liability

Survivors ready?

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 15, 2005

Crap happens. Take a page from some savvy fellow operators and meet the challenges with our Survival Guide.

New York State Reaches $20 Million Settlement With Sodexo

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 30, 2010

ALBANY (July 20, 2010)—The state has reached a $20 million settlement with food services provider Sodexo for overcharging 21 New York school districts as...

Police finger customer in chili case

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 22, 2005

Authorities have arrested the Wendy's customer who claimed she found a human finger in her bowl of chili, according to news reports.

Consumer Trends

New breaches raise data security concerns

By Sara Rush Wirth on Feb. 24, 2014

Approximately 110 million customers' credit card or personal information was hijacked in the Target data breach that occurred this past holiday season

From Product Liability to Food Safety - Indemnification, Contribution,

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 13, 2005

"The plaintiff need only prove that the product was defective in order to recover, and usually that is all that the plaintiff will choose to prove."Not...

Restaurants challenge NYC's plan to enforce menu labeling

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 14, 2017

The action could be a test of local jurisdictions' ability to adopt disclosure requirements while the federal mandate is on hold until May. Industry officials fear that restaurant chains may be subject to a patchwork of regulatory obligations and penalties.

First amendment rice

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 15, 1997

Citing first amendment protection, a New Orleans judge recently threw out charges of defamation, libel, and unfair business practices leveled against novelist Anne (Interview With a Vampire) Rice last February by Al Copeland, former owner of Popeyes and Churchs.

The Fat Fault Line

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 15, 2005

Feel like everybody blames you for the obesity epidemic? Funny thing is, everybody doesn’t. It was four years of terror for anyone who ever served a...

Marketing

This week's restaurant nightmares: Real or fake?

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 24, 2018

Some of the industry's biggest names were smeared this week by developments that seemed too far-out to be true. That's because they weren't. Except for those court developments.

Outsourcing your background checks

By Bill Main on Nov. 08, 2000

Outsourcing your employee screening and background checks reduces the time and expense involved in checking personal, academic and professional histories yourself. It can also lessen your legal liability.

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