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NYC Comptroller’s Shareholder Proposal Threatens to Curb Employers’ NLRA Free Speech Rights and Employee Free Choice

On March 31, 2023, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, on behalf of the five New York City retirement systems, announced a new shareholder proposal at Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., asking the board of directors to adopt a...more

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NAD Continues to Focus on Green Claims

Most NAD challenges are initiated by competitors, but NAD can also initiate its own inquiries as part of its mission to independently monitor national ads for truthfulness and accuracy. Over the past few months, NAD has...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.11.2021 | Top Story: FBI Identifies Hackers Behind Pipeline Attack

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More details on that massive ransomware hack that hit Colonial Pipeline over the weekend. The FBI has confirmed that hacking group DarkSide was responsible and that it’s “looking for any ties the group might have to...more

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Financial Daily Dose 4.29.2021 | Top Story: Fed Stays Course on Rates, Sees Improving Economy

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The Fed’s Open Market Committee meeting broke yesterday leaving rates at near-zero and pledging to “continue buying government-backed bonds at a steady pace as it tries to support the economy’s recovery from the coronavirus...more

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The Meaning Of “Similarly Situated” Is Teed Up For SCOTUS

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The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to fill a gaping hole in our Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) jurisprudence: What, precisely, is meant by “similarly situated,” as set forth in 29 U.S.C. 216(b)? The request comes in a...more

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EEOC Sues Chipotle Mexican Grill for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Restaurant Allowed Coworker to Repeatedly Harass Manager and Fired Her for Complaining, Federal Agency Charges - TAMPA, Fla. – Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., an international restaurant chain, violated federal law when a...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update l May 2020

Examining Price-Gouging Allegations During COVID-19 Pandemic - Shook Partner Katie Gates Calderon and Associate Elizabeth Fessler have authored “Best Practices for Food and Beverage Pricing Right Now” for Law360, which...more

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Chipotle Mexican Grill Enters Three-Year DPA and Pays $25 Million Penalty for Food Safety Violations (Part II of II)

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In the Chipotle Mexican Grill case, DOJ entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (“DPA”) in exchange for the payment of a $25 million penalty stemming from a string of foodborne-illness cases between 2015 and...more

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DOJ Resolves Two Important Food Safety Criminal Cases: Blue Bell Creameries and Chipotle Mexican Grill (Part I of II)

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In an important set of criminal prosecutions for food safety violations, the Justice Department recently announced resolutions with Blue Bell Creameries and Chipotle Mexican Grill....more

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Episode 139 -- DOJ Resolves Two Food Safety Criminal Cases -- Blue Bell Creameries and Chipotle Mexican Grills

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The Justice Department recently resolved two food safety criminal cases involving Blue Bell Ice Cream and Chipotle Mexican Grills. In its largest food safety recovery to date, Chipotle agreed to a three-year deferred...more

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Chipotle's Record $25 Million Fine Sends Tough Message as the Restaurant Industry Begins Reopening

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Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. agreed to pay a $25 million criminal fine, the largest ever in a food safety case, to resolve criminal charges related to the company's involvement in foodborne illness outbreaks that sickened more...more

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Chipotle Mexican Grill Enters into Deferred Prosecution Agreement to Resolve Charges Related to Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

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On April 21, 2020, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (Chipotle) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) in connection with norovirus and Clostridium perfringens...more

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Financial Daily Dose 4.21.2020 | Top Story: Senate Passes Another COVID-19 Relief Bill; House to Consider it This Week

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The Senate has passed a $484 billion measure that would add $130 billion to the Paycheck Protection Program, the “small-business loan program that ran out of funding last week after being deluged with applications.” The bill...more

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Second Circuit Lets Collective Action Proceed Where Class Action Fails

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Second Circuit has held that the standard for final FLSA collective action certification is less stringent than the standard for class action certification under Rule 23....more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.29.2020 | Top Story: Chipotle fined over thousands of child labor law violations in Massachusetts

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Massachusetts has fined Chipotle $1.4 million as part of a settlement with the restaurant chain over accusations that “it routinely violated [state] labor laws, with authorities estimating more than 13,000 violations from...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

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update l September 2019

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FTC Issues Warning Letters to CBD Companies - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has announced that it sent warning letters to three companies selling “oils, tinctures, capsules,...more

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Federal Court Rules That Employer Is Not Entitled To EEOC’s Pre-Suit Materials

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Seyfarth Synopsis: After a federal magistrate judge in California ordered the EEOC to provide written discovery responses relative to the substance its pre-suit investigation of a sex discrimination charge in EEOC v. Chipotle...more

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Financial Daily Dose 7.16.2019 | Top Story: Regulators Raise National Security Concerns About Facebook’s Libra Crypto

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is the latest prominent government official to express concerns about Facebook’s coming Libra launch. Speaking at a briefing yesterday, Mnuchin focused on national security issues related to...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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Lyft had a banner debut on the public markets, with its shares jumping 8.7% “after opening at $87.24, far above the public offering price of $72.” Some analysts are interpreting the strong showing as a sign that the gig...more

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Regional lenders BB&T and SunTrust have announced plans to “unite in an all-stock deal” that would value the combined bank at $66 billion. The new lender would be the sixth-largest in the US, and, if allowed, would be created...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update | October 2018

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Seeks Input on Plant-Based Milks - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has solicited public input on questions related to plant-based substitutes for dairy products...more

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Fast Food Chain Turns $626 Loss Into Nearly $8 Million

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When Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. fired store manager Jeanette Ortiz, accusing her of stealing $626 in cash from the safe, it could never have expected its minimal theft loss to balloon into a nearly $8 million jury verdict...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update | August 2018 #2

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - INTERIOR DEPT. TO ALLOW GMO CULTIVATION ON NATIONAL LANDS - The U.S. Department of the Interior has reportedly withdrawn a 2014 memorandum prohibiting the cultivation of genetically...more

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