Food & Beverage

  • August 27, 2024

    Grocery Co. Appeals Union Pension Fund's Win To 7th Circ.

    A grocery retailer will appeal its Illinois federal court loss to the Seventh Circuit in a dispute over union pension fund withdrawal liability, after the court in July backed an arbitrator's decision that upheld the union's calculation of what was owed as compliant with federal benefits law.

  • August 27, 2024

    Perdue Says Jarkesy Sinks DOL's Whistleblower Process

    Perdue Farms Inc. has challenged the constitutionality of the U.S. Department of Labor's administrative proceedings for whistleblower complaints as it faces a retaliation complaint from a contractor.

  • August 27, 2024

    Randy Mastro, Gibson Dunn In Arbitration Over Departure

    Trial lawyer Randy Mastro is locked in closed-door arbitration with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP over the terms of his 2022 departure for King & Spalding LLP, the litigator revealed Tuesday as part of his controversial nomination to serve as New York City's top lawyer.

  • August 26, 2024

    Albertsons Paints Picture Of Dire Future Without Kroger Deal

    Albertsons told an Oregon federal judge Monday that if the Federal Trade Commission is able to block a proposed merger with Kroger, it could lead to layoffs and shuttered stores, because a go-it-alone Albertsons doesn't have the wholesale buying power to compete with Walmart and Costco on prices.

  • August 26, 2024

    Ga. Judge Won't Let DOL Play 'Sorcerer' With H-2A Rule

    A Georgia federal judge on Monday temporarily restricted the U.S. Department of Labor's ability to enforce a rule protecting union-related activities for H-2A foreign agricultural workers, saying the law is unconstitutional because it violates the 1935 National Labor Relations Act.

  • August 26, 2024

    DEA Sets Dec. 2 Hearing On Cannabis Rescheduling Proposal

    The Drug Enforcement Administration will hold a hearing on the attorney general's proposal to loosen restrictions on marijuana, the agency announced in a notice made public Monday.

  • August 26, 2024

    Restaurants Seek Grubhub's Revenue, Staff Info For TM Suit

    Restaurants pursuing a proposed class action against Grubhub Inc. for alleged trademark infringement have urged an Illinois federal court to order the food-delivery platform to comply with discovery requests, including information about orders and revenue from establishments that never agreed to partner with Grubhub.

  • August 26, 2024

    Federal Lawmakers Demand USDA Fix Tribal Food Backlog

    A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is demanding that the U.S. Department of Agriculture take immediate action to restore food deliveries to tribal communities impacted by an unfolding crisis that they say has left some with expired or no food at all for months.

  • August 26, 2024

    Papa John's Workers In BIPA Class Can 'Fly Solo,' Judge Says

    An Illinois federal judge trimmed a lawsuit Friday filed by two former Papa John's workers who claim the chain violated the state's biometric privacy law, but refused to dismiss it as duplicative of a putative class action raising similar claims, saying the plaintiffs have every right to "grab the litigation wheel."

  • August 26, 2024

    New $400M Suit Over NBA Jersey Deal Alleges Owner Threats

    A beverage company and its founder have accused the NBA's Houston Rockets of defrauding it in a proposed jersey sponsorship and product promotion deal, and claimed that owner Tilman Fertitta sent his lawyers to threaten them, in a suit filed in Florida federal court that seeks more than $400 million in damages.

  • August 26, 2024

    Grubhub Can't Escape Suit Over Judge Killed By Driver

    Grubhub must face a lawsuit brought by the family of a Phoenix-area judge who died after being struck by one of the food delivery service's drivers since the app that allegedly distracted the driver could be considered a "product," an Arizona state court judge has ruled.

  • August 26, 2024

    5th Circ. Holds Off On Gulf Fishery Council Rule Challenge

    The Fifth Circuit on Friday ordered a Mississippi federal judge to decide key issues that went unaddressed in his ruling upholding a fishing limit in the Gulf of Mexico, saying that new case law must be applied before it handles the appeal.

  • August 23, 2024

    Starbucks Sued By Woman Burned By Spilled Hot Coffee

    A Los Angeles woman has hit Starbucks Corp. with a suit alleging she was burned in a drive-through when the faulty lid of her coffee cup came off as she was being served, and the excessively hot coffee spilled out and scalded her.

  • August 23, 2024

    Albertsons-Kroger Deal Tests FTC's Stepped-Up Merger Policy

    The Federal Trade Commission's highly anticipated hearing to block Albertsons' planned $24.6 billion merger with Kroger kicks off Monday in a Portland, Oregon, courtroom in what attorneys say will be a pivotal test of the Biden administration's newly formalized merger policy.

  • August 23, 2024

    Class Wants $2.1M In Fees In Home Depot Hose Fight

    A class suing Home Depot Corp. and Reliance Worldwide Corp. asked a Georgia federal judge to award them $2.1 million in attorney fees, more than $160,000 in expenses and $35,000 for class representative service awards in connection with a settlement that was preliminarily approved in March.

  • August 23, 2024

    5th Circ. Strikes Down DOL Tip Rule

    The Fifth Circuit struck down a U.S. Department of Labor rule on tipped wages, saying it goes against the Fair Labor Standards Act and is therefore arbitrary and capricious.

  • August 23, 2024

    Off The Bench: Sunday Ticket Twist, Dartmouth-NLRB Clash

    The NFL comes out of the Sunday Ticket trial with a clean slate, Dartmouth is hit with an unfair labor practice charge by its basketball players, and U.S. Tennis doesn't get a do-over on its handling of a sexual assault case. Law360 is here to catch you up on the sports and betting stories that had our readers talking.

  • August 23, 2024

    Grocery Chain Wants 'Scandalous' Claims Out Of Allergy Suit

    The estate of a professional dancer who died after eating a mislabeled cookie that contained peanuts should revise its Connecticut state court complaint against a grocery chain and several of its employees to remove "scandalous" and "immaterial" allegations, the defendants said in a new filing.

  • August 22, 2024

    Split 6th Circ. Reopens Coca-Cola Bottling Race Bias Case

    A split Sixth Circuit panel Thursday revived a lawsuit filed against a Coca-Cola bottling company by an employee who failed a drug test, finding a genuine dispute exists over whether the man voluntarily waived his rights to sue for racial discrimination and retaliation when he signed a "last chance" agreement.

  • August 22, 2024

    Subway Franchisor Can't Strike 19 Words From Ruling

    A New York federal judge denied a bid Thursday by the Subway sandwich chain's Canadian franchisor to amend his order granting a development company's petition to enforce an arbitral award, refusing to strike 19 words from his opinion.

  • August 22, 2024

    Popular Mich. Sushi Bar Sues Hacker Who Deleted Instagram

    A popular Michigan sushi restaurant is hoping a federal lawsuit will help it track down and hold accountable the person who hacked into and deleted its Instagram account, the loss of which the company said cost it thousands of dollars and harmed its reputation.

  • August 22, 2024

    Hormel, Meat Plants To Settle Wage-Fixing Claims For $13.5M

    Hormel Foods Corp. and two meat processing plants have agreed to a $13.5 million settlement in a Colorado wage-fixing suit, joining a host of companies that have reached deals to end claims that they colluded to depress wages.

  • August 22, 2024

    Ill. Exempts Certain Home-Delivered Meals From Taxes

    Purchases of certain home-delivered meals for older and lower-income residents are exempt from an array of state taxes, the Illinois Department of Revenue said.

  • August 22, 2024

    Farmers Seek Rehearing For Mich. Justices' Permit Ruling

    Farm groups are asking the Michigan Supreme Court to reconsider a split opinion upholding general permit conditions state regulators enacted for concentrated animal feeding operations, arguing the majority's opinion is built upon "crucial factual and legal errors."

  • August 22, 2024

    Big Deals Boost M&A Values As Transaction Numbers Dip

    Large global deals and mega-mergers continued to boost global mergers and acquisitions values through the first half of 2024, compensating for record lows in the total number of deals announced, according to a recent report from S&P Global Intelligence.

Expert Analysis

  • Aldi Design Infringement Case Highlights Assessment Issues

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    The forthcoming English Court of Appeal decision in Marks and Spencer v. Aldi, regarding the alleged infringement of design rights, could provide practitioners with new guidance, particularly in relation to the relevant date for assessment of infringement and the weight that should be attributed to certain design elements in making this assessment, say Rory Graham and Georgia Davis at RPC.

  • USCIS Fee Increases May Have Unintended Consequences

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    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ new fee schedule, intended to provide the agency with needed funds while minimizing the impact of higher fees on individual immigrants and their families, shifts too much of the burden onto employers, say Juan Steevens and William Coffman at Mintz.

  • Series

    Coaching High School Wrestling Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Coaching my son’s high school wrestling team has been great fun, but it’s also demonstrated how a legal career can benefit from certain experiences, such as embracing the unknown, studying the rules and engaging with new people, says Richard Davis at Maynard Nexsen.

  • How Recent Laws Affect Foreign Purchase Of US Real Estate

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    Early diligence is imperative for U.S. real estate transactions involving foreign actors, including analysis of federal and state foreign investment laws implicated by the transaction, depending on the property's nature and location, the parties' citizenship, and the transaction's structure, say Massimo D’Angelo and Anthony Rapa at Blank Rome.

  • SG's Office Is Case Study To Help Close Legal Gender Gap

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    As women continue to be underrepresented in the upper echelons of the legal profession, law firms could learn from the example set by the Office of the Solicitor General, where culture and workplace policies have helped foster greater gender equality, say attorneys at Ocean Tomo.

  • The Corporate Disclosure Tug-Of-War's Free Speech Issues

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    The continuing conflict over corporate disclosure requirements — highlighted by a lawsuit against Missouri's anti-ESG rules — has important implications not just for investors and regulated entities but also for broader questions about the scope of the First Amendment, say Colin Pohlman, and Jane Luxton and Paul Kisslinger at Lewis Brisbois.

  • A Refresher On Alcohol Sponsorships Before The Super Bowl

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    As millions of people will see in Super Bowl commercials Sunday, celebrity sponsorships continue to be a valuable tool for alcohol beverage marketers — and those looking to better target audiences must understand how regulation of the alcohol industry affects these deals, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Opinion

    Food Safety Bill Needed To Protect Kids From Heavy Metals

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    The recent announcement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that hundreds of children may have been exposed to unsafe lead levels in applesauce highlights the continuing failure by Congress to pass legislation that would require baby food manufacturers to ensure safer levels of heavy metals in their products, says Vineet Dubey at Custodio & Dubey.

  • What Brands Must Know For Calif. Recycle Label Compliance

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    A brand that stamps nonrecyclable packaging with the chasing arrows symbol could face liability under California's new law on labeling recyclable material, so brand owners should keep an eye on the state's pending survey process to identify which materials meet the criteria before requirements go into effect, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.

  • Reimagining Law Firm Culture To Break The Cycle Of Burnout

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    While attorney burnout remains a perennial issue in the legal profession, shifting post-pandemic expectations mean that law firms must adapt their office cultures to retain talent, say Kevin Henderson and Eric Pacifici at SMB Law Group.

  • Zimbabwe Ruling Bolsters UK's Draw As Arbitration Enforcer

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    An English court's recent decision in Border Timbers v. Zimbabwe, finding that state immunity was irrelevant to registering an arbitration award, emphasizes the U.K.'s reputation as a creditor-friendly destination for award enforcement, say Jon Felce and Tulsi Bhatia at Cooke Young.

  • Series

    ESG Around The World: Brazil

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    Environmental, social and governance issues have increasingly translated into new legislation in Brazil since 2020, and in the wake of these recently enacted regulations, we are likely to see a growing number of legal disputes in the largest South American country related to ESG issues such as greenwashing if companies are not prepared to adequately adapt and comply, say attorneys at Mattos Filho.

  • Vagueness In Calif. Climate Law Makes Compliance Tricky

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    California's recently enacted Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act requires companies making claims of carbon neutrality, or significant greenhouse gas emissions reductions, to disclose information supporting those claims — but vague and conflicting language in the statute poses multiple problems for businesses, say John Rousakis and Chris Bowman at O'Melveny.

  • Series

    Competing In Dressage Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My lifelong participation in the sport of dressage — often called ballet on horses — has proven that several skills developed through training and competition are transferable to legal work, especially the ability to harness focus, persistence and versatility when negotiating a deal, says Stephanie Coco at V&E.

  • Harmonizing Agricultural And Clean Energy Goals

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    Congress' extension of the Farm Bill offers a chance to more thoroughly consider innovation and investments that could transform the competition between farmers and solar developers into synergistic agrivoltaic systems, which use land for both agriculture and solar energy generation, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

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