Food & Beverage
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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February 15, 2019
US, UAE Firms Net EU Approval To Reel In Greek Fish Farms
Manhattan-based Amerra Capital Management and an Abu Dhabi-based investment firm won European Commission approval to take control of three Greek aquaculture companies on Friday, provided they offload some of the Mediterranean fish farms and small fish hatcheries.
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February 15, 2019
Molson Coors Artificially Inflated Stock Price, Investor Claims
An Illinois man claims Molson Coors Brewing Co. artificially inflated its stock price by misstating its tax liability by almost $248 million in documents filed during 2017 and 2018, and filed a class action Friday in Colorado federal court.
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February 15, 2019
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The last week has seen the European arm of a Japanese investment bank sue a Saudi billionaire, the former prime minister of Qatar face action involving a pricey mansion and a Swiss bank file claims against executives of a defunct business group being investigated by the U.K.'s fraud watchdog. Here, Law360 looks at those and other new claims in the U.K.
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February 15, 2019
Gov't Opioid Suits Hide Attorneys' Personal Interests
Personal injury lawyers have set their sights on America’s pharmaceutical companies and opioid distributors, which they blame for a national health crisis. The cases these lawyers initiate may bear the names of states and municipalities, but are driven by law firms' pursuit of huge contingency fees, says Sherman Joyce of the American Tort Reform Association.
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February 15, 2019
Ex-Chipotle Worker Testifies Unemployment Snafu Set Off Suit
A former Chipotle Mexican Grill employee alleging she was wrongly fired for extending her medical leave told a California federal jury Friday she decided to sue after learning Chipotle had incorrectly reported to state unemployment officials that she quit.
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