Del Monte Foods Gets OK To Take Votes On Ch. 11 Plan

By Alex Wittenberg

Del Monte secured a New Jersey bankruptcy judge's permission Wednesday to take creditors' votes on a Chapter 11 plan that would wind down its remaining business, about a month after the canned food company won approval of deals to sell its assets.

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Abbott Investors Ink $40M Deal Over Infant Formula Crisis

By Emily Field

Shareholders who brought a derivative suit over Abbott Laboratories' management of the 2022 infant formula crisis asked an Illinois judge on Tuesday to approve a settlement that includes $40 million in investments in food safety and corporate reforms, and $15.85 million in attorney fees.

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What Happens In Vegas: LA Official Sues Over Ethics Fine

By Craig Clough

Los Angeles City Councilman John Lee sued the city's ethics commission Tuesday in a California court, saying it wrongly levied a fine of over $138,000 against him on allegations that he participated in a debaucherous Las Vegas trip nine years ago that landed Mitch Englander, Lee's City Council predecessor and his boss at the time, in federal prison.

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Publix Couldn't Foresee Active Shooter, Fla. Panel Says

By David Minsky

Publix Super Markets Inc. wasn't required to anticipate an active shooter at one of its Florida stores, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday, upholding a lower court decision tossing a lawsuit alleging the chain could have prevented the 2021 fatal shooting of a toddler and grandmother.

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ITC Orders $5M In Penalties For Illegal Chocolate Milk Imports

By Adam Lidgett

The U.S. International Trade Commission has levied $5.3 million in penalties on four grocers that were found to have violated a ban on importing a chocolate malt drink mix.

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Pa. Utility Regulator Seeks $2.6M Fine Over Fatal Explosion

By Matthew Santoni

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission wants the gas company whose pipe leak allegedly caused the fatal 2023 explosion at the R.M. Palmer Co. chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania, to pay a $2.6 million civil fine, blaming the blast on the company's poor planning, inaccurate maps and failure to heed warnings that the plastic on its gas lines could degrade and fracture.

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Coke Bottler 401(k) Suit Put On Ice For High Court Ruling

By Patrick Hoff

A Coca-Cola bottler can't dodge a proposed class action claiming its 401(k) plan was loaded with lackluster options, a Texas federal judge ruled, saying the company's dismissal bid must wait until the U.S. Supreme Court weighs in on the standards for claims of retirement investment underperformance.

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Sushi Chef's Overtime Suit Is Fishy, Conn. Restaurant Says

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut sushi restaurant has told a federal judge that it should win a chef's lawsuit alleging unpaid overtime, because he is a serial filer of baseless claims, working with his attorneys at Troy Law Group PLLC to try to secure unjustified payouts from multiple employers, and he was actually overpaid.

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Food Cos. Get Another Shot At David Protein Antitrust Case

By Matthew Perlman

A New York federal court is letting low-calorie food producers take another shot at their antitrust claims accusing protein bar-maker David Protein of refusing to sell them a fat replacement ingredient after purchasing the ingredient's only supplier.

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Wash. Tribes Dispute 'Inaccurate' Salmon Hatchery Fund Order

By Crystal Owens

Two Washington tribes are asking a federal court to reconsider a decision that denied their bid to side aside $22 million in salmon hatchery funding, arguing that despite National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration claims to the contrary, they've never said they're ineligible for the grant money.

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Law School's Missed Lessons: The Human Element

Law school teaches you to quickly apply intellect and logic when handling a legal issue, but every fact pattern also involves a person, making the ability to balance expertise with empathy critical to the growth of relationships with clients, colleagues and adversaries, says Rachel Adcox at Adcox Strategies.

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Alston & Bird Hires Derivatives Atty From K&L Gates

By Jack Rodgers

Alston & Bird LLP has hired a former K&L Gates LLP lawyer, who has joined its financial services group, the firm announced Thursday.

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Nomination For New DOJ Fraud Chief Heads To Senate Floor

By Courtney Bublé

The nomination of Colin McDonald for the new position of assistant attorney general for fraud was sent to the full Senate on Thursday, after the Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 along party lines to advance his nomination.

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McGuireWoods Gains Former Fried Frank IP Litigator In DC

By Jack Rodgers

McGuireWoods LLP announced Thursday it has hired an intellectual property litigator from Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, which he moved to in 2022 alongside his wife.

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Insurance Co. Aflac's GC Pay Jumped To $5.9M In 2025

By Madison Arnold

The general counsel of Georgia-based insurance giant Aflac Inc. got a pay hike in 2025, taking home a total compensation of almost $6 million.

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Sitting Judges Take Stand Over Threats Growing 'Ordinary'

By Jake Maher

On the heels of an ethics opinion giving them wider latitude to speak publicly, sitting federal judges brought attention Thursday to the increasing threats against them and their family members, warning about the dangers of such threats becoming "ordinary."

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