Food & Beverage

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Latest News in Food & Beverage

  • April 28, 2026

    Union Urges Toss Of Tobacco Co.'s Retiree Health Fight

    A North Carolina federal judge should let a tobacco workers' union keep its win in a retiree healthcare fight with the company that makes Winston and Salem cigarettes, the union argued, saying the company's challenge to a November arbitration award can't proceed because it wasn't properly filed.

  • April 28, 2026

    Yale University Wants Meal Plan Class Suit Chewed Up

    A proposed class action alleging Yale University students are forced to buy meal plans at artificially inflated prices is aimed at common practices and fails to support its claims of wrongdoing, the school told a Connecticut judge in seeking to have each count either dismissed or struck.

  • April 28, 2026

    EU Parliament OKs Trade Rules With Immigration Measure

    The European Parliament approved updated qualification guidelines Tuesday for developing countries looking to take advantage of an instrument that allows them to import goods to the European Union with little to no tariffs, including a controversial immigration-related measure.

  • April 28, 2026

    Peeps Maker Hits Rival With TM Suit Over Bunny Design

    The company behind the Peeps brand of animal-shaped marshmallows has sued two companies that it said are making "virtually identical" marshmallows in the shape of Peeps' "bunny design."

  • April 28, 2026

    Conn. Mom Drops Wine Tasting Crash Suit After $375K Offer

    The mother of a Connecticut restaurant worker who died in a drunken driving crash after an allegedly mandatory wine tasting event has dropped a lawsuit against an alcohol distributor and its employee, weeks after offering to settle for $375,000.

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Food & Beverage

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

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  • 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