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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June 19, 2019
NLRB Can't Shut Down 'Scabby'-Aided Protest
A Brooklyn federal judge on Wednesday denied a National Labor Relations Board official’s request that he stifle a labor protest at several Staten Island supermarkets, rejecting the board’s bid to deflate well-known protest symbol Scabby the Rat.
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June 19, 2019
Tropicana Puts Squeeze On Another Class Over 'Pure' Label
Tropicana Products Inc. once again defeated a proposed class action challenging the "pure" claim on its orange juice packaging when a New Jersey federal judge said Wednesday that the company's label variations require the claims to be evaluated individually, not on a class basis.
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June 19, 2019
McDonald's 'Gotcha' Tactics Backfire In Ind. Child Injury Suit
An Indiana appellate court on Wednesday revived a suit accusing McDonald's of partly causing a 10-year-old child to suffer injuries after he fell from a broken stool, saying the fast-food giant's "gotcha" litigation tactics do not warrant a dismissal of claims.
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June 19, 2019
Jenner & Block Lures Back Atty From Job With Drink Brands
A former Jenner & Block LLP attorney has returned to the firm's Los Angeles office as a partner in the complex commercial litigation practice with a food and beverage focus, after serving as a lawyer for the holding company behind such brands as Pom Wonderful and Fiji Water, the firm said Tuesday.
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June 19, 2019
Coca-Cola, Milk Co. Hit With Consumer Suit Over Cow Abuse
Coca-Cola and one of its brands misrepresented certain milk products as coming from humanely treated cows when in fact the cows were the victims of “horrendous animal abuse” at milk company Fairlife LLC’s former flagship dairy farm, according to a putative class action entered Wednesday in Georgia federal court.
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