Analysis

Food & Beverage Cases To Watch In 2024

By Lauren Berg · January 1, 2024, 8:02 AM EST

Food and beverage attorneys have no shortage of interesting litigation to follow in 2024, from Starbucks' sprawling fight with employees who are determined to organize, to claims over heavy metals and...

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Case Information

Case Title

Deslandes v. McDonald's USA, LLC et al

Case Number

1:17-cv-04857

Court

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit

410(Anti-Trust)

Date Filed

June 28, 2017


Case Title

IN RE PLUM BABY FOOD LITIGATION

Case Number

4:21-cv-00913

Court

California Northern

Nature of Suit

Other Fraud

Date Filed

February 05, 2021


Case Title

In re Nurture Baby Food Litigation

Case Number

1:21-cv-01217

Court

New York Southern

Nature of Suit

Other Fraud

Date Filed

February 10, 2021


Case Title

SMID v. CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY et al

Case Number

1:21-cv-02417

Court

New Jersey

Nature of Suit

Other Fraud

Date Filed

February 11, 2021


Case Title

Palmquist et al v. The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. et al

Case Number

3:21-cv-00090

Court

Texas Southern

Nature of Suit

Personal Inj. Prod. Liability

Date Filed

April 09, 2021


Case Title

McKinney v. Starbucks Corporation

Case Number

2:22-cv-02292

Court

Tennessee Western

Nature of Suit

Labor: Labor/Mgt. Relations

Date Filed

May 10, 2022


Case Title

Leinani Deslandes v. McDonald's USA LLC, et al

Case Number

22-2333

Court

Appellate - 7th Circuit

Nature of Suit

3410 Antitrust

Date Filed

July 27, 2022


Case Title

Stephanie Turner v. McDonald's USA LLC, et al

Case Number

22-2334

Court

Appellate - 7th Circuit

Nature of Suit

3410 Antitrust

Date Filed

July 27, 2022


Case Title

Kerwin v. Starbucks Corporation

Case Number

2:22-cv-12761

Court

Michigan Eastern

Nature of Suit

Other Statutory Actions

Date Filed

November 15, 2022


Case Title

Millman v. Mars Inc.

Case Number

2:23-cv-00079

Court

New York Eastern

Nature of Suit

Fraud or Truth-In-Lending

Date Filed

January 05, 2023


Case Title

Grausz v. The Hershey Company

Case Number

3:23-cv-00028

Court

California Southern

Nature of Suit

Other Fraud

Date Filed

January 06, 2023


Case Title

Hernandez v. The Wonderful Company LLC et al

Case Number

1:23-cv-01242

Court

New York Southern

Nature of Suit

Other Fraud

Date Filed

February 14, 2023


Case Title

Clark, et al v. McDonald's Corporation

Case Number

1:23-cv-01939

Court

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit

370(Other Fraud)

Date Filed

March 28, 2023


Case Title

Palmquist v. Hain Celestial Group

Case Number

23-40197

Court

Appellate - 5th Circuit

Nature of Suit

4365 P.I. - Product Liability

Date Filed

April 05, 2023


Case Title

Henderson v. Starbucks Corporation

Case Number

1:23-cv-00052

Court

Georgia Southern

Nature of Suit

Labor: Labor/Mgt. Relations

Date Filed

April 26, 2023


Case Title

Tate, et al. v. Wm. Bolthouse Farms, Inc.

Case Number

1:23-cv-01038

Court

California Eastern

Nature of Suit

Other Fraud

Date Filed

July 12, 2023


Case Title

Trader Joes Company v. Trader Joes United

Case Number

2:23-cv-05664

Court

California Central

Nature of Suit

Trademark

Date Filed

July 13, 2023


Case Title

Starbucks Corporation, Petitioner v. M. Kathleen McKinney, Regional Director of Region 15 of the National Labor Relations Board, for and on Behalf of the National Labor Relations Board

Case Number

23-367

Court

Supreme Court

Nature of Suit

1720 Labor: Labor/Mgt. Relations

Date Filed

October 05, 2023


Case Title

Starbucks Corporation v. Service Employees International Union et al.

Case Number

3:23-cv-00068

Court

Iowa Southern

Nature of Suit

Trademark

Date Filed

October 18, 2023


Case Title

Cowan Hamada

Case Number

1:23-cv-15404

Court

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit

790 Labor: Other

Date Filed

October 27, 2023


Case Title

7-Eleven, Inc. v. Seven Eleven Law Group, LLC et al

Case Number

1:23-cv-15567

Court

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit

840 Trademark

Date Filed

November 01, 2023


Case Title

McDonald's USA, LLC, et al., Petitioners v. Leinani Deslandes, et al.

Case Number

23-562

Court

Supreme Court

Nature of Suit

3410 Antitrust

Date Filed

November 27, 2023