/foodbeverage?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Food & Beverage Copyright 2025 ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ. en-US Fri, 16 May 2025 23:31:37 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2341625?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2341625 Krispy Kreme investors hit the doughnut chain with a proposed securities class action Friday, alleging Krispy Kreme overhyped its partnership with McDonald's before disclosing poor financial results and uncertainty about its future. Fri, 16 May 2025 22:28:50 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2340953?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2340953 The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of Washington state is not a necessary party to an environmental lawsuit aimed at ensuring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service complies with rules governing the tribe's proposed aquaculture operation along the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge boundary, a federal judge has ruled. Fri, 16 May 2025 19:17:21 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2341448?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2341448 Investors suing mobile food delivery and ride-hailing services operator Grab Holdings Ltd. have received final approval of an $80 million deal settling claims that several sections of a proxy statement Grab filed with a special purpose acquisition company were false and misleading. Fri, 16 May 2025 19:08:24 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2340721?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2340721 A dietary supplement maker sued its partner on a lease for a Denver-area warehouse, claiming the other company failed to make a single payment after they agreed to split the 10-year lease in 2021. Fri, 16 May 2025 19:01:30 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2341559?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2341559 A Hanover Insurance unit urged the Seventh Circuit on Friday to revise a ruling that it must indemnify a condiment manufacturer in an underlying biometric privacy suit if notice was timely, saying the court improperly relied on a settlement that wasn't part of the trial record. Fri, 16 May 2025 18:10:28 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2341393?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2341393 Citing an emergency need for a shot of cash, an insolvent Oregon whiskey distiller sought a Delaware bankruptcy judge's approval for an up-to $1.55 million Chapter 11 loan in part to assure vendors that it will continue business through its reorganization and after exit. Fri, 16 May 2025 17:56:08 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2341367?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2341367 A North Carolina man who runs a company that provides support services for disaster relief has accused his business partner of pilfering his payout from a contract to provide meals for Duke Energy workers assisting in recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene. Fri, 16 May 2025 17:05:32 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2340960?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2340960 A New York distillery and two Washington whiskey drinkers are asking a federal judge to reconsider the Washington state liquor board's win in a challenge to rules requiring a physical in-state presence to sell online, saying they never got to analyze the circuit ruling on which the decision was based. Fri, 16 May 2025 15:52:06 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2341318?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2341318 A Michigan property that has farmland, an apple orchard and an area used for tourism activities is eligible for only a partial agricultural exemption, the state appeals court ruled. Fri, 16 May 2025 11:22:21 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2339525?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2339525 A recent settlement of claims against law firm Eckert Seamans for allegedly abetting a Ponzi scheme underscores the continuing threat of clients who seek to exploit their lawyers in perpetrating fraud, and the critical importance of preemptive measures to avoid these clients, say attorneys at Lockton Companies. Thu, 15 May 2025 22:25:14 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2340619?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2340619 An Oregon tribe is asking a federal court to open up a decades-old case that reserved fishing rights for the state's Indigenous nations, arguing that it must redefine the nature and scope of its off-reservation rights in order to obtain a fair share of the Columbia Basin's resources. Thu, 15 May 2025 19:21:00 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2340954?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2340954 A grocery worker suing Kroger and Albertsons over an alleged no-poach agreement is pushing back on the companies' claim the litigation is preempted by federal labor law, telling the Colorado federal judge hearing the case that antitrust laws have not been displaced by labor law, especially in labor market collusion. Thu, 15 May 2025 18:34:31 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2340782?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2340782 The Colorado Supreme Court will consider if the state's at-will employment doctrine has an exception allowing people to challenge their termination for actions taken in self-defense, in the case of a Circle K store clerk who was fired after a confrontation with a robber. Thu, 15 May 2025 17:28:49 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2340590?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2340590 A D.C. Circuit panel expressed skepticism Thursday that it had any role in deciding two Starbucks workers' challenge to job protections for National Labor Relations Board members now that the agency agrees with the baristas' argument. Thu, 15 May 2025 17:27:38 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2340885?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2340885 Walgreen Co. has settled its trademark infringement suit against the great-grandson of the company's founder for his operation of Walgreen Health Solutions LLC, according to a filing Thursday in Illinois federal court. Thu, 15 May 2025 17:02:00 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2315231?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2315231 Teaching business law to college students has rekindled my sense of purpose as a lawyer — I am more mindful of the importance of the rule of law and the benefits of our common law system, which helps me maintain a clearer perspective on work, says David Feldman at Feldman Legal Advisors. Thu, 15 May 2025 16:27:28 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2339960?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2339960 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has brought in two intellectual property partners credited with helping Knobbe Martens open its Seattle office. Thu, 15 May 2025 16:18:53 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2340583?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2340583 A North Carolina federal court blocked Golden Corral's last-ditch effort at COVID-19 insurance coverage, finding that although similar policyholders scored a recent win before the state's supreme court, that victory wasn't "extraordinary" enough to disturb a final judgment against the restaurant chain. Wed, 14 May 2025 23:23:57 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2340328?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2340328 Toys 'R' Us' parent company Wednesday filed suit in Connecticut federal court, accusing a vape business named Vape R Us of copying and tarnishing Toys R Us trademarks and using the marks to trick customers into believing they're shopping somewhere owned or endorsed by the toy store chain. Wed, 14 May 2025 21:35:46 +0000 /foodbeverage/articles/2340041?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /foodbeverage/articles/2340041 A class objector in Chicago's massive consolidated suit over broiler chicken price-fixing is again urging the Seventh Circuit to vacate an attorney fee award for class counsel in a $181 million deal for chicken buyers, saying the district court erred in calculating the $51.66 million awarded on remand.