https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Food & Beverage Copyright 2026 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Tue, 26 May 2026 20:16:52 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481765?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481765 The New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously reinstated a businessman's theft-by-deception conviction on Tuesday, ruling that exculpatory documents purportedly discovered after trial could have been found earlier through reasonable diligence and warning that some of the submissions may be fraudulent. Tue, 26 May 2026 20:05:27 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481973?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481973 A Ninth Circuit panel refused on Tuesday to reinstate a proposed class action accusing Amazon of failing to live up to scheduled delivery promises, echoing a lower court's conclusion that the e-commerce giant's terms and conditions don't entitle customers to automatic shipping fee refunds for late arrivals.   Tue, 26 May 2026 18:57:01 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481962?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481962 A Kentucky federal judge has agreed to postpone a trial set to start Tuesday over infringement claims of food packaging patents after both sides complained the jury may have been tainted by being exposed to information about antitrust claims from one party that appeared on a jury questionnaire. Tue, 26 May 2026 18:47:29 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2482017?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2482017 The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled a broad mix of cross-border corporate control disputes, merger settlements, startup equity fights, advancement claims and board oversight litigation, while also weighing fallout from high-profile deals involving Microsoft Corp., The Boeing Co. and Nikola Corp. Tue, 26 May 2026 18:14:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2482005?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2482005 The owner of a Pennsylvania mushroom farm will get a new sentence for failing to forward her workers' tax withholdings, after the Third Circuit ruled Tuesday that her sentencing guidelines should not have included an additional $1.8 million in taxes that her company failed to pay. Tue, 26 May 2026 18:03:12 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2482006?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2482006 Grocery chain Fred Meyer Stores Inc. and its parent company, Kroger, failed to pay workers minimum and overtime wages, denied them meal and rest breaks and manipulated their time records to systematically underpay them, according to a proposed class action removed to Washington federal court. Tue, 26 May 2026 15:08:16 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481784?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481784 The U.S. government asked the Fifth Circuit to revisit its April opinion finding the tax code's ban on distilling whiskey at home unconstitutional after another appellate court's opposite conclusion affirmed the ban. Tue, 26 May 2026 15:00:36 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481799?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481799 A federal judge has sided with a Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. unit in a coverage dispute over a Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act class action, finding that an alleged failure to disclose salary ranges in job postings does not qualify as discrimination under the restaurant operator's employment practices liability insurance policy. Tue, 26 May 2026 14:14:34 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481661?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481661 U.S. Customs and Border Protection's tariff refund system has processed hundreds of thousands of new entries over the past two weeks, and since coming online last month it has cleared $20.6 billion in refunds for duties struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court to importers, according to a declaration filed Tuesday in the U.S. Court of International Trade. Tue, 26 May 2026 14:02:09 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481761?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481761 The owner of a 35-acre property in Minnesota failed to show sufficient evidence that his use of the land met the threshold for an agricultural tax break, the state tax court affirmed. Tue, 26 May 2026 11:47:52 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481687?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481687 High-purity dissolving pulp from Brazil and Norway is being sold at less than fair value in the U.S., the U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily found Tuesday, setting up possible duty rates. Tue, 26 May 2026 11:40:02 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481787?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481787 The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up Union Carbide Corp.'s appeal of a Fourth Circuit decision that revived a West Virginia woman's proposed class action over a manufacturing plant jointly owned with Covestro LLC that allegedly exposed nearby residents to ethylene oxide. Mon, 25 May 2026 20:01:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2470226?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2470226 This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Google, Monsanto and the Trump administration, earning the attorneys recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2026. Fri, 22 May 2026 22:57:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481344?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481344 Banking trade groups are urging a Chicago federal judge to follow a U.S. regulator's lead and confirm that Illinois' forthcoming restrictions on swipe fees are broadly preempted, pressing to capitalize on new federal rules that the state's attorney general says are "too little, too late." Fri, 22 May 2026 21:00:08 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2480926?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2480926 Kentucky banks have indicated they will drop their lawsuit over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's small-business loan data rule after the agency, now under the Trump administration, significantly scaled back the Biden-era reporting mandate. Fri, 22 May 2026 20:33:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481136?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481136 The Trump administration's expanded recreational red snapper fishing permits for four southeastern states were blocked by a D.C. federal judge Thursday, just hours prior to what would have been the start of open snapper fishing in Florida. Fri, 22 May 2026 18:08:21 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481247?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481247 A Denver-based natural meat processor claimed in Colorado federal court that its former sales contractor and a California beef exporter conspired to steal its trade secrets and diverted more than $1.2 million in customer revenue to the exporter. Fri, 22 May 2026 17:07:45 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481284?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481284 The European Union and Mexico formally signed a trade agreement Friday that was reached at the beginning of last year but put on hold as U.S. President Donald Trump's trade strategy cast global economic uncertainty for both trading partners. Fri, 22 May 2026 16:58:28 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481143?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481143 The role of artificial intelligence in law weaves in and out of this week's stories, with the most recent compelling action coming from California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who issued an executive order to mobilize state agencies as AI layoffs begin to hit thousands of workers in his state. Fri, 22 May 2026 16:41:08 +0000 https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481306?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/2481306 An unusual Trump administration notice exhorting financial institutions to be on guard for human trafficking activity during the 2026 FIFA World Cup could create compliance challenges not just for banks but an array of other industries, experts told Law360.