Food & Beverage

Representative engagements completed by Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff's attorneys for clients in the Food & Beverage industries include:

• As general corporate counsel, assisted entrepreneur with the founding of a specialty food company.
• Represented an international bottled water brand in its California-based litigation matters and acted as counsel in connection with the subsequent sale of assets and securities to a Southern California conglomerate.
• Represented a Southern California based distributor of food products and restaurant supplies in the negotiation of employment agreements with the president and the chief executive officer of the company that included grants of phantom stock and comprehensive severance packages.
• Assisted a restaurant in the formation of its business, lease negotiations and general business operations.
• Assisted a health-oriented meal delivery, food products and catering company with its employee handbook and provided general employment law advice.
• Defended a restaurant against a copyright claim related to images used by the restaurant.
• Assisted a ­manufacturer of food ingredients, flavorings, colorings and other products with trademarks and a business agreement with distributors of their product.
• Assisted a restaurant in resolving a dispute with its landlord.
• Brought, and successfully resolved, a copyright infringement suit based on the unauthorized commercial use of a photograph of USC quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart by a chain of sports bars in its advertising.