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Food & Beverage Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on the food and beverage industry. Coverage includes litigation, policy developments, and corporate deals across the entire food and beverage supply chain, including agribusinesses, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and restaurants.
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Latest News in Food & Beverage
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March 02, 2026
Seattle Kraken Owners Beat Appeal Over Scrapped Deal
A Washington state appeals court on Monday declined to revive a company's lawsuit accusing the Seattle Kraken NHL team's ownership and entertainment company Oak View Group of pulling out of a planned deal to develop a large "eatertainment" venue near Climate Pledge Arena.
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March 02, 2026
Macy's, Petco, Starbucks Close To Dodging Payment IP Suits
A Texas federal judge is encouraging the court to free Macy's, Petco and Starbucks from litigation accusing them of infringing payment processing patents, saying they're covered under a license with the processors.
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March 02, 2026
Experts Tossed In Heavy Metals Baby Foods MDL
The California federal judge presiding over multidistrict litigation alleging that heavy metals in baby food made by Gerber and others cause autism on Friday axed plaintiffs' experts, finding that their opinions were based on a hypothetical menu that could well have been "cherry-picked" by the families' attorneys.
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March 02, 2026
Ex-Chipotle Worker Can't Rebut Roach Rationale In Firing Suit
The Tenth Circuit on Monday refused to reopen a former Chipotle manager's lawsuit claiming he was fired because he was in his 50s, saying he couldn't overcome the fast casual restaurant chain's argument that he was let go because of a cockroach infestation.
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March 02, 2026
Widower Drops Suit Over Disney Restaurant Allergy Death
A Florida lawsuit over a woman's food allergy death at a Walt Disney World restaurant has been voluntarily dismissed, likely ending a case in which Disney made an unusual attempt to send the case to arbitration pursuant to terms in its video streaming service.
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