of Stiffing Workers Out Of OT
• Denny's Broke Wage Rules For Tipped Workers, Judge Finds
• Calif. Judge Won't Block Long Beach Pandemic Pay Raise Law
• Cos. Should Back Up Sensory Advertising Claims With Data
• Steak 'N Shake Must Face Trial In Sex Assault Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Northwind, Sapp's, Stock
• Taxation With Representation: Ropes, Cahill, Davis Polk
• Fried Frank Real Estate Leader Sees A March Litigation Wave
• What Biden's Ethics Pledge Means For Gov't Revolving Door
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• IPOs Still A Hot Ticket As Post-Pandemic 'Normalcy' Beckons
• Barnes & Noble Will Pay $910K To End Cafe Workers' OT Suit
• Restaurant Trade Group Asks 11th Circ. To Revive Virus Suit
• Mexican-American Restaurant OT Suit Allowed To Proceed
• A Wake-Up Call For Commercial Landlords Seeking Rent
• Punishing Bar Exam Policies On Menstrual Products Must Go
• Barnes & Thornburg Blasts Subpoena Bid In Food App Fight
• Mich. Bottled Water Co. Can't Escape OT-Shorting Suit
• Commerce Sets Early Duties On Methionine From 3 Countries
• Post Sugary Cereal Buyers Get OK On $15M False Ad Deal
• House Passes LGBTQ Rights Bill Over GOP Religious Fears
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toast, Sportradar, Victoria's Secret
• Burger Joint Says Postmates Penalizes Nonpartner Eateries
• Chipotle Timely Removed Dollar-Shorting Case, Judge Says
• DOL Delays Last-Minute Trump Rule On Tipped Workers
• NLRB Prosecutor Drops Trump-Era Suit Against Teamsters
• CBP Can't Block Parts Imports, Hemp Machinery Co. Says
• Farmers Want Crop Supply Price-Fix Suits Centralized In Ill.
• Food Lion Settles Suit Over Piece Of $433M Dean Foods Deal
• Transaction Toolkit For A More Litigious M&A Environment
• Foster Farms Beats Bid To Revive 'Humane' Labeling Suit
• McDonald's Operator Wants Atty Fees For 'Frivolous' Claim
• NJ Baking Co. Must Face Amputation Claims Despite Sale
• Pabst Wants Out Of $4.8M Baltimore Superfund Cleanup Suit
• Pork Buyers Want Steering Committee In Antitrust Suit
• It's Time For Law Firms To Start Loving And Leveraging Data
• Coke Hires Constitutional Expert For Transfer Pricing Case
• US Blacklists Two More Leaders In Myanmar Coup
• Court Remands Group's Plastic Pollution Suit To State Court
• Latham Helps With $175M Loan For New York Casino
• Tyson Asks 8th Circ. To Keep COVID-19 Suits In Fed. Court
• Nixing Grocer Pandemic Pay May Not Be On Calif. Judge's List
• Pilgrim's Pride Fined $108M For Chicken Price-Fixing
• Senators Warn Justices Of 'Suspicious' Union Access Case
• Real Estate Rumors: Alliance, Hertz Herson, Rex Discount
• Tyson, Pilgrim's Pride Get OK On $155M Deal In Price-Fix Suit
• Keys To Protecting Clients During Law Firm Dissolution
• Society Insurance Must Face COVID-19 Loss Claims In MDL
• Time For Federal Action To Ban Noncompetes
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• TD Garden Retailer Fights Labor Arbitrator's Award
• Digitization Of Environmental Audits May Be Here To Stay
• Pa. Panel Upholds $2.4M Verdict For Failed Property Swap
• Kroger Latest Victim In Software Vendor Data Breach
• NLRB Says Ore. Distiller Illegally Refused To Rehire Strikers
• Insurer Can't Ditch McDonald's Bid For Virus Suit Coverage
• Tea Mix Maker Ditches False Ad Suit Over Vanilla Label
• Seattle Asks Judge To Toss Grocers' Pandemic Pay Suit
• Worker Wants Full 10th Circ. To Clarify Disability Standard
• 5th Circ. Lifts TM Ban On Pepsi's 'Gatorlyte' For Now
• False Ad Suit Over Hostess' Carrot Cake 'Donettes' Dropped
• Overcoming TM Maintenance Filing Hurdles Amid Pandemic
• Grocery Chain's Ch. 11 Plan OK'd After $96M Sale To Acme
• Consumer Activists Call For FTC Probe Of Grocery Industry
• How Case Management Orders Can Support New Attorneys
• Zurich Beats Ohio Eatery's COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Suit
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Bar On Suit Over Poultry Chiller Patent
• Fla. Judge Won't Invalidate Kona Ice Patent In MDL
• Messer Hit With 5 More Suits Over Ga. Chicken Plant Deaths
• Indicted Poultry Exec Gets Some COVID Jury Impact Details
• Baby Formula Device Claims Get Tossed By NY Federal Judge
• PepsiCo Halted From Selling Electrolyte Drink Amid TM Claim
• Tex-Mex Chain Can Sue City Over Development Incentives
• Ohio Judges Disagree Over COVID-19 And Property Coverage
• DOL Says Eateries Made Workers Return Wage Deal Money
• Kroger Holds Win In Suit Over Shopper's Fatal Scooter Fall
• Real Estate Rumors: Kissaki Sushi, GL Homes, Apollo
• Campbell Patent Challenge Falls Short, Fed. Circ. Told
• Walmart Beats Bias Suit Over COVID-19 Shopping Hours
• Fishermen Reel In Victory Against Kill Quota Shutdown Rule
• An In-House Counsel's Guide To Better Work Management
• Coca-Cola Tax Ruling Offers 5 Lessons For Multinationals
• Texas Waives Response In Bikini-Latex Clubs' Tax Appeal
• McDonald's Tries To Melt Ice Cream Buyer's Vanilla Fraud Suit
• Sysco Says Union Fund Won't Return Mistaken Contributions
• Factory Can't Use Pa. Deal To Bar Water Pollution Suit
• JAMS Isn't Biased In Monster Dispute, Calif. Judge Rules
• Sheppard Mullin Atty's Motion In Clif Bar Case Irks Judge
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Ind. Gov. Signs Law Shielding Businesses From Virus Liability
• Genetic Engineering And The Endangered Species Act
• Metlakatla Tribe's Bid To Restore Fishing Rights Dismissed
• McDonald's Franchisee Fined For Firings Over Virus Concerns
• Democrats Launch Fresh Push To Expand LGBTQ Rights
• Avoiding Materially Adverse Conflicts After New ABA Opinion
• Injunction Reversed In Instacart Worker-Misclassification Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: SpaceX, Marqeta, Aerion
• Dairy Queen Operator Revamps Policy In EEOC Disability Pact
• Monster Energy's Claws Come Out In TM Suit Over Rival Logo
• ViSalus Can't Get Trial Redo In $925M Robocall Suit
• Calif. Man Cops To Hacking Stadium's Food Sales System
• NY Beats Long Island Tribe Members In Fishing Rights Suit
• Continental Casualty Beats Hotel, Eatery Co.'s Virus Suit
• Tyson Offers Workers Pay Incentive For Off-Shift Vaccinations
• Akerman Gets Tricky Miami Mixed-Use Project Approved
• 3 Key Environmental Takeaways From Biden's First 30 Days
• Green Groups Tell 9th Circ. EPA's Pesticide Approval Must Fall
• Sport Supplement Exec Gets 1 Year For Illicit Steroid Sales
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Mask-Defying Restaurant Denied Reprieve On Shutdown Order
• Widow Says Gas Co. Liable For 6 Deaths At Ga. Poultry Plant
• Airline Catering Provider Wins OK To Advance Restructuring
• Knockoff Hemp Rolling Paper Suit Moved To Ga.
• Franchisee Claims McDonald's Race Bias Hurt His Operation
• Ex-Vitamin Shoppe CFO Sues For At Least $1.4M In Benefits
• Sun-Maid Dried Up Plant Workers' OT Wages, Suit Says
• Attys Should Get $624K After Tips Trial Win, Judge Says
• Jimmy John's To Pay $1.8M To Settle OT Row
• US Legal System Can Benefit From Nonlawyer Ownership
• What DOJ's 1st PPP Fraud Settlement Can Teach Borrowers
• CORRECTION: Constellation Sued Over Corona Hard Seltzer
• Real Estate Rumors: Caulder, Société Générale, Lennar
• Curaleaf Beats Investors' Stock-Drop Suit Over CBD Legality
• Kroger Insurer's Trial Gamble Blamed For 'Runaway' Verdict
• DOJ Flips Position, Backs Union Access To Calif. Farms
• Albertsons Judge 'Fed Up' With Tactics In $3.3M FCRA Deal
• Parents Face Damages Hurdle In Tainted Baby Food Suits
• Coca-Cola Fights To Decertify False Ad Class At 9th Circ.
• Ala. Gov. Signs Law Shielding Businesses From Virus Liability
• Brand Battles: Hershey Sour Over 'Jollipops' Candy
• Campbell Soup, Nurture Hit With Toxic Metals Baby Food Suits
• Calif. Sues Shuttered Bakery And Seeks $1.3M For Workers
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cleary, Faegre
• Philly Federal Judges Split On Virus Insurance Suits
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Battle Over 'Lehman Brothers' Whiskey Heads To Fed. Circ.
• IHOP Takes 'Flip'd' Trademark Fight To Federal Court
• Judge Tosses Miami Strip Club's COVID-19 Curfew Suit
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Teamsters Say Welch Foods Fight Should Return To Arbitrator
• Ruby Tuesday's Ch. 11 Plan OK'd After $6M Deal
• Cos. Face Uncertainty In Commerce Foreign Adversary Rules
• House Dems To Include $15 Min. Wage In Virus Relief Bill
• ITC Squashes Potential Duties On Imported Blueberries
• 9th Circ. Affirms Vacatur Of Wash. Aquaculture Permit
• Building A Law Firm Knowledge Bank For Thought Leadership
• What The Biden Presidency Means For Class Actions
• Food Co. Tells NLRB That Acting GC's Appointment Is Illegal
• Eatery Settles EEOC Suit Over Boss's 'Notorious' Harassment
• Biden Holds Off On Tariff Hike Against EU In Aircraft Fight
• Faegre, Gibson Shepherd $3.35B Deal For Planters Nuts Biz
• SC Rethinks Subminimum Wage For People With Disabilities
• 7th Circ. Asked To Revive Safeway Drug Price Suit
• Steakhouse Inks $445K Deal To End Server Wage Suit
• Boar's Head Can't Cut Off Workers' Disability Suit
• EPA Agrees To Halt Water Rule Suit Pending Biden Review
• Land O'Lakes Can't Slip Ex-Workers' Suit Over 401(k) Handling
• Union Asks To Join Suit To Back Grocer 'Hero Pay' Law
• Fla. Buyer Asks 11th Circ. To Revive Bacardi Gin Suit
• Houston Nightclub Says COVID-19 Permit Suspension Unjust
• Biden's Immigration Plan Should Do More to Protect Workers
• Zurich Asks To Toss In-N-Out COVID-19 Coverage Suit
• Commerce Sets Final Duties On Russian, Moroccan Fertilizer
• Let's Emerge From The Pandemic As Legal Innovators
• Cos. Seek To Exit NYPD Off-Duty Pay Fight
• StarKist Off The Hook In Suit Alleging Tuna Was Tainted
• Burger King Franchisee Taps Ex-Barington Capital Atty As GC
• COVID Construction Files: Berkowitz's Miami Observatory
• 9th Circ. Revives False Ad Suit Over P.F. Chang's 'Krab Mix'
• DOJ Says Poultry Execs Can't Have Firms' Legal Analyses
• DoorDash Fights To End Gig Status Suit Under Prop 22
• NY AG Wants Feds To Ensure Baby Food Safety As Suits Grow
• Insurer Sues NYC Luxury Hotelier To Duck Covering COVID-19
• Pa. Caterer Attacks Insurer's Virus Exclusion Amid Pandemic
• Pa. Judge Tosses Shuttered Restaurant's Virus Coverage Suit
• Consumers Say High Court Order Doesn't Affect Grubhub Suit
• Splenda Owner Hits Convenience Store Chain With TM Suit
• COVID Construction Files: JDL's Chicago Development
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Anticipating Predictive Analytics' Potential Uses In Litigation
• Energy And Climate Policies That May Pass Via Reconciliation
• Biden's EPA Pick Cruises To Full Senate Vote
• Welch Foods Tells Judge To Keep Arbitration Fight In Court
• CIT Upholds Commerce Use Of Tea Maker Data In Garlic Probe
• 9th Circ. Tough To Read In Safeway Union Work Dispute
• LA Eatery Asks 9th Circ. To Revive COVID-19 Coverage Fight
• Army Corps Permits From Trump Admin. Illegal, Enviros Say
• Real Estate Rumors: Kane Kessler, Related, Dwight Capital
• This Black History Month, Law Firms Should Challenge Norms
• Kroger Drops Appeal Over $70M Shooting Verdict
• Worker Classification Test Isn't Unconstitutional, Calif. Says
• Starbucks Frappuccinos Don't Contain Real Vanilla, Suit Says
• 10th Circ. Won't Revive ADA Case For Ex-Marketing Worker
• Ex-Jones Day Atty Faces Revived Contempt Bid Over Docs
• Insurer Gets Win In Defective Cookie Machine Coverage Suit
• ITT Says Factory Mutual Must Cover Its COVID-19 Losses
• Gerber, Beech-Nut Baby Food Contain Toxic Metals, Suits Say
• Domino's Awarded Fees After Win In 'Weak' Menu Patent Case
• JPML Refuses To Centralize Dickey's Data Breach Suits
• Brand Battles: Jägermeister Takes Shot At Tea Biz's Deer Logo
• Food Investor Bros Say Romania Still Owes $96M For Award
• Bipartisan Senate Bill To Spur Marijuana Research Is Back
• Calif. Board Asks Justices To Uphold Unions' Farm Access
• Cannabis Bill Roundup: Va. On Track To OK Recreational Pot
• China Tariff Cases Sent To Three-Judge CIT Panel
• Fogo De Chao Gets Illegal Tip Pool Claims Moved To Texas
• Fla. Judge Won't Ax Suit Over Publix Worker's COVID-19 Death
• Prep For Enviro Scrutiny As Trump Policies Are Rolled Back
• Whole Foods Escapes Nearly All BLM Mask Ban Claims
• Westside Market Stiffs Workers Out Of Pay, Suit Says
• DOJ Yanks Trump-Era Environmental Enforcement Memos
• Judges On Race
• Hemp Tea Maker Wants To Toss Suit Over THC Content
• Law Firm Penalties On Departing Partners Just Got Riskier
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Luckin Coffee Seeks Ch. 15 Protection In New York
• Judge Says Shippers 'Shoveling Discovery' In Fuel Price MDL
• Franchise Advocates Support Burger King At 11th Circ.
• DC Circ. Judge's Patience Runs Short In Back Pay Fight
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Restaurant Settles EEOC Suit Over Owner's Lewd Behavior
• 11th Circ. Says ID Theft Risk Doesn't Support Data Breach Suit
• Frito-Lay Settles EEOC Suit Over Fired Seventh-Day Adventist
• Zurich Ducks Virus Coverage Suit For Chain's 400 Restaurants
• House Committee Says Baby Foods Contain Heavy Metals
• 7 Takeaways From Recent Del. Statutory Appraisal Litigation
• Tozzini Expands Tax, Litigation Areas Ahead Of Tax Reform
• Ga. Hardee's Worker Says Pandemic Is Leading To Unpaid OT
• Deals Rumor Mill: WeWork, Nestle, Kraft Heinz
• Mass. Beer Wholesaler Fights Order To Rehire Fired Driver
• NJ Case Has Lessons On Arbitration Clauses In Atty Retainers
• Calif. Supreme Court Turns Down Drivers' Prop 22 Challenge
• Hanover Beats Calif. Cafe's COVID-19 Coverage Suit
• NY Judge Again Nixes Papa John's Investors' #MeToo Suit
• Dave & Buster's Sues Cuomo Over Arcade Shutdowns
• Anti-Mask Diner Ordered To Require Face Coverings Or Close
• COVID-19 Liability Shield Forges Ahead In Fla. House
• Fla. Eatery Asks 11th Circ. To Revive COVID-19 Coverage Fight
• 5th Circ. Doubts Texas Bikini-Latex Club Tax Is Constitutional
• ITC Blocks Reusable Straw Imports After Patent Probe
• Restaurant Chain Must Name Staff In Off-The-Clock Work Suit
• Challenging Therapeutics IP After Fed. Circ. Drink Can Ruling
• DOL Seeks To Delay Trump Regs On Contractors And Tips
• Buddig Meats Parent Co. Hit With Finger Scan Privacy Suit
• 5th Circ. Urged To Revive 'Mayochup' TM Suit Against Heinz
• Drake's Champagne Co. Sues Over 'Brand-Damaging' Prices
• $12.5M Deal Over Vitamin D In Hill's Dog Food Goes Forward
• Tips For Protecting Privilege When Working With Outside PR
• Farmer Says Bayer, Cargill Rooted Out Ag Supply Competitors
• CIT Fries Commerce Over Hard Line On Indian Shrimp Co.
• 3 Procurement Priorities For Law Firms In Uncertain Times
• Tyson Hit With Investor Suit Over Lackluster Virus Response
• Businesses Ask 3rd Circ. To Combine Virus Coverage Appeals
• Ex-McDonald's CEO Can't Ax Clawback Suit Over Affairs
• Landry's Says Atty Immunity Doesn't Cover Media Statements
• Anti-Mask Diner Asks To End Ch. 11 After Health Suit Transfer
• 4 Nonclimate Issues The EPA Will Face In The Biden Years
• Whole Foods Must Face Trimmed Cracker False Ad Suit
• Grocery Worker Can't Bag Class Cert. In Bargaining Suit
• Distributor Can't Dodge Nestlé Gray-Market Product Suit
• Ex-US Atty Joins Hemp Trade Group For Ethics Enforcement
• Broadband Expansion, COVID Protections Top Texas Agenda
• Miami Strip Club Looks To Keep COVID-19 Curfew Suit Moving
• Market Basket Skimps On Coffee Servings, Suit Says
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Uber Swallows Up Latham-Led Alcohol Marketplace For $1.1B
• UK Is Proof Nonlawyer Ownership Threatens Legal Profession
• State Auto Says Food Distributor's Pizza TM Suit Isn't Covered
• CBD Industry Awaits Action From New Dem-Led Congress
• Meatpacking Co. Can't Keep Virus Death Suit In Federal Court
• Dow, Shell Want Banana Plantation Pesticide Claims Tossed
• EEOC, Food Co. Ink $500K Deal Ending Sex Harassment Probe
• 8th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Ag Co.'s ERISA Health Plan Suit
• Tenn. Judge Says Hands Tied In Meatpacking Plant ICE Raid
• US Trade And Domestic Economic Policy Should Align
• NLRB Acting GC Asked To Nix Challenge To Transfer Order
• Akerman Hooked With $1M Suit Over Bad Advice To Landlord
• Kroger Says Customer Can't Sue Over Coffee She Didn't Buy
• Air Caterer Must Face Calif. PAGA Suit Over Meal, Rest Breaks
• Remote Bar Exams Pose New Learning Disability Challenges
• Trump 'Secret Science' Rule Killed By Montana Court
• Rockets Owner Takes $6.6B Casino, Restaurants Biz Public