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Food & Beverage - July, 2023

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• Taco Bell Customer Says Misleading Menu Items Need Más
• Dog Food Labeling Suit Sent Back To Mo. State Court
• Strip Club's PPP Suit In Peril As Magistrate Judge Backs SBA
• NFL Says 'Sunday Ticket' Buyers Can't Prove Antitrust Claims
• New Ore. Law Steps Up Regulations For Factory Farms
• Buyers Want Rethink On Rabobank Chicken Price-Fixing Case
• Colo. Food Co. Fired VP Before Shares Could Vest, Suit Says
• Hemp Extraction Co. Gets $7.5M Default In Contract Spat
• NC Judge Pares Down EB-5 Investors' Suit Over Development
• Insurer Must Cover $900K Deli Stabbing Payout, 3rd Circ. Told
• 9th Circ. Tosses Virus Coverage Fight After Ore. Justices Pass
• NYC Cannabis Landlord Accountability Law Has Limitations
• Food Wholesaler Facing Finger-Scan BIPA Suit
• Investors With ESG Aims Should Heed Antitrust Reporting Rules
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Tribes Ask Judge To Block Alaska Gill Net Fishing Order
• Calif. PAGA Ruling Not A Total Loss For Employer Arbitration
• Regulatory Questions Loom As Lab-Grown Meat Hits Market
• Oglala Rancher Seeks Return Of Herd In BIA Fight
• Mich. Justices Shake Up Slip-And-Fall Defenses
• Top Trade Policy Moves To Watch In 2023: Midyear Report
• Tivity Appeals Nutrisystem Merger Investor Class Cert, Again
• Md. Hemp Sellers Say State's Pot Law Created Monopoly
• Michigan Cases To Watch In 2023: A Midyear Report
• California's PFAS Bans May Have National Ripple Effects
• Merger Guidelines' Broad Tack Ignores Recent Precedent
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• NJ Judge Clears DOL's $556K H-2A Fine Against Farm
• Ch. 11 Ruling Informs On Social Media Ownership Rights
• Kraft Beats Claims Velveeta Dish Took Too Long To Cook
• No Auto Crash Coverage For DoorDash, Insurer Says
• 4th Circ. Affirms Willfulness Decision, Workers' Win In OT Suit
• Coke Beats '100% Recyclable' Bottle Suit For 2nd Time
• Diageo Says Diddy Must Arbitrate Racism Claims
• Judge Questions Seattle's Fish Focus In Monsanto PCB Suit
• GOP Lawmaker Blasts FDA For Inaction On Regulating CBD
• BCLP Can't Merge Breach Suit With Mondelez Actions
• Kratom Co. Hit With $11.6M Judgment In Fla. Mom's Death
• Tyson Can't Block NY AG's COVID Price-Gouging Probe
• 9th Circ. Revives ADA Suit, Slams 'Unjustifiable' Dismissal
• Mallory Gives Plaintiffs A Better Shot At Justice
• Bottled Water Co. Says 6th Circ. FLSA Ruling Sinks OT Class
• Conn. Firm Wants Early Win In $2.7M Loan Fraud Suit
• Starbucks Defeats 'S'mores Frappuccino' Lip Gloss Theft Suit
• Bar Liable In Unofficial Showing Of Boxing Match, Judge Says
• Molson Coors Brings On Kohler GC As New Top Atty
• US Foods Says Boston Market Owes $11M For Note Breach
• Famous Philly Cheesesteak Shop Sued Over Fatal Shooting
• Canada Emoji Ruling Considers Digital-Age Contract Realities
• Fruit Farm Investor Sues Over Management After $560M Deal
• Cannabis Cos. Must Heed PFAS Risks In Products, Packaging
• Food Truck Owner Gets 2 Years For $1.5M COVID Loan Fraud
• The Biggest Trademark Decisions Of 2023: A Midyear Report
• These Firms Have The Most Diverse Equity Partnerships
• Calif. PAGA Ruling Devalues Arbitration For Employers
• 2nd Circ. Partly Renews Fatburger's Fraud Suit In Failed Loan
• Scholars Say DC Circ. Must Enforce $330M Romania Award
• Colo. Laws Bar Wage Claims After 2 Years, Judge Says
• Wash. Judges Chide Suspended Bar For Snubbing Procedure
• Court Orders Valuation Of Ex-50 Cent Employee's Co. Shares
• Crisco Lawyer Says He Didn't Try To Trick False Ad Plaintiff
• Insurers Tell 3rd Circ. Pa. COVID Appeals Are Irrelevant
• Employer Pointers From Tiger Woods' Legal Dispute With Ex
• Conflicting NLRB Stances Create Employer Compliance Plight
• MSG Las Vegas Inks Deal With Unions Over New $2B Venue
• Folgers Can't Ditch False Ad MDL Over Coffee Content Labels
• NC Judge Narrows $2.7M Loan Fraud Suit Against Law Firm
• Judge OKs Magistrate's Recusal In Ritz-Carlton Tipping Suit
• Popeyes Franchisee Can't Slip Area Manager's COVID OT Suit
• Coca-Cola Can't Escape Suit Over Alleged Target Cooler Leak
• Law360's Diversity Snapshot: What You Need To Know
• Alleged TM Violations, Melting Profits Spur Waffle Cone War
• Whole Foods Must Face Some Claims In Antibiotics Beef Suit
• CVC Capital Unit Demands A Warhol To Enforce $142M Award
• EPA Pitches Strategy To Protect Species From Herbicides
• Pro-Business Interests Press Justices To End Chevron
• Tyson Workers Snag Collective Cert. In Kronos Hack Suit
• Product Liability Regulation & Legislation To Watch At Midyear
• Biden Threatens Veto Of 2024 VA, Ag. Bills Over Funding Caps
• US Mushroom Grower Says Dutch Co. Deserved Duties
• Insurance Insights From 5th Circ. Blue Bell Coverage Ruling
• The Fed. Circ. In July: Reissue Claims And The Original Patent
• Burford Continues Push For Sysco Sub In Chicken Price Suit
• Fruit Co. Says Tribe's CWA Claims Should Be Tossed
• Grocery Delivery Co. Underpaid Wages, Ex-Driver Says
• Courts Can Overturn Deficient State Regulations, Too
• Bang Energy Ex-CEO Appeals To Get Social Media Back
• Founder Sues VC Investors Over Control Of Supplements Co.
• 'Econ 101' Can't Keep Rabobank In Chicken Price-Fixing Suit
• DC Circ. Says Dicamba Lawsuit Belongs In District Court
• The Biggest Enviro Policy Moves Of 2023: Midyear Report
• Grubhub, Eateries Try Again To Restart Illinois Class Action
• BIPA, Meta Pixel Suits Could Reshape Cybersecurity Litigation
• Suit Claiming Winery's Actions Spoiled Pabst Deal Trimmed
• Boston Market Workers Left Waiting For Pay, Lawsuit Alleges
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Tales From The Trenches Of Remote Depositions
• 9th Circ. Partially Kicks Back 5-Hour Energy Antitrust Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Salvaje, Doug And Lily Band, State Farm
• Sodexo Defends Arbitration Bid In Nicotine Charge ERISA Suit
• Injunction Blocking Drag Show Law Applies To All Fla. Venues
• Starbucks Directors Face Investor Suit Over Anti-Union Stance
• Judge Questions Peers For Soliciting Junior Atty Arguments
• Insurer Escapes Berry And Tomato Claims In Shipment Suit
• Buchalter Sanctioned For Delays In 'Kona' Coffee Class Action
• Hong Kong Co. Looks To Confirm Nearly $2M BBQ Co. Award
• McDonald's Owes $800K In Chicken McNugget Burn Suit
• 11th Circ. Judge Sees Way For CSX To Recoup $16M Payout
• IP Groups Urge Justices To Keep Chevron, But Amend It
• Bipartisan Bills Would Monitor Foreign-Owned Farmland
• 2023 Is Far From Done With Government Merger Cases
• What's New In The DOJ-FTC Proposed Merger Guidelines
• Denver Airport Co. Says Losing Bidder Hasn't Proved Bribery
• Judge Narrows Deere Plaintiffs In Seeding Machine IP Case
• ChatGPT Can't Predict The Future Of Antitrust And AI (Yet)
• Ex-50 Cent Liquor Worker Says New Ruling Backs Ch. 7 Case
• EPA Floats Rule To Help States And Tribes Gain CWA Powers
• Consumers' $2.9M Deal With Harrison Poultry Gets Initial OK
• Employer Drug-Testing Policies Must Evolve With State Law
• Pepsi, Ex-Factory Worker Settle Unpaid OT Suit
• Diddy Says Diageo Can't Arbitrate Tequila Racism Dispute
• More Deals Would Face Gov't Lawsuits Under Draft Guidelines
• Starbucks Scores Exit Bid in New Yorker's Cold Brew Ad Suit
• 8-Year-Old's Death In Custody Was 'Preventable,' Report Finds
• Calif. Justices Open Door To Nonprofits, Unions Suing Cos.
• GreenLight Shareholders Sue In Del. For Company Books
• Taco Bell, Taco John's Call Truce In 'Taco Tuesday' Battle
• Coalition Wants Pause On Construction Near Mass. Island
• Ill. Justices Won't Reconsider BIPA Accrual Ruling
• DC Sues 3M, DuPont, Others Over 'Forever Chemicals'
• CEO Gets 6 Years For Defrauding Tribe With Fake Water Cos.
• 8th Circ. Halts WOTUS Appeal Until Revised Definition Issued
• Judge Won't DQ Paul Hastings, Says Coke Knew Conflict Risk
• Albertsons Unit Inks $1.1M Deal In Biometric Privacy Case
• Workers Say Colo. Food Plant Defies Paid Sick Leave Mandate
• Dickey's BBQ Hit With Suit Over Small Biz's 'Wing Boss' Name
• Russia Blocks Safe Passage For Ukraine's Wheat Exports
• NJ Fishers Urge Justices To Overrule Chevron
• McDonald's Customer Voluntarily Drops AI Voiceprint Suit
• Verizon To Produce Liquor Agency Call Records In MSG Probe
• Detroit Suburb Says Bars Can't Challenge Zoning Ordinance
• 50 Cent's Liquor Co. Scores Default In $7M Debt Fight
• Coke Hit With NY Class Action Over PFAS-Laden Juice
• Enviros Cheer EPA's Withdrawal Of Approval For Fungicide
• In-House At A Food Company: Tackling Generative AI
• Blunders That Made 'Bakked' Cannabis TM Go Up In Smoke
• Calif. Justices Break From Viking On PAGA In Uber Case
• Crisco Lawyers Grilled Over Photo In Butter False Ad Suit
• Restaurant Wants Specifics In Wine-Tasting Death Suit
• 10th Circ. Revives Pilgrim's Pride Investors' Price-Fixing Suit
• Trader Joe's Says Union Logo Violated Trademark Law
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive Pineapple Award Fight
• Nestle Again Denied Toss Of Child, Slave Labor Claims
• Alaska Judge Lets Commercial Vessels Enter Regulation Row
• Food Giant Gets Coffee Creamer Fraud Suit Transferred To NY
• Alex Jones Podcast Co. Sues Supplement Supplier In Ch. 11
• Post-Pandemic Hospitality Trends To Watch At Midyear 2023
• Investors In Calif. Pot Co. Accuse Leaders Of Self-Dealing
• Pa. Supreme Court To Take Up COVID-19 Coverage Cases
• Calif. Farm's '100% Juice' Has Forever Chemicals, Suit Says
• Level Up Lawyers' Business Development With Gamification
• Starbucks Fights Fired White Manager's $25.6M Bias Suit Win
• Ohio Panel Backs Sausage Casing Co.'s Firing Bias Suit Win
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Republican AGs Warn CEOs About Bias After Harvard Ruling
• NC Court Won't Let Loan Broker Out Of $2.7M Fraud Claim
• Bipartisan Bill Would Expand CFIUS Reach To Farmland
• Better World SPAC To Liquidate After Calling Off Merger
• Immigrant Workers Drop Firings Suit Against Potato Plant
• 'Whiskey Prison' Hijacked From Founder's Estate, Suit Says
• Walmart Doles Out $5M To Nev., Colo. For Deceptive Pricing
• Mallory Ruling Leaves Personal Jurisdiction Deeply Unsettled
• Real Estate Rumors: Carl's Jr., Becovic, Tilden
• NLRB Urges 1st Circ. To Protect Whole Foods Workers' Texts
• Chicken Cos. Object To Sysco-Burford Swap In Price-Fix Suits
• 11th Circ. Backs Insurer In Restaurant Co.'s EEOC Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: AXA SA, Syngenta, Bain Capital
• Plant Protein Biz Seeks Trade Probe Into Chinese Pea Protein
• USDA Floats Plan To Improve Ag, Forestry GHG Accounting
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive DOJ's Sugar Merger Challenge
• Calif. Justices' COVID Liability Rule Right Call, Attys Say
• 11th Circ. Seeks Better Definition Of Chili's Data Breach Class
• Libya Can't Escape $20M Arbitration Award, 2nd Circ. Says
• Wash. Panel Calls Slip-And-Fall Jury Instructions Incomplete
• Travelers Blasts 'Premature' Coverage Bid For Ammonia Leak
• The Biggest Environmental Rulings Of 2023: Midyear Report
• 'Frivolous' Starbucks Suit Tossed, Judge Considers Sanctions
• Fed. Circ. Sinks Reissue Claims On Floating Grill Patent
• Convicted Ohio Lobbyist's Sentencing Redo Adds Prison Time
• Feds Ordered To Redo Russian Fertilizer Duties, Again
• 5 Ways Firms Can Rethink Office Design In A Hybrid World
• Brad Pitt Accused Of 'Vindictive Campaign' To 'Loot' Winery
• Travelers Units Beat Blue Bell Coverage Suit At 5th Circ.
• Ag. Board Says Union Isn't Bona Fide Org. Under Calif. Law
• Pennsylvania Legislation To Watch In 2023: A Midyear Review
• Feds, Tribe Fight Dam Operator's Exit Bid In Pollution Suit
• False Ad Snapshot Shows Risks Of Geographic Origin Claims
• Court Rejects Dueling Judgment Bids In Faulty Flavoring Fight
• Top Product Liability Cases Of 2023: Midyear Review
• Bar Score Is Best Hiring Metric Post-Affirmative Action
• Bakery Co. Owes $15.6M To Union Pension Fund, Judge Says
• Abbott, Mead Get Tentative Win In Suit Over Infant Formula
• Burford Affiliate Fights To Sub For Sysco In Price-Fixing Suits
• European Union Signs Free Trade Deal With New Zealand
• Split 10th Circ. Affirms Utah's Water Exchange Deal With DOI
• McDonald's Sued Over Fatal Stabbing At Philly Location
• FDA Trends Show Compliance Priorities For Supplement Cos.
• McCormick Says Michigan Wrongly Assessed Income Tax
• Texas Judge Halts State's Waters Of US Challenge
• Ohio Panel Reverses Farmworker's $2M Jury Win Over Injury
• NYC Wage For Delivery App Workers Won't Take Effect Yet
• Bruins Fan Can't Blame Fall On Lack Of Spill-Proof Drink Lids
• Keller & Heckman Adds EU Food Pro To Brussels Office
• 11th Circ. Won't Reverse Kava Store's TM Trial Loss
• Conn. Woman Says 'Wellness' Tea Caused Anaphylactic Shock
• Del Taco Judge 'Perplexed' By Atty Fee Bid In $50M Deal
• 50 Cent's Co. Seeks Default Win In $7M Feud With Ex-Worker
• Landry's, JPMorgan End $20M Data Breach Payment Fight
• How End Of Forced Arb. Is Affecting Sex Harassment Cases
• An Evil Bear May Provide High Court TM Ruling Clarification
• NLRB Attys Seek Rehires At Combined Starbucks Stores
• Ill. Judge To Approve Restaurant Co.'s $3.45M BIPA Deal
• Ghosting In BigLaw: How To Come Back From Lack Of Feedback
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell Lipton, Gibson Dunn
• NLRB Judge Orders Nationwide Starbucks Rights Notice
• DoorDash, Grubhub Seek To Halt NYC App Worker Wage Rule
• 'Take-Home' COVID Won't Be A Thing, Calif. Justices Decide
• Md. Restaurant Must Face 'Old White' Customer's Bias Suit
• DOL Defeats Restaurant Industry Challenge To Tip Credit Rule
• Illinois Judge Trims Blue Diamond 'Smokehouse' False Ad Suit
• Mitigating Risks Of Developing Drugs And Devices With AI
• Illinois Grocer Secures Coverage Of BIPA Lawsuit
• Nonprofit ESG Collabs Should Beware Antitrust Risks
• NLRB Urges Full 5th Circ. Not To Take Up GC Firing Row
• Openings In McCarter & English Fee Trial Set For Thursday
• Dole Falsely Touted Sugary Snacks As Healthy, Suit Says
• Fed. Circ. Revives Bovine Sperm Sorting Patent Feud
• Cannabis Reform Victories And Setbacks In 2023 So Far
• Okla. Medical Pot Operators Call New Fees Unconstitutional
• North American Trade Talks To Center Growth, Not Tiffs
• FDA And FTC Crack Down On THC 'Copycat' Snacks
• Steps To Success For Senior Associates
• 3 Firms Lead Mars In Deal To Buy Kevin's Natural Foods
• EU Taps Chinese Beer Keg Imports With Anti-Dumping Duties
• Chicken Price-Fixing Case Pared Down As Trial Approaches
• Skittles Maker's IP Deal Ends 'Zkittlez' For Cannabis Co.
• 3 Takeaways From The Supreme Court's Session
• Law360 Podcasts Untangle A Week Of Blockbuster Rulings
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
• Jackson Debuts As Chattiest Justice
• How To Avoid A Zombie Office Building Apocalypse
• Bang Agrees To $362M Sale To Monster In Fla. Ch. 11
• Legal Profession Must Do More For Lawyers With Disabilities
• Partners From McCarter & English To Testify In Ex-Client Row
• 6th Circ. Halts Ky. 'Waters Of US' Case After Sackett Ruling
• Legal Issues To Address As AI Crops Up In Agriculture
• Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• Tattooed Chef To Seek Asset Sale Through Ch. 11 Case
• 5 Firms Steer Malt Giant's $1B Takeover Of Australian Rival