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April 09, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor urged the full Eleventh Circuit to overturn precedent making it the only appellate court requiring workers to exhaust administrative remedies before bringing any statutory claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. arguing that the standard is unfair and in conflict with ERISA.
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April 08, 2026
Starbucks Corp. agreed to drop its lawsuit against two Irish companies the coffee giant had accused of breaking a Washington law against "bad faith" patent infringement claims, according to a joint motion Tuesday asking a Washington federal judge to dismiss the action.
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April 08, 2026
JLL Capital Markets arranged the $115 million sale of a seven-property, 558,000-square-foot portfolio of grocery-anchored retail centers operating in four East Coast states, the company has announced.
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April 08, 2026
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued the former CEO of a now-defunct organic alcohol company in Minnesota federal court for allegedly raising $2.4 million from investors after recording sham transactions to prop up the company amid financial difficulties.
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April 08, 2026
Counsel for Abbott Laboratories told an Illinois jury Wednesday that four infants, whose mothers allege the company's preterm baby formula caused their serious intestinal illness, would have developed the disease "even without a drop of formula" given other risk factors and that the absence of other feeding options at the time of the babies' births dooms their parents' claims.
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April 08, 2026
A group of Texas hemp interests is suing state officials to halt implementation of new regulations restricting the sale of certain hemp products, alleging that the policy unlawfully sidestepped the authority of state lawmakers.
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April 08, 2026
A matcha powder by MatchaBar Inc. is falsely marketed as "ceremonial grade" worthy of a Japanese tea ceremony despite independent testing by an expert showing the product actually exhibits "bitterness and astringency in taste," making it unlikely for formal ceremonies, according to a proposed class action by two consumers.
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April 08, 2026
San Antonio Winery hit a Houston-based family-owned beverage company with a trademark infringement suit in Texas federal court on Tuesday, contesting its use of "Rosa 32" in connection with its wines, which is confusingly similar to the plaintiff's "Rosa 22" digestif that is part of its famed Stella Rosa collection.
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April 07, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday revived a Black former Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. employee's suit alleging he was fired for complaining about racist harassment, saying the lower court relied too heavily on a long-established legal framework for analyzing workplace bias evidence when dismissing his case.
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April 07, 2026
Keurig Dr Pepper was hit with a proposed class action in California federal court Tuesday alleging that it misleads consumers into believing that its single-serve plastic coffee pods are recyclable despite the fact that most recycling centers in the country don't accept them due to their size, irregular shape and other characteristics.
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April 07, 2026
A Washington Court of Appeals panel said a Great American insurance unit can't inherit an equipment manufacturer's legal malpractice claims against Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP and Sinars Slowikowski LLC because of "potential conflict" between the insurer and manufacturer in the underlying dispute over a climber's fall.
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April 07, 2026
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has convened a rehearing panel to reconsider whether a Patent Trial and Review Board decision that invalidated an animal management patent had done so properly.
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April 07, 2026
Restaurant chain Chipotle violated two Seattle employment laws by failing to provide workers with adequate notice of scheduling adjustments and withholding additional pay owed to those affected by late scheduling changes, according to a proposed class action in Washington state court.
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April 07, 2026
A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday refused to throw out a $58 million judgment against Givaudan Flavors Corp. in a suit from a worker who alleged that exposure to its chemicals gave him an incurable lung disease, rejecting the company's argument that his experts were wrongly allowed to testify.
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April 07, 2026
A Texas appeals court on Tuesday kept in play a suit by a dairy equipment manufacturer's former general counsel over unpaid bonuses, holding that updated anti-SLAPP rules applied to newly added claims in the suit and that the company failed to meet procedural requirements in trying to dismiss them.
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April 07, 2026
A nutritional supplement maker forfeited an argument that its whey supplier was required to engage in ongoing sale negotiations by failing to raise it in the lower court, the Second Circuit ruled in upholding a summary judgment win for the world's largest producer of mozzarella cheese.
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April 07, 2026
An ex-worker for Hormel Foods Corp. asked a Minnesota federal judge to certify a class in his federal benefits lawsuit alleging the company failed to remove high-cost investment options with poor return rates from its $1.2 billion in employee retirement plans.
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April 07, 2026
John Deere has agreed to pay $99 million to a putative class of farmers to resolve claims that it limits competition for farm equipment repairs by preventing unaffiliated shops from acquiring the necessary tools, and will also provide injunctive relief that would allow those independent repair providers to be able to diagnose and fix John Deere-brand agricultural equipment.
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April 07, 2026
Mall owner Simon Property Group has joined with other landlords of Fat Brands' eateries to tell a Texas bankruptcy court that the restaurant group's proposed Chapter 11 sale procedures don't give the property owners sufficient input into the sale of their leases.
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April 07, 2026
Chipotle Mexican Grill has reached a settlement with a customer who accused the chain of shortchanging cash‑paying patrons during the 2020 COVID‑19 coin shortage, according to a joint status report filed in Pennsylvania federal court.
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April 07, 2026
A New Jersey businessman suing the widow of a former business partner in a food industry contract dispute denied that he insinuated that his opponent played a role in her husband's death, saying the statements in question support his case.
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April 07, 2026
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.
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April 07, 2026
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.
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April 06, 2026
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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April 06, 2026
The nation's leading fertilizer producers have been hit with more federal antitrust claims targeting an allegedly "secret" conspiracy to inflate prices for their nitrogen, phosphate and potassium products.