January 01, 2024
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 "forever chemicals" contaminating food, and McDonald's asking the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the issue of no-poach clauses in franchisee agreements.
March 03, 2023
The maker of Hain Celestial baby food got a midtrial win in personal injury litigation after a Texas federal judge agreed that the plaintiffs hadn't offered evidence showing that heavy metals in the food caused their son's autism spectrum disorder, according to an order entered Friday.
February 15, 2023
Parents in personal injury litigation against the maker of Hain Celestial baby food have not offered evidence from experts showing that heavy metals in the food caused their son's neurological disorder, the company contended Wednesday in a motion for judgment.
June 16, 2021
A federal judge in Texas ruled on Tuesday that Whole Foods had been improperly added as a defendant in a lawsuit by parents who tried to hold the grocer responsible for selling allegedly toxic Hain Celestial baby food.