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• April 07, 2026

  NJ Food Biz Owner Fights Sanctions Bid Over Death Claims

  A New Jersey businessman suing the widow of a former business partner in a food industry contract dispute denied that he insinuated that his adversary played a role in her husband's death, saying the statements in question support his case.

• April 07, 2026

  Sushi Chef Fights Restaurant's Bid For Quick Win In OT Suit

  A sushi chef pushed back against a restaurant's contention that he is a "serial filer" of "baseless" wage suits whose experience in the restaurant industry precludes his wage claims, telling a Connecticut federal court that overtime liability turns on whether an employee performed uncompensated work, not prior experience.

• April 07, 2026

  Frozen Eels Must Be Released By FDA, Food Importer Says

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wrongly and arbitrarily blocked four shipments of frozen roasted eels from China — and unlawfully pulled back another — that match other approved shipments, an importer told a North Carolina federal district court.

• April 07, 2026

  Pivotal 6th Circ. Ruling Threatens Decades Of NLRB Decisions

  The Sixth Circuit's recent decision in Brown-Forman v. National Labor Relations Board fundamentally challenged the NLRB's long-standing practice of establishing policies through adjudication rather than formal rulemaking, giving employers and unions a new avenue to procedurally attack the vast majority of its rules, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

• April 06, 2026

  Stanley Bottle Maker Beats Renewed Class Action Over Lead

  A Seattle federal judge dismissed a consumer lawsuit accusing the maker of Stanley tumblers of concealing its use of lead in drinkware products, ruling Friday that shoppers failed to show "a specific and plausible risk of harm" from lead-containing pellets used to seal the insulated containers.

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