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April 28, 2026
An Italian competition authority said Tuesday that it had handed out fines totaling more than €23 million ($27 million) to three savory food producers over their agreement to divide the supply of snacks produced for large-scale retail trade.
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April 28, 2026
The U.S. government is accepting comments related to plans to modernize a trade agreement between the U.S. and African countries, the African Growth and Opportunity Act, or AGOA, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said Tuesday.
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April 27, 2026
Washington's attorney general on Monday accused Albertsons and Safeway of raking in nearly $20 million through a deceptive ad scheme in which the grocery giants inflated the prices of products ahead of "buy one, get one free" promotions in order to trick customers into thinking they were getting good deals.
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April 27, 2026
A California federal judge delivered on her earlier indication at a hearing that she would dismiss a proposed privacy class action against Meta Platforms Inc. and several food banks, saying visitors to food assistance websites failed to show their privacy rights were violated.
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April 27, 2026
Twenty groups from the agricultural and energy industries urged Congress to tighten requirements for a biofuel blending exemption for small refineries and lift seasonal restrictions on the sale of higher-ethanol gasoline, saying the changes would bring regulatory certainty to a volatile market.
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April 27, 2026
A Minnesota brewery cannot escape a beverage startup's fraud and trade secrets lawsuit, a federal court has ruled, ordering more discovery after a jury delivered a $1.8 million verdict in a separate case in which the co-founder admitted to faking paperwork.
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April 27, 2026
A Connecticut sushi restaurant urged a federal judge Monday to reject class certification in a wage lawsuit brought by a former chef, arguing the case lacks evidence and the only other worker to join the suit was a delivery driver with different job duties.
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April 27, 2026
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has moved to block Illinois from enforcing its landmark swipe-fee law against national banks, issuing emergency rules that open a new front in an ongoing battle over the state's effort to curb merchant payment-processing costs.
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April 27, 2026
A Florida federal judge has dismissed part of a suit brought by a group of photographers who accused Uber of infringing their copyrights by displaying their photos on UberEats without permission, saying as to one claim that the photographers were asking the court to make too many inferences.
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April 27, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review whether the U.S. Department of Labor can levy $580,000 in penalties via its in-house court against a New Jersey farm for alleged violations of the H-2A temporary visa worker program.
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April 24, 2026
A pair of former Maggie McFly's servers have filed a proposed class and collective action against the restaurant chain in Connecticut federal court, claiming the business failed to pay them minimum wage for all the hours they worked and also unlawfully required them to pay for costly uniforms.
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April 24, 2026
A proposed rule clarifying when multiple employers are jointly liable for wage violations could reshape the risk landscape for employers that rely on contractors to supply temporary foreign workers, potentially making them joint employers by default.
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April 24, 2026
A European winemaker slammed attempts by a U.S. importer and its Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys to "recast a frivolous appeal as a good-faith effort," saying they should have to pay monetary sanctions for pursuing what the Ninth Circuit called a "self-indulgent" appeal of a valid arbitration award.
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April 24, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission is pushing back against bids from Syngenta Corp. and Corteva Inc. in North Carolina federal court to escape allegations of using loyalty rebate schemes to block competition from rival generic pesticides.
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April 24, 2026
Waffle House was sued in Georgia federal court by a former unit manager who alleged that the restaurant chain depleted her medical leave without authorization, denied her reasonable accommodations and twice demoted her due to her pregnancy.
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April 24, 2026
A Minnesota federal judge Friday pushed back a looming trial in the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust case against Agri Stats, after the sides told the court they're close to working out a deal.
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April 24, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor has urged a Kentucky federal judge to toss a tobacco farm’s constitutional challenge to its H-2A enforcement system, arguing that hiring foreign workers is a government-granted privilege rather than a private right.
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April 24, 2026
A former Sacramento City Council member has reached a plea deal regarding charges that he directed unauthorized immigrants employed at his grocery stores to lie to U.S. Department of Labor investigators, agreeing to pay over $1.4 million in restitution.
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April 24, 2026
Two restaurant operators required workers to perform unpaid off-the-clock duties, denied legally required meal and rest breaks and manipulated time records, according to a proposed class action filed in Washington state court.
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April 23, 2026
A Colorado federal judge declined Thursday to rule on meatpacking giant JBS USA Food Co.'s bids to dismiss a suit and strike class allegations that Haitian workers suffered race-based discrimination and labor violations while working at the facility.
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April 23, 2026
A Washington federal judge said Wednesday that a digital forensics expert who was hired by a former Pilgrim's Pride employee facing bid-rigging allegations must testify in long-running civil antitrust litigation accusing poultry producers of price-fixing, finding the expert may be able to speak to claims that the worker destroyed evidence.
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April 23, 2026
A solar company claims that Colorado's economic loss rule bars a negligence claim from a pair of hemp growers that claim a broken irrigation line caused nearly $200 million in damages to their hemp farm, according to a motion to dismiss filed in Colorado federal court Thursday.
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April 23, 2026
A California federal judge indicated on Thursday she will dismiss a proposed class action against Meta Platforms Inc. and four California food banks alleging the tech giant collected personal information about visitors to food assistance websites, but said she would let the plaintiffs amend the suit and try again.
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April 23, 2026
The Eighth Circuit has rejected an appeal by animal rights groups alleging that Iowa's trespass-surveillance law criminalizing recording on trespassed property is unconstitutional, ruling Thursday that the state can apply the law to forbid the conduct since recording could implicate a substantial government interest to protect its citizens' property and privacy rights.
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April 23, 2026
Bankrupt dine-in movie theater chain iPic Theaters LLC has received a $6 million offer for its assets from Cinemex, a competitor aiming to supplant stalking horse bidder Star Grill Cinema Inc.