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Food & Beverage - October, 2024

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• Ex-Aide Accuses Menendez Associate Of Sex Harassment
• Instacart Says Investors Based Pre-IPO Suit On Anecdotes
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive 'Ghost Cattle' Contract Fight With Tyson
• A Boeing Space Exit, $3B Hot Dogs And More Deal Rumors
• LA Hits Pepsi, Coca-Cola With Plastic Waste, Deception Suit
• Judge Trims Retaliation Suit Against Miami After Settlement
• Abbott, Mead Cleared In Baby Formula Trial
• How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
• 6th Circ. Split Over NLRB Remedy In Starbucks Firing Case
• The 2024 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard
• Firms' Hiring Strategies Are Evolving In Fight For Top Spot
• Toast Releases Steakhouse Funds Amid Ownership Spat
• Firms Fight Bid To Revive Malpractice Suit Over Liability Case
• NC Ruling Takes Practical Approach To Duty-To-Defend Costs
• Jury Told Abbott, Mead Owe 'Astronomical' Sum Over Formula
• Dole Whip Buyer Says Labels Belie Artificial Ingredients
• Ex-Tyson Worker Denied Class Cert. In Vax Religious Bias Suit
• 3 Firms Vie To Lead Starbucks 'Reinvention' Plan Investor Suit
• Publix Denied Early Win Over Opioid Coverage Defense
• Judge Embraces 'Law School Geekiness' In Ill. Swipe Fee Row
• Keurig Dr Pepper Sued Over 'Naturally Flavored' Ginger Ale
• Green Groups Urge EPA To Address 'Big Ag' Nitrate Pollution
• Hershey's Candy Wrappers Contain PFAS, Spooky Suit Says
• Connecticut Water Users Amend Utility PFAS Class Action
• Pot Co. Cookies Sued Over Breach Of Settlement Agreement
• How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
• NY Judge Tosses $14B Decongestant MDL
• McDonald's Catches New Suits Over E. Coli Outbreak
• 6th Circ. Judge Rejects Flint Comparison In Benton Harbor
• Where Can Privacy Plaintiffs Sue When Injury Is Online?
• Bankruptcy Decision Exemplifies Venue Issue For Franchisees
• PBM Group Federal Affairs VP Joins Akin In Lobbying Role
• Akerman Hires 2 IP Partners From Kilpatrick In NYC
• Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
• Hershey's 'Bubble Yum' Contains PFAS, Consumer Alleges
• $9M Fee Awarded For 'Feeble' Milk Vitamin Eligibility Row
• Where's The Beef? Subway Customer Sues Over Meaty Ads
• Investment Firm's Head Indicted For Alleged Ponzi Scheme
• Philip Morris Nicotine Pouch Suit Not About Labels, Court Told
• Boston Pizzeria Owner Gets Over 8 Years In Forced Labor Row
• 'Mutual Combat' Halts Revival Of Ga. Eatery Shooting Claims
• Trademark Food For Thought When Rebranding
• Attys Seek $48M Fees For Hooking $152M In Tuna Fixing Deals
• Farm Co. Can't Push Worker's Wage Suit To Arbitration
• Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
• Jury In Formula Trial Told Baby's Condition Likely Genetic
• Inari Wins Bid To Kill Plant Gene Patent At PTAB
• Vidal Warned Of 'Heightened' Burden, 'Loophole' In Seed Fight
• Lemonade Co. Sues Brewers' Affiliate Over Deal Gone Sour
• BLM Gives Green Light To Nevada Lithium Mine
• Bimbo Fired 72-Year-Old 1 Year Before Retirement, Suit Says
• Fluoride Ruling Charts Path To Bypass EPA Risk Evaluations
• The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Why Diversity Jurisdiction Poses Investment Fund Hurdles
• Colo. Says Grocers' Execs Get Paid, No Matter The Fallout
• Calif. Chili's Workers Fight Uphill For Meal Break Class Cert.
• Walmart Sued Over Deceptively Marketed Avocado Oil
• Walmart Hid Patent Evidence, Co.'s Sanctions Bid Claims
• Seneca Foods Must Pay Steel Duties On Tin Imports
• McDonald's Customers File First Suits Over E. Coli Outbreak
• Bayer Hit With False-Ad Suit Over Malic Acid In Vitamins
• Fenway Food Safety Czar Fired For Flagging Rats, Suit Says
• Cleary-Led Keurig Buying Ghost Energy For $1B-Plus
• Cigna, Frontier Renew Stalled Merger Bids, Plus Other Rumors
• DOL Says H-2A Farmworker Protections Must Remain
• Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 'Where's The Puff?' Judge Asks In Little Caesars IP Battle
• Stop & Shop Parent Co. Sued Over Orange Soda Ingredient
• Hibachi Restaurant Reaches $500K Wage Deal With Workers
• DOJ Bolsters Defense In Pork Price-Fixing Case, Cos. Say
• Budding Lessons From Landmark Plant Seed Patent Battle
• USDA Unveils $1.5B In Conservation, Climate-Smart Projects
• 'Alkaline Water' Co. Hit With $5B In Punitive Damages
• 'Alkaline Water' Co. Owes $230M In Latest Liver Trial
• Calif. Panel Says Panera Must Face PAGA Claims
• CDC Links E. Coli Outbreak To McDonald's Quarter Pounders
• PTAB Axes Some Provisur Food Slicer Patent Claims
• Ex-Aldi Exec Gets 2 Yrs In Construction Bid-Rigging Plot
• Organic Food Group Asks 9th Circ. To Upend GMO Label Rule
• Appliance Co., Customers Agree To End Stove Pollutant Row
• Election Unlikely To Overhaul Antitrust Enforcers' Labor Focus
• Starbucks Shareholder Sues Execs Over $890M Buyback
• Blakes, Wachtell Lead JM Smucker In $305M Cookie Biz Sale
• Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits
• How Law Firms Get And Keep Elite Status
• The 2024 Prestige Leaders
• Shake Shack Settles Massachusetts Child Labor Complaint
• Akin-Led Mubadala Capital Wraps 4th Fund At $3.1B
• 5th Circ. DOL Tip Decision May Trigger Final 80/20 Rule Fight
• John Deere's Tractor Brake Recall Is Also Defective, Suit Says
• FDA Tells Court Menthol Cigarette Ban Is Still Under Review
• 6th Circ. Won't Force Arbitration Of Kellogg 401(k) Fee Suit
• Alaskan Tribes Ink Stewardship Land, Water Pacts With Feds
• Gov't Seeks To End Most Presumptive 'Buy American' Waivers
• Hooters, EEOC Strike Deal To End Post-COVID Rehiring Suit
• 5th Circ. Asked To Nix Insurer's $2.2M Assault Coverage Win
• Food Giant Yum Taps 20-Year Vet As CLO Amid Top Atty's Exit
• Conn. Firm Says Attys, Restaurants Filed 'Malicious' Suit
• Potbelly Investor Urges Sandwich Chain To Explore A Sale
• How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attys From 74 Firms
• Fritos Didn't Defame In Flamin' Hot Cheetos Feud, Judge Told
• False Ad Suit Trimmed Over 'Non-Drowsy' Albertsons Meds
• Chancery Calls For Status Quo Order In Del Monte Loan Suit
• Grocery Co. Sued Over 'Naturally Flavored' Cereal Bars Label
• Chamber Of Commerce Seeks Stay Of H-2A Rule For Harvest
• Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• CFPB School Lunch Focus Could Expand E-Payment Scrutiny
• Campbell's Health Plan Can't Charge Tobacco Fee, Suit Says
• Hemp Industry Group Sues Louisiana Officials Over New Law
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Pizzeria, Driver's Biz Expense Deal Approved On 2nd Try
• Atty Sanctioned For 'Indifference' In Tastykake Co. Bias Suit
• Miami Bar's Security Failed To Stop Mass Shooting, Suit Says
• Burford Again Loses Fight Against Meat Price-Fixing Deal
• Treasury Unit Says Booze Maker Violated N. Korea Sanctions
• Justices Urged To Fix 'Novel Misreading' Of IP Safe Harbor
• Man Says He Was Forced From Security Job For Being 'Too Old'
• $20B Verizon-Frontier Deal Faces Scrutiny, And Other Rumors
• Restaurant Says Toast Refusing To Update Bank Info
• Restaurant Barred From Intimidating Workers In FLSA Dispute
• Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys
• H2-A Workers Allegedly Forced To Work In Potato Warehouses
• Rule Will Boost Alaskan Native Reps On Subsistence Board
• Judge Orders 'Starbuds' Co. To Grind Down Logo And Name
• Utah Groups Can't Scrap Corporate Transparency, US Says
• FTC Says Customers Must Be Able To 'Click To Cancel'
• Nerds, Laffy Taffy Maker Hit With Genetic Info Privacy Claims
• Bacardi Fends Off Cuban Co.'s 'Havana Club' TM Claim
• PTAB Refuses To Review Pioneer Corn Seed Patent
• Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code
• Fraud Probe Spoils Crop Insurance Case, 6th Circ. Rules
• Bottling Co. Worker's Injury Suit Sent To Pa. State Court
• What To Make Of Dueling Corporate Transparency Act Rulings
• The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan
• Investor Pushes 7-Eleven Parent To Consider Couche-Tard Bid
• Chancery Urged To Toss Smart & Final $1.1B Sale Challenge
• Walmart, Execs Settle Chancery Opioid Suit For $123M
• Ex-'Top Chef' Hopeful Sues Over Ouster From Food Hall
• EPA Pitches Deal For Endocrine-Disruptor Screening Suit
• Law Firms Diverge As Anti-ESG Pushback Continues
• The 2024 Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders
• Ill. Judge Trims Labeling Suit Over Coca-Cola's Soda Water
• La. Sugarcane Cos. Skimped On Migrant Work Pay, Suit Says
• Up Next At High Court: CBD Injuries & The Clean Water Act
• Ill. Restaurants Fire Back At Banks' Bid To Halt Swipe Fee Law
• Monsanto Inks $35M Deal With LA For Waterway Cleanup
• Court Allows Calif. Hemp Ban To Remain In Effect
• Parties Look To Vacate 40-Year-Old Ore. Tribal Fishing Decree
• M&A Dispute Triggers Could Shift Moving Into 2025
• High Court Bar's Future: Stanford Law's Easha Anand
• Philly Pizzeria Owner Accused Of Dodging Taxes
• BurgerFi Creditors Blast DIP, Bidding Procedures In Ch. 11
• Kirkland, Skadden Compete Atop M&A Adviser League Tables
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Latham, Kirkland
• State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape
• TransUnion Agrees To Settle Suit Over Inaccurate Report
• Colo. Hemp Farm Says Solar Co. Work Caused $200M Loss
• Chef Hit With $4.5M Award For Defaming, Harassing Worker
• Mich. Justice Asks If Disney Fight Harms Multistate Collabs
• 3M, Other Cos. Hit With PFAS Contamination Class Action
• How Biden Admin Has Used Antitrust Tools, And What's Next
• Cos. Face Increasing Risk From Environmental Citizen Suits
• Wendy's Asked To Move Wage Row Too Late, 10th Circ. Says
• Suppliers' $7.6M Deal To End Daily Harvest Leek Claims OK'd
• 8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney
• Colo. Accuses Albertsons Of Competitor Flip-Flop For Merger
• 11th Circ. Told Fla. Venue Can't Show Injury In Drag Show Law
• Ag Groups Defend Farm Emissions Reporting Exemption
• Logan Paul Brand Can't Block Messi Drink Collab, Suit Says
• Challenge To Ill. Card Fee Law Explores Compliance Hurdles
• Spanish Baker Europastry Delays But Won't Give Up On IPO
• Staffing Biz Deemed A Contractor Can't Get H-2B Workers
• Turkey Buyers Cite DOJ's Intervention In Pork Case
• Harris Unlikely To Shelve Biden Admin's Food Antitrust Stance
• 7-Eleven Parent Reveals Revised Couche-Tard Takeover Offer
• DOL Fines Farm Labor Contractor, Bars It From H-2A Program
• 47 Members Of Congress Urge EPA To Ban Paraquat
• This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process
• Jackson, Kagan Target Loper Bright In Ghost Gun Case
• Albertsons Exec Says No-Poach Deal Never Happened
• Eggland's Best Says Cage-Free Eggs Are Exactly That
• Judge Clarifies Licensing Curbs On Paul Newman Foundation
• The Complex Challenges Facing Sustainable Food Packaging
• Colo. Supreme Court Punts On Transgender Cake Case
• China Pushes Back On Turkish EV Tariffs, Targets EU Brandy
• 11th Circ. Revives Slip-And-Fall Suit Against Sam's Club
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Pa., NJ Businesses' Virus Loss Suits
• Whole Earth Sued In Chancery For Docs On Take-Private Deal
• 1st Circ. Eyes Revival Of Welch's Execs' Pension Fight
• Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
• PetSmart Can't Shear Down Dog Food Trademark Suit
• Judge Presses AmEx On Arbitration Push For Merchants
• Attys Want $20M Fees For Netting $64M Tuna Price-Fixing Deal
• McDonald's Accuses Big Beef Of Price-Fixing
• Mich. Supreme Court Snapshot: Insulin Prices, Disney Audit
• Decision In Jurisdictional Case 'Outlier,' High Court Told
• Panera Settles 'Charged Lemonade' Death Case Days Before Trial
• Grocery Co. Won't Get High Court Review Of Gender Bias Suit
• Target's '100% Pure' Avocado Oil Not So Pure, Suit Says
• 5th Circ. Shows Admin Rules Can Survive Court Post-Chevron
• How Patent Litigation Is Changing Amid Decline In Filings
• Ball Corp. Unit Strikes Deal To End DOL Race Bias Probe
• Kirkland, Ropes Build $2B Take-Private Of Calif. Wine Maker
• Justices Reject 5-Hour Energy's Attack On Unfair Pricing Test
• High Court Rejects Pleas To Hear 7 Patent Cases
• Top 5 Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Fall
• Mondelez, BCLP Ink $750K Deal To End Data Breach Suits
• What's Up In Oral Arguments In High Court Pet Food Case
• Hemp Org, Cheech & Chong Seek Halt Of Calif. Hemp Ban
• Iowa Farmer Wants Court To Nix Federal 'Swampbuster' Law
• Kraft Heinz Sued In Ga. For Stealing Distributor Database
• EPA Finalizes Stronger Pesticide Rules For Farmworker Safety
• Albertsons Inks $3.9M Overcharge Deal With Calif. DAs
• NJ Diner Says It's No Longer Using Civil Rights Activist's Name
• USDA Updates Regulation Without Labor Compliance Portion
• Up First At High Court: Civil Rights, Ghost Guns, Atty Fees
• Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Weil, Simpson
• Red States Want H-2A Farmworker Rule Gone For Good
• Wash. AG Wants Albertsons Sanctioned In Opioid Suit
• 10th Circ. Denies Gunshot Injury Coverage To Hookah Lounge
• 12 Lawyers Who Are The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar
• NJ Contractors Accused Of $10M Fraud In Lead Removal Work
• Global M&A Hits Highest Q3 Dollar Volume Since 2021
• Enviro Policy Trends That Will Continue Beyond The Election
• CVS Pushed To Unwind Aetna Megadeal, And Other Rumors
• Calif. Eateries End COVID-19 Coverage Fight
• Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Freshworks Can't End Investors' IPO Disclosure Suit
• Kroger Partner Denies At Trial It Will Flip Acquired Stores
• 9th Circ. Won't Force New Factory Farm Water Regs On EPA
• DOJ Says Info Sharing Alone Can Violate Law In Pork Case
• Schultz's Words To Starbucks Barista Are Illegal, NLRB Says
• NY Judge Not Confused By Irish Butter Packaging
• Fed. Circ. Orders Damages Redo In $11M Meat Sorter IP Fight
• Enviro Groups Step Up Effort To Block JBS' US Listing
• GNC Wins $45M In Awards Against Asian Franchisees
• Chinese Food Biz To Go Public Via $523M SPAC Merger
• Secret Service Failures Offer Lessons For Private Sector GCs
• From AI To Enviro: The Top Biz Bills Calif. Gov. Inked Into Law
• Kroger Says Labor Costs Led To Price Hikes At Colo. Stores
• Amex Sued By Merchants Over 'Anti-Steering' Rule
• Starbucks Investor Suit Seems 'Premature,' Court Official Says
• Davis Polk-Led Brazilian Lubricants Maker Eyes $400M IPO
• Ill. Judge Won't Crack Jury's $18M Egg Price-Fixing Verdict
• EBay Beats Gov't Claims Over Sale Of Polluting Products
• EEOC, Hooters Not Taking Bias Suit 'Seriously,' Judge Chides
• Rancher Wins Claim That Border Wall Halt Hurt Environment
• Workers Say Entertainment Co. Denied Them Wages, Breaks
• How Cos. Can Protect Supply Chains During The Port Strike
• Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession
• PepsiCo Buying Siete In $1.2B Deal Steered By 3 Law Firms