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Rebekah Mintzer

Rebekah Mintzer

March 01, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Food Scare: Chipotle's Woes Highlight Supply Chain Risks for Execs

A "supply chain issue" sounds fairly harmless, but what was actually happening at the Denver-based, fast-casual food company was anything but.

By Rebekah Mintzer

13 minute read

March 01, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Bad Eggs, Tainted Nuts and Infected Fruit

Chipotle might be the highest-profile company under investigation by the DOJ for distributing contaminated food, but it's not the only one.

By Rebekah Mintzer

1 minute read

February 29, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

New Federal Law Cracks Down on Child and Forced Labor

According to a 2013 estimate by the International Labour Organization, 168 million underage children still work around the world, often in harsh conditions. A trade law signed by President Obama last week could help stomp out this exploitation.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

February 29, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Bad Eggs, Tainted Nuts and Infected Fruit

The most sickening foodbourne illness scandals of recent years.

By Rebekah Mintzer

1 minute read

February 29, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Tainted-Food Scandals Carry Big Risks for Company Execs

The Chipotle E. coli scandal dramatizes how problems in a food company's supply chain can quickly spread to the very top.

By Rebekah Mintzer

11 minute read

February 26, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Apple Gets Amicus Support in Its Battle With FBI

It looks like Microsoft Corp., Twitter Inc., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. will be coming to Apple's defense in court.

By Rebekah Mintzer

2 minute read

February 25, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Uber Driver Shooting Revives Sharing Economy Concerns

The ride-hailing company's critics say it needs stricter background checks on prospective drivers.

By Rebekah Mintzer

2 minute read

February 23, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

When a Founder Talks (or Acts) Out of School

Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates set tongues wagging in the tech world and beyond on Monday when he seemingly broke rank with the company he created as well as most of Silicon Valley on a major digital privacy issue.

By Rebekah Mintzer

4 minute read

February 22, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

A Matter of Morality: Knocking Out Athletes and Execs

Manny Pacquiao got some bad news this week when Nike Inc. decided to nix its multimillion-dollar sponsorship of the boxer because of homophobic comments he made while running for political office in his native Philippines. Legally speaking, how did Nike wiggle out of the endorsement?

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

February 18, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Tech Companies (Slowly) Back Apple in Fight With FBI

After an initial period of silence, several major technology companies have begun to signal their support of Apple Inc. in its pushback against a government order demanding the Cupertino, California-based company break into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read