Emily Ashcraft

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Smithfield Foods Sued by Employees for Not Paying for...

Multiple employees at a Smithfield Foods, Inc. pork processing plant, led by Jessica Smith, filed a collective action lawsuit on Tuesday in the Eastern District of Virginia alleging that...

Dutch Finance Company Argues Claims Against it in Chicken...

Rabobank, a Dutch financial company, argued on Monday that the Northern District of Illinois should dismiss claims against it in the consolidated lawsuit regarding anti-competitive activities in the broiler...

State AGs Ask Eighth Circuit to Keep Tyson Foods...

State attorneys general argued in a brief on Monday in the Eighth Circuit that a lawsuit alleging that Tyson Foods Inc. is at fault for its employees deaths related...

Fifth Circuit Affirms Decision in Heinz Mayochup Trademark Lawsuit

The Fifth Circuit entered a judgment on Monday in favor of Kraft Heinz in a trademark lawsuit filed by Dennis Perry against Kraft’s “Mayochup.” This decision affirmed the judgment...

Cheese Co. Sues Cargill After Rocks Found in Salt...

Great Lakes Cheese claimed in a New York Supreme Court complaint on Thursday that the salt silo at its Adams, New York facility was contaminated after Cargill sent it...

Plaintiff Claims Negligence From Rose Acre Farms and Cracker...

A complaint filed in the District of Massachusetts on Thursday claimed that Rose Acre Farms Inc. and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. are at fault for the illnesses...