General Mills said it is entitled to defense and indemnity for a series of suits claiming it injured consumers through the distribution of ultraprocessed foods, telling a Pennsylvania federal court that its Liberty Mutual and Chubb insurers lack legitimate grounds to contest their coverage obligations.
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General Mills Urges Coverage For Ultraprocessed Food Suits

By Hope Patti

General Mills said it is entitled to defense and indemnity for a series of suits claiming it injured consumers through the distribution of ultraprocessed foods, telling a Pennsylvania federal court that its Liberty Mutual and Chubb insurers lack legitimate grounds to contest their coverage obligations.

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Keurig Accused Of Falsely Labeling K-Cups Recyclable

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. is facing a proposed class action alleging it violated New York consumer protection statutes by deceptively labeling its popular K-Cup pods as recyclable.

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Agri Stats' Price-Fix Settlement Receives Chicken Judge's OK

By Lauraann Wood

An Illinois federal judge overseeing broiler chicken price-fixing litigation gave his early blessing Tuesday to a settlement that end users struck with Agri Stats Inc. that calls for the data service to either cease or substantially change the reports it compiles for protein industry subscribers.

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Turkey Cos. Denied Response To DOJ Price-Fix Intervention

By Bryan Koenig

An Illinois federal judge refused Friday to let Agri Stats, Tyson Foods and other turkey producers respond to the Justice Department statement of interest weighing in on private price-fixing litigation against them, finding "no need" when the court is already obligated to consider the legal precedent the agency raised.

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Feds Say USDA Can Tie State Funding To Gender Policies

By Carolyn Muyskens

The U.S. Department of Agriculture defended its move to condition grant funding on compliance with Trump administration policies on gender, women's sports, diversity and immigration, telling a Massachusetts federal judge that states can forgo the funding if they don't want to comply.

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LITIGATION

Automation Co. Wants Ruling It Didn't Infringe Ocado Patents

By Adam Lidgett

Warehouse robotics company Brightpick wants a Virginia federal judge to find that its artificial intelligence automation robot, Gridpicker, doesn't infringe a series of patents owned by a unit of the British grocery technology business Ocado Group.

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Colo. Supplement Co. Sent Unwanted Texts, Suit Says

By MJ Koo

A Colorado dietary supplement company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by bombarding consumers with unsolicited telemarketing text messages despite their numbers being listed on the national Do Not Call Registry, according to a proposed class action filed Tuesday in Colorado federal court.

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Judge Says Army Override For Kitchen Support Was Justified

By Tom Lotshaw

A Court of Federal Claims judge affirmed the U.S. Army's decision to forge ahead with a short-term task order to shore up kitchen staffing gaps at West Point and override a stay triggered when a company protested the deal.

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Kansas Cops Say Hemp Laws Too 'Complex' For Raid Liability

By Jonathan Capriel

Kansas state law enforcement officials are looking to escape litigation accusing them of confiscating tens of thousands of dollars worth of legal hemp products during allegedly illegal raids on two vape shops, telling a federal court that state hemp laws are too "complex" for officers to know what is and isn't illicit.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Rebuttal

FTC Case Reinforces Established Price Discrimination Rules

Far from redefining price discrimination, as contended by a recent Law360 guest article, the Federal Trade Commission's suit against Southern Glazer's falls squarely within the historical interpretation of the Robinson-Patman Act, says retired attorney Irving Scher.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Sotomayor Apologizes For 'Hurtful' Comments About Kavanaugh

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor publicly apologized Wednesday for comments she made at a University of Kansas appearance earlier this month criticizing Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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Hogan, Cadwalader Partners Vote To Forge Ahead With Merger

By Marialuisa Taddia

Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader said Wednesday that their partners have voted in favor of their merger ahead of the scheduled launch of the combined law firm on July 1.

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Winston & Strawn Must Face $1.7B GloriFi Malpractice Suit

By Vince Sullivan

A Chapter 7 malpractice suit brought by the trustee of fintech company GloriFi asserting $1.7 billion in damages from a failed initial public offering mostly survived a motion to dismiss late Tuesday, with a Texas bankruptcy judge saying the trustee sufficiently pled breach claims against law firm Winston & Strawn.

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Trump's 8th Circ. Pick Pressed On Leonard Leo Ties

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's nominee for the Eighth Circuit, who represented Trump in the two cases brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, came under scrutiny Wednesday for his affiliation with groups linked to longtime Federalist Society executive and Republican fundraiser Leonard Leo.

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Jones Day DQ'd From Vanderbilt Case Over Pre-Ch. 11 Work

By Vince Sullivan

A New York bankruptcy judge disqualified law firm Jones Day from representing talc producer Vanderbilt Minerals in its Chapter 11 case Wednesday, saying the firm's prior work for the larger Vanderbilt corporate family raises questions about its disinterestedness.

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ICE Arrest Memo Switch Looks 'Specious,' Judge Says

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday revived an effort by civil rights groups to block immigration courthouse arrests, citing what he called an apparently deceptive Trump administration move to disclaim its earlier litigation position.

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Historical Groups Fight To Save White House Records

By Jared Foretek

Historians are asking a D.C. federal judge for an injunction that would force the Trump White House to preserve official records after administration attorneys declared the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional.

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DOJ Atty Slapped With $250 Sanction For Missed Deadlines

By Tom Lotshaw

A California federal judge hit a U.S. Department of Justice attorney with a $250 sanction for repeatedly missing deadlines in a noncitizen's habeas corpus case, rejecting his assertions that his need to juggle tasks under a 300-plus caseload should excuse him.

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Former Judge To Head New NJ Attorney Readmission Board

By Jake Maher

The New Jersey Supreme Court announced this week the lineup of a new committee that will consider disbarred attorneys' applications for readmission, with a former state court judge of over 20 years at the head of the board.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AB Volvo

African Communities Together

Agri Stats Inc.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

Aramark

Bi-Lo

Butterball LLC

Chubb Ltd.

Cooper Farms Inc.

Federalist Society

Foster Farms

General Mills Inc.

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

Hillshire Brands Co.

Hormel Foods Corp.

House of Raeford Farms Inc.

Jennie-O Turkey Store LLC

Johnson & Johnson

KBR Inc.

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

LinkedIn Corp.

Make the Road New York

National Federation of Independent Business

New Jersey State Bar Association

New York Civil Liberties Union

New York State Bar Association

Ocado Ltd.

Perdue Farms Inc.

Prestage Farms Inc.

R.T. Vanderbilt Holding Co. Inc.

Sanderson Farms Inc.

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits LLC

Stockton University

Suzuki Motor Corp.

The University of Alabama System

Tyson Foods Inc.

Vanderbilt Minerals LLC

Walmart Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Axinn Veltrop

Barrett Law Group

Bona Law PC

Bond Schoeneck

Bradley Arant

Brown Rudnick

Caplin & Drysdale

Carpenter Lipps

Cavanaugh Biggs

Chalmers Adams Backer

Clausen Miller

Cohen Milstein

Cuneo Gilbert

Dentons

Eimer Stahl

Emery Celli

Faegre Drinker

Falkenberg Ives

Gibbs & Bruns

Graves Garrett

Hagens Berman

Hogan Lovells

Jones Day

Jordan Price Wall

Kellogg Hansen

LeGrand Law

Lipe Lyons

Lockridge Grindal

Manning Fulton

McGuireWoods

Miller Canfield

O'Melveny & Myers

Proskauer Rose

Reese LLP

Robinson Bradshaw

Vedder Price

Venable LLP

Watkins Calcara

Wilentz Goldman

Winston & Strawn

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Executive Office of the President

Federal Trade Commission

Kansas Attorney General's Office

New Jersey Supreme Court

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the District of Kansas