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Court Dismisses Burger-Size Advertising Claims Against McDonald’s, Wendy’s

A federal court in New York has thrown out a proposed class action claiming that McDonald’s and Wendy’s advertisements overstate the toppings and hamburger patty size compared to the products that customers receive. Chimienti...more

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Mining Giant Glencore Fined $1.1B Over Global Bribery and Price Manipulation Scheme

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Glencore, a giant in the commodities and mining scenes, will pay $1.1 billion “to settle charges that two of its units bribed officials in several countries and manipulated oil prices,” a deal that follows “months of...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update l June 2021

Shook Of Counsel John Johnson III will answer “That Food Safety or FDA Question You’ve Always Wanted to Ask” in a webinar presented by AIB International on Friday, June 4, at 11:00 a.m. CDT. The webinar will be live and will...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.6.2020 | Top Story: California Sues Uber and Lyft Over Alleged Violations of State’s New Gig-worker...

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California has sued ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft over alleged violations of a new state law that requires companies to treat gig workers as employees “if they control how workers perform tasks or if the work is a...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update l December 2019 #2

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - Senate Confirms FDA Commissioner - The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm Stephen Hahn as the commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Hahn, an expert in...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.21.2019 | Top Story: Fed “Tailoring” to Weaken Big Bank Capital Requirements

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Beyond the revamped Volcker Rule we discussed yesterday, Federal Reserve officials are “slowly, but steadily,” making a series of regulatory changes likely to weaken “capital requirements installed in the wake of the [2008...more

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Court Ruling in Saks Data Breach Case Illustrates That Threshold for Article III Standing Is Low

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For years, plaintiffs in data breach class actions have argued that the threshold for Article III standing is low – and increasingly courts are accepting that argument....more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update l February 2019 #4

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA to Hold CBD Public Hearings - U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb reportedly said in a February 27, 2019, hearing before the House...more

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CBS isn’t the only large company with insider trading worries. In complaints made public yesterday, the SEC has accused Gene Levoff, Apple’s former senior director of corporate law and corporate secretary, of “repeatedly”...more

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OMB official Kathleen Kraninger is likely to face serious questions as she takes to the Hill today to begin confirmation hearings for her surprise nomination to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Why? Her lack of...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update | March 2018 #3

USDA Withdraws Organic Livestock and Poultry Rule - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a final rule withdrawing the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule, leaving existing organic regulations in...more

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"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - April 2017"

In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine a district court ruling against Wendy's that continues a shift toward an increase in merchants' data protection responsibilities and the Article 29 Working...more

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Advertising Litigation Report: Vol. 2, No. 2 - Consumer Privacy and Data Security

Judge Trims Proposed Class Action Over Wendy’s Data Breach - Torres v. Wendy’s Int’l, LLC, No. 16-cv-0210 (PGB) (DCI) (M.D. Fla. Mar. 21, 2017). A U.S. district court judge in Florida trimmed a proposed class action...more

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Klaus Kleinfeld is out as CEO of Alcoa-subsidiary Arconic. Kleinfeld’s two-year tenure was marked by problems, and Kleinfeld did himself no favor with an un-Board-authorized letter that he sent to activist-investor Elliott...more

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Tennessee Court Rejects EEOC’s Supersized Subpoena Served On Fast Food Employer

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A federal court in Tennessee denied the EEOC’s application for an Order to Show Cause why its administrative subpoena should not be enforced. This ruling highlights the importance and benefits of employers...more

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Foreclosure stats are a far cry from their heights in the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis. But the big news in the industry is the rise of party players that were barely a blip on the scene (if around at all) 10 years...more

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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

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Wendy’s Executives and Board File Motion to Dismiss

We previously reported that Wendy’s was hit with a putative class action shareholders’ derivative suit in December following its data breach in 2016. Late last week, the executives and Board of Wendy’s filed a Motion to...more

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We’ve talked a fair amount about the switch to chip & pin card systems over the past few years. But how about a lack of cards altogether? Because that’s what the banks have in mind....more

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Shareholders Derivative Suit Filed against Wendy’s for Data Breach

Continuing the trend of filing a shareholders derivative suit following a data breach, a Wendy’s shareholder recently filed a derivative suit against Wendy’s executives and board members alleging they did not adequately...more

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The Definition of Insanity? Wendy’s Shareholders File Derivative Action Based on 2015-16 Data Breach

An old saw defines insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Wendy’s shareholders recently flouted that maxim by filing a derivative action this week against officers and...more

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Wendy’s reports over 1,000 restaurants affected by breach announced earlier this year

Back in May of this year, Wendy’s reported “fewer than 300” locations had been hacked by malicious malware that targeted customer credit card information. Last week, Wendy’s released a list of 1,025 restaurant locations that...more

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First Choice Federal Credit Union vs. Wendy’s : Will Plaintiff’s EMV Arguments Get A Frosty Reception?

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Wendy’s suffered a data breach in the fall of 2015 that it recently reported affected one particular point of sale system at fewer than 300 restaurants. Wendy’s has already been sued as a result of the incident, including a...more

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New Jersey Assembly Picks Up Fight For $15 Minimum Wage

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The fight for a $15 minimum wage is gaining steam in the New Jersey Legislature. On May 26, 2016, the New Jersey Assembly passed Bill A15, which would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021. Currently, the New Jersey...more

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Wendy’s confirms data breach of point of sale system

Wendy’s confirmed yesterday in its first quarter financial statement that its investigation into a credit card breach did uncover malicious software on its point of sale systems on fewer than 300 of its stores nationwide. It...more

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