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AD-ttorneys@law - July 2022

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TINA Investigation Sours on HelloFresh - America’s #1 food-box provider is deploying dark patterns, says watchdog - See-Through? When it comes to ingredients and suppliers, HelloFresh is all about disclosure....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Legal, Regulatory & Compliance Forum on Dietary Supplements - June 29th - 30th, New York, NY

American Conference Institute in collaboration with the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) are excited to welcome you back to New York for the “return to live” reunion that the dietary supplements industry has been...more

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AD-ttorneys@law - June 2022

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Plaintiffs’ bar goes after Ricola for promoting inactive ingredients - Please Ignore This Section if You Are Easily Annoyed - Let’s unpack, for just a moment, one of the most oft-cited television commercials of all...more

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AD-ttorneys@law - March 2022 #2

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CafePress Owners Nabbed for Failing to Protect Consumer Data - Company left Social Security numbers out and unencrypted, then hid the data breach...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Food and Beverage Labeling Litigation: Recent Trends

The food and beverage industries introduced numerous technologies and products over the past year and a half that have raised new questions about advertising practices and presented novel legal issues regarding how goods are...more

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Fast Growing CBD Market Continues To Create Regulatory Challenges and Litigation Opportunity

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CBD and CBD-containing products are ubiquitous, yet there is significant misunderstanding about their regulatory status. CBD is cannabidiol, one of more than a hundred different active compounds that can be derived from the...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

2019: The Dietary Supplements and Cosmetics Year in Review

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - U.S., States Aim to Regulate Cosmetics Ingredients and Research Methods - Federal and state legislatures aimed to bring more scrutiny to cosmetics in 2019 by considering measures...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Is Your Cosmetic Product Really Natural? Congress Pushes for Legislation to Define the Term “Natural” for Cosmetics

The use of the term “natural” on the labeling of FDA-regulated products has been the source of many lawsuits in recent years, and even the subject of enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). However,...more

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Legislation Introduced to Define the Term ‘Natural’ for Personal Care Products

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If enacted, the law would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to require cosmetic products labeled as “natural” to contain at least 70 percent natural substances, (excluding water and salt) and be made...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update l August 2019 #4

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - DOJ Announces Guilty Plea in E. Coli Prosecution - The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that Memet Beqiri had pleaded guilty to “a charge related to his meat...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FTC Enforcement Trends in Consumer Protection

A comprehensive review of recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) consumer protection actions shows that the FTC continues to be one of Washington’s most aggressive regulators. While the number of enforcement...more

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Trending topics in retail and fashion

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The retail and fashion industries may be transforming at a rapid pace, but the Hogan Lovells Retail and Fashion Group will make sure you are on-trend. ...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update | October 2018 #4

Silverman Publishes “In Search of the Reasonable Consumer: When Courts Find Food Class Action Litigation Goes Too Far” - Shook Partner Cary Silverman has authored an article for the University of Cincinnati Law Review...more

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In This Issue: - Ferrari Crashes Head-On Into Infringement Suit - SDNY Decries Mathematical Illiteracy in Junior Mint Dismissal - Trader Joe’s Slathered With Honey Class Action - Louisiana to Robocallers: You’ll Regret...more

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Dietary Supplement & Cosmetics Legal Bulletin | March 2018

Senate Committee Proposes Cosmetics Regulation Amendment - The Senate Committee on Health has released a discussion draft of a proposed amendment to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) that would establish greater...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Dietary Supplement & Cosmetics Legal Bulletin | February 2018

FDA Issues Draft Guidance for Homeopathic Drug Products - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance, "Drug Products Labeled as Homeopathic," that would prioritize enforcement and regulatory...more

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Plaintiffs’ lawyers in a class action against Neutrogena were fighting hard in the Central District of California in October 2017. The plaintiffs were trying to win class certification for a group of consumers who allegedly...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Dietary Supplement & Cosmetics Legal Bulletin | October 2017

The use of beauty products is “an understudied source of environmental chemical exposures” with a disparate effect on women of color, George Washington University and Occidental College researchers argue. Ami R. Zota, et al.,...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Dietary Supplement & Cosmetics Legal Bulletin | August 2017

"Miracle Gel" Not a Salon Gel Manicure, Ad Board Says - In an appeal from a ruling by the National Advertising Division (NAD), the National Advertising Review Board (NARB) upheld a recommendation that Coty discontinue...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - October 2016

Suit Over Block Voting on Reviews Moves Forward - A Lanham Act suit brought by a competitor over a company's efforts to minimize negative consumer reviews will move forward, a Utah federal court judge has ruled. ...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - July 2016 #3

Wikipedia Link Trips up Ninth Circuit False Ad Suit - Ruling that a California federal court incorrectly relied upon a Wikipedia link when considering a summary judgment motion in a false advertising suit, the Ninth...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - April 2016

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's (AGG) Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s...more

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When Is Natural Unnatural? When It’s Not: The Federal Trade Commission Takes Exception to “All Natural” Claims

In the 1975 song, “Natural Mystic,” legend Bob Marley sang “There’s a natural mystic blowing through the air – I won’t tell no lie.” Channeling Marley, the Federal Trade Commission recently took enforcement action against...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FTC’s “All Natural” Cases Are More About “All” Than “Natural”

The Federal Trade Commission announced last week filing of four consent decrees and an administrative complaint relating to companies selling various personal care products – shampoos, sunscreens, moisturizers – featuring...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

FTC Asks – Are Your “All Natural” Claims All Accurate?

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Companies that make “all natural” claims for their products may come under FTC scrutiny and enforcement. The Federal Trade Commission announced five cases this week with companies that market their products as “all...more

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