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What Is a PFAS, and Why Should I Care? Part II - The Threat to the Restaurant and Food Packaging Industries, and Potential...

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In our initial blog post, we introduced readers to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as “forever chemicals,” and predicted the rise of PFAS consumer class actions and increased regulatory activity barring the...more

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Chipotle’s Employees Denied Class Certification On Employment Discrimination Claims

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 15, 2020, in Guzman v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., No. 17-CV-02606-HSG, 2020 WL 227567 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 15, 2020), Judge Haywood Gilliam of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Domino’s Pizza Delivery Drivers File Lawsuits Against Three Colorado Franchises

Three wage and hour lawsuits were filed recently by food delivery drivers as class and collective actions against three Colorado-based Domino’s Pizza franchise groups. The lawsuits, which were “delivered” to federal court on...more

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Fast Food Restaurant Scores A Victory in Dismissal of Food Marketing Class Action

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A federal judge recently held that a plaintiff cannot state a claim for false advertising under Illinois law by cherry picking statements in isolation if, on the whole, the information available to plaintiff dispelled the...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update | February 2018 #2

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is soliciting public comment on whether the agency should continue to collect information about foodborne illnesses in restaurants. The proposal would extend studies of risk...more

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Web Exclusive: January 2018: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes each month in 2017—and if January is any...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update | December 2017#2

A state senator in Pennsylvania has reportedly announced plans to introduce a bill that would bar any municipality in the state from levying a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). If enacted, the bill could invalidate the...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2017

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McAfee Report Lists Health Care Sector as Most Targeted Industry for Cyber-Attacks - In its cybersecurity incident report outlining vulnerabilities for the second quarter of 2017, security firm McAfee lists the health care...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update | July 2017#3

EU to Issue Guidelines on Discriminatory Food Distribution - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has reportedly indicated the EU will issue guidelines discouraging companies from selling apparently identical...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update | July 2017 #2

GE Salmon Bill Introduced in U.S. Senate - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced a bill that would require labeling of genetically engineered (GE) salmon and independent scientific review of the U.S. Food and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Sheppard Mullin Secures Major Victory for Chipotle in Nationwide Misclassification Action By Demonstrating Variations Among...

The Court’s opinion in Scott v. Chipotle Mexican Grill demonstrates how employers can successfully combat class action claims that employees were misclassified as exempt. The successful defense of the class certification...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

FACTA Suits Still Bite - $31 Million Subway Class Action Settlement Approved

Ten years ago, hundreds of retailers, chain restaurants and others were targeted nationwide as defendants in class action suits under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) for violating the so-called...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Arby’s Whacked with More Data Breach Class Action Lawsuits

As we previously reported, Arby’s was hit with malware that infected over 1,000 of its fast food locations throughout the U.S. between October 25, 2016, and January 19, 2017, and was hit with multiple class action suits over...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Wendy’s Successful in Trimming Data Breach Class Action Suit But No Dismissal

We have previously discussed the class action case filed against Wendy’s as a result of a data breach. The case was initially dismissed based upon lack of standing, but the plaintiffs were given the opportunity to amend the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Arby’s Hit with Multiple Class Action Suits over Data Breach

Arby’s has announced that its point-of-sale system had been compromised by intruders over a four month period between October of 2016 and January of 2017, exposing the credit and debit card information of 355,000 customers....more

Carlton Fields

Food for Thought: A Review of 2016 Litigation

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Food for Thought is a review of significant court decisions affecting the food, beverage, dietary supplements and personal care products industry. Although many cases in this edition focus on class certification, others...more

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Government Involvement in Noncompetes… Against a Sandwich Maker?! Jimmy John’s Slapped With Another Lawsuit, This Time Brought by...

Jimmy John’s can’t seem to escape the limelight. Last year, the company made headlines when employees hit it with a putative class action lawsuit seeking to invalidate their non-compete agreements. The District Court...more

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Food and Beverage Law Update: October 2015

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Labor and Employment - Plaintiff Wage and Hour Lawsuits Continue to Climb - Wage and hour litigation has become what some call the new "workplace revolution." Data from the Federal Judicial Center indicates that...more

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Hospitalitas Newsletter - Spring 2015

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In This Issue: - The Next Hot Trend in Economic Development: Craft Beer - Class Action Attempt to Void Jimmy John’s Non-Competes Goes Stale - Use of Customer Survey Data Upheld in Hotel Franchise...more

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Reimbursing Employees for Business Expenses: The FLSA Kickback Rule [Wage & Hour FAQs]

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Over the last month, Domino’s has been in the news for some of the wrong reasons, with not one but two Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) class action lawsuits alleging that two large Domino’s franchisees paid delivery drivers...more

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