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Corporate Counsel

Starbucks Credits Newly Hired GC for Early Achievements, Doles Out $3M in Compensation

Brad Lerman spent a decade as general counsel of Medtronic before joining the coffee giant in April.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Finally, a Small Deal on Liquor Licenses

Many critics thought the system was archaic and inequitable and hindered competition with neighboring states.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

HP Enterprise Veteran to Captain Legal Team at Cargo Shipper Cargill

Rishi Varma, who's been with HP Enterprise since it spun out of the computing giant in 2015, will take the legal reins of Cargill this month.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

GC of Liquor Juggernaut Passing Legal Reins to Deputy

Matt Hammel is retiring after a 16-year run as legal chief of Brown-Forman, which owns the Jack Daniel's and Woodford Reserve brands.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Her Employer Fired a Domestic Violence Victim—and Her Day Got Worse in Court

The plaintiff "failed to satisfy her burden to identify a clear, specific expression of public policy prohibiting the discharge of a short-term employee taking time off to attend hearings related to a domestic violence incident," the Appellate Division wrote.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

11th Circuit: Breach-of-Contract Suit Against Packer's Supplier Not Preempted by Federal Law

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled in a dispute between Florida poultry producers that a class action alleging violations of the state's fraud statute is not federally preempted.
4 minute read

Law.com

Longtime St. Louis Restaurant Owner Files Lawsuit Against Insurer's Alleged Abuse of Denied Claim

"They're a billion-dollar operation; I'm a small business," Charlie Gitto Jr., owner of the Missouri restaurant dubbed Charlie Gitto's From the Hill, told Law.com. "The average guy, they get out-lawyered and financially humiliated. I'm just thankful that Jim [Monafo] and Husch Blackwell came to rescue me, otherwise we're throwing popcorn against a brick wall."
4 minute read

The Recorder

Peet's Coffee Hit With Proposed Class Action Over Speech Restrictions in Online Terms of Use

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Ex Parte Communication Does Not Necessarily Terminate a Settlement

Had the trial court decided Tran violated the professional ethics rule and sanctions were warranted, "the Mai parties still would not have raised a question of material fact as to whether the settlement agreement remains enforceable," Chief Justice Tracy Christopher wrote.
4 minute read

Law.com

'Boneless' May Be Off the Menu: State Supreme Court Weighs Restaurant, Supplier Liability for Bone in Boneless Wing

"This is the exact same product that is product and sold across Ohio under a variety of names. It's a chicken tender, it's a chicken finger, it's a chicken strip ... Common sense has to come in here and that's part of the reasonable expectation test," Byrnes said on behalf of Wayne Farms and GFS.
5 minute read

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