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Inside Keurig's Legal Pod: A Conversation With CLO Mike Degnan

In recent years, Keurig single-serve beverage brewing machines have become ubiquitous in homes and offices, along with the small pods that go inside. But there's a lot of legal work behind bringing the K-Cup pods and Keurig Green Mountain Inc.'s other products to the thirsty masses. At the center of it all is Mike Degnan, the company's chief legal officer and group general counsel.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Giant Food Stores, LLC v. Penn Twp., PICS Case No. 17-1229 (Pa. Commw. July 18, 2017) Covey, J. (23 pages).

Trial court erred in quashing appeal of municipality's denial of intermunicipal liquor license transfer where, although appeal from a municipal adjudication was expressly prohibited by the Liquor Code, the Local Agency Law nonetheless provided a separate, additional right of appeal. Order of the trial court reversed.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Parks LLC v. Tyson Foods, Inc., PICS Case No. 17-1234 (3rd Cir. July 6, 2017) Jordan, J. (33 pages).

District court properly granted summary judgment to appellees in appellant's false advertising and trademark infringement claim because appellant failed to show a secondary meaning for its mark where there was almost no direct-to-consumer advertising, appellant had a miniscule market share and there was practically no record of actual confusion. Affirmed.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Sessions' Marijuana Letter Leaves States Hazy, FDA Has Beef With Plant-Based Burger: Weekly Roundup

A DOJ letter on marijuana, imitation beef and the CFPB losing allies in local courts are among the week's regulatory highlights.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Milk Producer Sues Dairy-Free Milk-Maker for Infringement

The complaint said TruMoon brings in more than $600 million annually, and brand awareness is at nearly 90 percent.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Dandong Old North-East Agriculture & Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd. v. Hu

Despite Jurisdiction Chinese Soybean Firm's RICO Claims Dismissed; Losses Felt Only in China
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Lawyers Toast Fees as Big Beer Courts Florida Brewers

Big Beer brands are buying up craft breweries and generating work for deal-thirsty lawyers.
28 minute read

Daily Report Online

Athens Bars Drop Suit Over 'Michael's Law' Limiting Age of Workers

The suit was dismissed with prejudice in the wake of a June opinion by the Georgia Supreme Court that effectively barred any lawsuits challenging the enforcement of purportedly unconstitutional laws.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Waffle House Wins Challenge to Arbitration Requirement

Atlanta-based 24-hour restaurant chain Waffle House Inc. has won a challenge to a Florida federal judge's denial of a motion to compel arbitration in a class action employment lawsuit.
10 minute read

Daily Report Online

In Trademark Fight, Coke Hopes to Come Away With 'Zero'

The Coca-Cola Co. and King & Spalding partner Bruce Baber are defending a challenge to the Coke Zero trademark. At issue in Tuesday's argument to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: whether the term zero is too generic to trademark.
4 minute read

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