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April 03, 2026
A wholesaler of electronic cigarette products is owed nearly $5 million in coverage for a warehouse fire that destroyed its inventory, it told an Illinois federal court, saying its insurer has wrongfully refused to pay anything beyond the $1.3 million it already paid for the loss.
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April 03, 2026
In this week's Taxation With Representation, spice maker McCormick acquires Unilever's foods business, wholesale restaurant food distributor Sysco buys Jetro Restaurant Depot, and private equity giant KKR closes a fund focused on investments in North America.
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April 02, 2026
A New York City restaurateur and known associate of former Mayor Eric Adams has been arrested and charged with operating an alleged scheme that defrauded auto insurance programs out of millions of dollars by submitting fraudulent medical claims and then laundering the proceeds, federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced.
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April 02, 2026
A bankruptcy judge in Florida on Thursday blocked the founder of Bang Energy drinks from selling an island property and using proceeds to fund litigation, saying the court must determine whether the initial purchase used fraudulently procured funds.
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April 02, 2026
A California man slapped Olly Public Benefit Corp. with a proposed class action in federal court alleging that the company markets its gummy apple cider vinegar supplements for metabolism support when they actually contain little of the active ingredient and are mostly sugar.
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April 02, 2026
The operator of Seattle's Space Needle has asked a Washington federal court to reverse an arbitrator's order to reinstate a fired worker, arguing that discharge was the correct discipline for a worker who violated several workplace rules while spending time with an ex-coworker who visited her at work.
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April 02, 2026
A Colorado federal judge on Thursday rejected a receiver's ask to approve an $8 million creditor bid for a Hawaiian bottled water company in a Colorado investment fund's suit that alleged the company owed more than $2.2 million on a loan.
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April 02, 2026
A campaign to repeal the legalization of retail cannabis in Massachusetts via ballot initiative — the first campaign of its kind in the country — is uniting legalization advocates, entrepreneurs and industry players in a coordinated response to defeat the effort before it spreads to other states.
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April 02, 2026
Later this year, the U.S. will impose 100% tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals, but drug companies could qualify for reduced tariff rates as low as zero if they agree to invest domestically and enter most-favored-nation drug-pricing agreements with the government, according to an executive order President Donald Trump signed Thursday.
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April 02, 2026
A Pepsi worker said Thursday she'll seek Second Circuit review of a New York federal judge's decision to toss her proposed class action alleging the snack and beverage multinational violated federal benefits law when it charged employees who used tobacco more for health insurance.
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April 02, 2026
A New Jersey bankruptcy judge said Thursday he would decide whether to certify a Del Monte settlement for direct appeal to the Third Circuit based on papers already filed in the case, after the canned food company urged the court to let a lender group's challenge unfold in district court instead.
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April 02, 2026
The Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday allowed stockholders suing The Kraft Heinz Co. to amend part of their complaint over a $1.2 billion stock sale, but sharply limited the case to newly uncovered evidence about a single director's consulting relationship.
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April 01, 2026
April is the coolest month, at least for appellate aficionados, featuring numerous important arguments with famous litigants, including U.S. senators, delivery apps Grubhub and Uber Eats, impresario Sean "Diddy" Combs, prediction platforms Kalshi and Robinhood, and a political giant known as the Velvet Hammer.
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April 01, 2026
A Nestle consumer cannot pursue false labeling accusations over the "100% real chocolate" claim on the company's chocolate chip bags because her complaint is "half-baked" and contradicts the widespread understanding that chocolate is made from more than cacao bean-based ingredients, an Illinois federal judge said Tuesday.
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April 01, 2026
A New York federal judge has ruled the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe can operate and maintain its own water and sanitation systems, rejecting the U.S. government's claim that federal law doesn't allow tribes to run those programs.
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April 01, 2026
A worldwide food importer and distributor has filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court accusing a former business owner of selling his food distribution company for $58 million and then unlawfully undermining the business through deception, obstruction and direct competition.
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April 01, 2026
A Florida appellate court on Wednesday reversed dueling trial court rulings in a suit over an allegedly defective Wolfgang Puck-branded pressure cooker, saying an evidentiary hearing is required to determine whether the celebrity chef and his company can be hauled into a Florida court.
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April 01, 2026
A Texas federal judge has granted judgment to Grupo Modelo and its U.S. licensee in a case brought against a company they accused of selling counterfeit beers and said he would permanently bar labels that copy their designs.
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April 01, 2026
The Justice Department allowed Live Nation to keep Ticketmaster while state attorneys general continue to sue, a $14 billion Boston Scientific deal drew Federal Trade Commission scrutiny, state enforcers challenged Nexstar's purchase of Tegna, and a threatened FTC challenge forced the abandonment of a laser eye surgery deal.
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April 01, 2026
A Travelers unit recklessly disregarded its insured's interests in litigation that resulted in a $241 million verdict in favor of the family of a man who died while transporting dry ice for a Prairie Farms subsidiary, according to a complaint filed in Illinois federal court.
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April 01, 2026
The nine attorneys general who successfully sued to block Kroger's failed $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons requested over $10 million in attorney fees and litigation expenses Tuesday, arguing that the scale of the litigation and the more than $1 billion the grocery chains spent fighting it justified the amount.
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April 01, 2026
Three former Chick-fil-A employees at Philadelphia International Airport say in a proposed class action in Pennsylvania state court that the airport's food services operator and the restaurant that replaced theirs failed to follow a local ordinance requiring that they be offered employment at the new establishment.
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April 01, 2026
A Pennsylvania federal judge has signed off on a just over $254,000 fee request for Winebrake & Santillo LLC attorneys representing employees of Post Consumer Brands LLC and The J.M. Smucker Co. who alleged they were stiffed on overtime wages at a Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, manufacturing facility.
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April 01, 2026
An Irish reinsurer has to pay only a $1.62 million arbitral award issued to Tyson Foods for a fire at a Tyson plant in Alabama, a New York federal court said, ruling against Tyson's request for a $22.5 million payout.
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April 01, 2026
A Connecticut federal judge has tossed a former pizza delivery driver's suit claiming he worked 100-hour workweeks without overtime, saying the worker didn't show that the now-defunct pizzeria he worked for was a covered enterprise under federal law or that he regularly made interstate deliveries.