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American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 8th Advanced Summit on Food Law - April 30th - May 1st, Chicago, IL

Attend ACI’s 8th Advanced Summit on Food Law – Regulation, Compliance and Litigation and obtain the tools and techniques you need to meet the legal and regulatory challenges which the food industry is now facing as well as...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - December 2023

Shook Partner Published on New York Consumer Protection Laws - Cary Silverman, a partner in the firm’s Public Policy Group, was published in Albany’s Times Union letters to the editor on a proposed New York consumer...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: Brand Protection & Advertising Law News - August 2023

Plot Twist: NAD Agrees That Advertiser Makes Implied Claims of Improved Animal Welfare – But Finds Advertiser's Claim Is Substantiated - The nonprofit organization Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) filed a challenge with the...more

BCLP

Year in Review: 2021 Food, Beverage & Supplement Litigation Round-Up

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Federal Made in U.S.A. Rule - In June 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted its final rule for using “Made in U.S.A.” or any variation of that statement, including the U.S. flag. While this rule imposes no new...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

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update l August 2020 #4

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has proposed a rule that would codify the legalization of hemp cultivation and related definitions passed in the 2018 Farm Bill into the Controlled Substances Act. The amendments...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update l May 2019

Silverman Speaks to Congressional Staff About Food Litigation Trends - Shook Partner Cary Silverman was an invited panelist at The George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School’s Law and Economics Center’s...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Food Law – Regulation, Compliance and Litigation April 9th - 11th, Chicago, IL

Come to network and brainstorm with top regulatory and compliance executives and legal counsel. ACI’s Food Law conference is the leading forum for in-house counsel for manufacturers, retailers, and distributors, regulatory...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

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

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

How to Know and Minimize Your Food and Beverage Litigation Risk: Insights from Nutter’s Matt Ritchie

Q: What are the primary areas of litigation risk for food and beverage companies? Matthew P. Ritchie: Aside from the usual litigation that any business might face, food and beverage companies also confront the possibility...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Check the Box to Avoid Food & Beverage Packaging Litigation

Shagha Tousi, a partner in Nutter’s Litigation Department and a member of the firm’s Business Litigation and Product Liability and Toxic Tort Litigation practice groups, addressed product packaging litigation in the food and...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - August 2016

Court Awake To Plaintiff’s Deceptive Sleep-Tracking Claims Against Fitbit - A challenge to Fitbit’s claims that certain models of its exercise monitoring device tracked users’ sleep patterns will move forward after a...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - February 2016 #2

FTC's Brill to Advertisers: Enhance Consumer Notice, Control - Exhorting advertisers to provide consumers with greater notice and control—particularly with regard to native advertising and cross-device...more

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints

What’s in a Name? When You’re Selling a Food with an Established Federal Standard of Identity, a Whole Lot!

A bluntly labeled section of the Code of Federal Regulations – “Mayonnaise” – provides a description of this particular food dressing, the food’s required ingredients, optional ingredients, and how to declare those...more

Perkins Coie

Food Litigation Newsletter - July 2015

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THIS NEWSLETTER AIMS to keep those in the food industry up to speed on developments in food labeling and nutritional content litigation. RECENT SIGNIFICANT RULINGS - District Court Dismisses and Stays False...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - April 2015

Pink Cadillac Not Included: Mary Kay Sues Over “Fraudulent Couponing Scheme” - According to a new federal court complaint filed by Mary Kay, Inc., online deal site RetailMeNot has tricked consumers with a “fraudulent...more

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints

FTC Tastes “Sweet” Victory: The Implications of POM Wonderful for Government Practice

In part two of this two-part series, we explore two critical takeaways for those facing potential government intervention: (1) the implications of the Court’s deference to the Commission, and (2) whether a substantive...more

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