The Ninth Circuit on Monday affirmed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's denial of Drip More LLC's applications to sell candy- and fruit-flavored vapes, saying the company didn't show those flavors provide an additional benefit to adult smokers that justifies the added risks that young people will use the products.
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9th Circ. Backs FDA's Denial Of Fruit-, Candy-Flavored Vapes

By Bonnie Eslinger

The Ninth Circuit on Monday affirmed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's denial of Drip More LLC's applications to sell candy- and fruit-flavored vapes, saying the company didn't show those flavors provide an additional benefit to adult smokers that justifies the added risks that young people will use the products.

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Taylor Farms Pulls Jalapeno Products Over Salmonella Risk

By Lauren Berg

Taylor Farms is pulling from store shelves more than a dozen products containing jalapeno peppers, including salsa and guacamole, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday, as the agencies investigate a salmonella outbreak tied to a grower in northwest Mexico.

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Brad Pitt Beats Oligarch Firm's Winery Funds Claim

By Craig Clough

A Los Angeles judge on Monday dismissed a cross-complaint filed against Brad Pitt by a Russian oligarch's company in the legal battle over his ex-wife Angelina Jolie's sale of her portion of a French winery, finding the court lacks jurisdiction over allegations that Pitt diverted funds from the winery.

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Food Services Co. Inks $1.5M Deal In EEOC Hiring Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

A Colorado-based food services company has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming its CEO discouraged hiring Black, Afghan and female applicants and that a human resources manager lost her job for opposing the executive's instructions. 

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POLICY & REGULATION

Brief

China Places Antidumping Duties On US, Mexican Pecans

By Dylan Moroses

China will place preliminary antidumping duties on imported pecans from the U.S. and Mexico after concluding those goods are harming its domestic industry, the government said Monday.

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EU Sets Antidumping Duties On Plastic Compound Imports

By Dylan Moroses

A chemical compound used in plastic production has been found to have been sold at less than fair value in the European Union, and imports from South Korea and Mexico will face antidumping duties, the European Commission announced Monday.

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LITIGATION

Costco Can't Shake Wash. Workers' Moonlighting Class Action

By MJ Koo

More than 26,000 Costco Wholesale Corp. workers have beaten back the company's bid for an early win in their Washington state court moonlighting class action, though a judge also denied the workers' own push for a pretrial victory.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week tackled disputes involving merger settlements, contract claims, controlling stockholders, music rights, prejudgment interest, absentee voting and stockholder standing.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Fla. Justices Give Trial Judges More Dismissal Discretion

The Florida Supreme Court's recent decision in Publix Supermarkets Inc. v. Goga confirmed that appellate courts should not apply a heightened standard when reviewing severe sanctions for fraud on the court, granting greater deference to trial courts, says Brent Hartman at RumbergerKirk.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Trump Picks Ex-Personal Lawyer As New White House Counsel

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's incoming White House counsel is a former personal attorney for the president who is already working for the White House and was at the U.S. Department of Justice during his first term.

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Ill. Gov. Signs Bill Restricting PE Role In Legal Industry

By Emma Cueto

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed into law a bill designed to target nonlawyer ownership of law firms, outlawing fee sharing with out-of-state alternative business structures and attempting to place restrictions on law firms' use of managed services organizations.

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Spa Fights 9th Circ.'s 'Swinging Dicks' Order At High Court

By Jeff Overley

The Ninth Circuit's rejection of a spa's religious objections to serving transgender customers is incompatible with several major precedents, according to a U.S. Supreme Court petition filed Monday in litigation that soared in prominence when dozens of circuit judges decried a salacious dissent.

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CREXi Can't Stay CoStar Case For Quinn Emanuel DQ Appeal

By Matthew Perlman

A California federal court rejected a bid Monday from Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc., or CREXi, for a stay in CoStar's copyright case while CREXi looks to undo the disqualification of its attorneys from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP.

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Biz Owners Appeal Morgan Lewis Win In Tax Shelter Suit

By Andrea Keckley

A pair of business owners asked the Florida Supreme Court to reverse a decision affirming judgment in favor of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP in a dispute over whether the law firm had routed income through illegal tax shelters.

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