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Latest News in Food & Beverage
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December 02, 2025
5th Circ. Skeptical Of NLRB Dinging Starbucks For Subpoenas
A Fifth Circuit panel seemed skeptical of the National Labor Relations Board's claim that it can slap Starbucks Corp. with a labor law violation after it allegedly sent overbroad subpoenas to pro-union employees, saying Tuesday it seemed like the board created a "liability trap."
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December 02, 2025
9th Circ. Judges Doubt EPA's Pesticide Ban Review Timeline
Ninth Circuit judges suggested during a hearing Tuesday that a petition by green groups to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take action on banning organophosphate pesticides may be premature, but each panel judge also expressed concerns the EPA lacks a clear timeline on banning pesticides found harmful.
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December 02, 2025
Instacart Challenges NYC's New Grocery Delivery Regulations
Instacart on Tuesday asked a federal court to block New York City's new regulations for app-based delivery workers, claiming that the new minimum wage, consumer tipping options and disclosure requirements run afoul of limits to the city's authority and threaten Instacart's operations.
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December 02, 2025
'Eating Ourselves To Death': SF Sues Processed Food Giants
The Kraft Heinz Co., General Mills, Nestle USA and other food industry giants aggressively market their ultra-processed products as staples of the American diet, despite knowing about the items' slew of dangerous health consequences, San Francisco's city attorney alleged Tuesday in a California state court lawsuit.
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December 02, 2025
5th Circ. Weighs If Ex-Starbucks CEO Made Anti-Union Threat
A Fifth Circuit panel pressed Starbucks Corp. to explain how former CEO Howard Schultz's comments telling a pro-union employee they could find another job did not run afoul of labor law, saying Tuesday the comments could be seen as threatening retaliation.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Farm Service Agency
- Food and Nutrition Service
- Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- State and international food and beverage regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Food safety regulation
- Labeling requirements
- Food import bans and trade restrictions
- Antitrust and consumer protection controls
- ENFORCEMENT
- Food and beverage recalls
- Food safety actions
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Mass torts
- Food safety suits
- Labor and employment issues
- International trade disputes
- Agricultural commodities trading suits
- Antitrust disputes
- Breach of contract suits
- Insurance coverage disputes
- Environmental issues
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- Franchise agreements and real estate deals
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of food and beverage practices
Readership
- Food, beverage, retail, and hospitality lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the food and beverage industries
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals