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Corporate Counsel

DOJ Hooks a Big Fish: StarKist Guilty Plea Offers Some Takeaways for GCs

The last of three companies involved, StarKist agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of price fixing on canned tuna fish, according to documents filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Why Won't the FDA Tell Us What Foods Are Risky?

"Congress required this done years ago, with good reason,' said a lawyer from the Center for Food Safety, which has sued the FDA to force action.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In LaCroix's False Branding Lawsuit, Risk Management Lessons for Corporate Law

From coordinating with other departments to keeping language simple, legal experts share tips for mitigating, if not preventing, the chances of facing a lawsuit stemming from product labeling.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

5th Circuit Refuses to Revive Shareholder Lawsuit Against Whole Foods

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said that the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii could not demonstrate that it suffered financial harm when it invested in Whole Foods.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Trouble Brewing: 'Kona' Beer-Maker Faces Certified Class of Consumers Over Mainland Brewing

A federal judge in San Jose has certified separate classes of consumers who bought six- and 12-packs of the Hawaiian-themed Kona Brewing Co. line of beers, which predominantly come from breweries in Oregon, Washington, New Hampshire and Tennessee.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Supreme Court Rejects Proposal That Would Ease Bids to Derail Conflicted Transactions

The Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that mergers involving a controlling shareholder qualify for review under the business judgment rule if two key procedural protections are adopted prior to economic negotiations, rejecting a proposed bright-line rule that would have made it easier for plaintiffs to challenge conflicted transactions.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

$6.3M Godiva Settlement Stands in Class Dispute Over Receipts

Circuit Judge Adalberto Jordan weighed in to say a class action attorney may lack standing to challenge the lead plaintiff's standing.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

11th Circuit Affirms $6.3M Godiva Settlement Over Card Receipts

Objecting members lost their challenge to the settlement of a Florida class action lawsuit over the elevated risk of identity theft when retailers allow more than the last four digits of payment cards to be printed on receipts.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Over Misleading '0g Trans Fat' Label

A Ninth Circuit Panel held that federal food labeling laws—which required The Kroger Co. to put "0g Trans Fat per serving" on the back nutrition panels of items when they contained less than .5g per serving—didn't preempt state law claims over misleadingly touting zero grams elsewhere on the packaging.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami's Bayfront Regatta Harbour Project Gets $33.6 Million Boost

The loan covers about 65 percent of the construction costs for Regatta Harbour, which is being built on city property on Biscayne Bay.
3 minute read

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