Corporate & Securities Law

Wendy's Bought by Peltz
Thursday, Wendy's International, Inc. agreed to be acquired by Arby's parent Triarc in a stock deal valued at about $2.3 billion excluding debt. The deal will create the third-largest fast-food company, with approximately 10,000 restaurants and annual sales of more...

Food Ethics--21st Century Style
Food ethics is becoming more complex than it used to be. With the recent crisis in China over baby formula, the slow food movement, the debates over locally grown food, organic food, cloned cattle, trans fats, the obesity crisis and...

Congress Holds Food Safety Hearing
Congress on Tuesday urged food company executives to do more to improve food safety, in the wake of recent recalls and illnesses related to beef products, spinach, peanut butter, baby food, and more...

Global Food Crisis and US Food Policy
Food shortages and skyrocketing prices are putting pressure on many of the world?s poorest nations. A recent CFR.org Podcast interview of Daniel Gustafson, director of the Washington office of the UN Food and Agriculture, examines what the next U...

Food for Fines
(Click on image for poster.) You bring the food ? we?ll waive the fines. Pay your UBC Library fines with food instead of cash! From November 26th to December 2, 2007, for every non-perishable food item you donate, $2...

The Bioethics of Food
Two recently published books discuss the bioethics of food. Eating with Conscience: The Bioethics of Food by Michael W. Fox. Fox discusses the inner workings of the national food industry, including the treatment of animals, the use of herbicides, the...

Pet Food Recall and Deaths
Dogs and Cats Sickened by Tainted Menu Food Products

Pet Food Recall
Diamond Pet Food sets up $3.1 million class action fund for substandard dog food.

Food/Supplements
involving food poisoning, food product recalls, false advertising or labeling, vitamin, weight loss and diet supplement issues.

PETCO
Animal Food Distribution Unsanitary, Food Seized

Menu Food
$240,000 settlement reached in Hawaii class action contaminated pet food suit.

Food Dyes Linked to Behavioral Problems
Ban Urged

Mars Petcare
Recalls Dry Pet Food Manufactured at Everson PA Plant