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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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April 17, 2026
State Privacy & AI Watch: 4 Legislative Developments To Know
The state data privacy law landscape continues to grow, with Alabama becoming the latest to join the fray and Kentucky moving to expand the types of sensitive data covered by its existing statute, although one state's legislature that had been pushing to enact what would have been one of the strictest frameworks in the nation adjourned for the year without finishing.
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April 17, 2026
Starbucks Wins 5th Circ. Bid To Scrap NLRB Subpoena Order
The Fifth Circuit on Friday vacated a National Labor Relations Board order that dinged Starbucks for sending overbroad subpoenas to pro-union employees, saying in a published opinion that the board applied the wrong legal standard for determining whether the coffeehouse chain committed an unfair labor practice.
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April 17, 2026
Impossible Foods Says No Harm Shown In $3.25M TM Loss
Impossible Foods urged a California federal judge Thursday to reject lifestyle brand Impossible X's request to award it over $3 million in attorney fees and enhance a jury's $3.25 million verdict that found the food company willfully infringed its "Impossible" marks, saying the evidence shows no "actual harm" came from the infringement.
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April 17, 2026
Denver Food Truck Biz Says Rival Stole Secrets Via Sham Deal
A Denver food truck business has claimed its would-be partners stole its operational playbook and then threatened its owner and employees, according to a lawsuit filed in Colorado state court.
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April 17, 2026
Deer Feed Co. Fights Blockbuster's 'Block Buster' TM Claims
A Mississippi animal feed company has asked federal trademark judges to throw out Blockbuster LLC's bid to block an application for "Block Buster" for deer feed supplements, arguing the defunct video rental giant failed to clearly identify which of its many registrations are allegedly being infringed or diluted.
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