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Ninth Circuit Decision Foreshadows Major Blow to Prop 65 Acrylamide Claims

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On Thursday, March 17, 2022, the Ninth Circuit issued a critical decision in California Chamber of Commerce v. CERT, No. 21-15745 (9th Cir. 2022), reinstating a preliminary injunction against the filing or prosecuting of any...more

Hogan Lovells

The Ninth Circuit Court stayed the Proposition 65 Acrylamide Preliminary Injunction

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We recently became aware of a 27 May 2021 opinion from the Ninth Circuit that “stayed” the preliminary injunction barring private parties from filing new lawsuits against businesses to enforce the Proposition 65 warning...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

The Perilous Seas of Prop 65: Safe Harbors Should Not Be Controversial

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Should companies be forced to label their products as containing chemicals “known” to cause cancer despite controversial scientific information? A federal court in California doesn’t think so. On March 29, the U.S. District...more

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Federal Judge Enjoins New Prop 65 Lawsuits for Acrylamide in Food: Requiring A Cancer Warning In the Face of Scientific...

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On March 30, 2021, a California federal district court issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting anyone - including the California Attorney General - from filing or prosecuting any new lawsuit to enforce the Proposition 65...more

Alston & Bird

Federal Judge Enjoins Enforcement of Prop. 65 Warning Requirements for Acrylamide in Food and Beverages

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A California district court has granted a preliminary injunction to the California Chamber of Commerce and prohibited the filing of new Proposition 65 lawsuits alleging exposure to acrylamide in food. Our Environment, Land...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Major Development In Prop 65 Law: Federal Court Issues Injunction Against Any New Lawsuits Based On Acrylamide

In what is a major development in California's Proposition 65 jurisprudence, a California federal court has just issued an injunction that bars the filing of any new lawsuits against food and beverage companies whose products...more

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California Court Halts New Prop. 65 Actions for Acrylamide as a Carcinogen

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A California district court has granted the California Chamber of Commerce’s preliminary injunction motion and prohibited the filing of new Proposition 65 lawsuits alleging exposure to acrylamide in food, pending the outcome...more

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Preliminary injunction issued against new Proposition 65 lawsuits for acrylamide in food & beverage

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On 29 March 2021 the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California entered a significant ruling temporarily halting the filing of new lawsuits by the California Attorney General and anyone else related...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Meatless Meat Update - UPDATED November 2020

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We have blogged on several occasions, most recently on June 4, 2020, about state laws attempting to shield traditional producers of meat and poultry from competition from producers of plant- and cell-based meat. These...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update l December 2019 #2

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - Senate Confirms FDA Commissioner - The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm Stephen Hahn as the commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Hahn, an expert in...more

King & Spalding

“Traffic Light” Nutri-Score for Food – Unlawful Food Labeling in the EU?

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Manufacturers of food products need to meet the requirements of food laws and expectations of consumers, who are seeking more information about the healthfulness of food products. Many manufacturers are responding by...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update | August 2018

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Announces Modernization for Dairy Product Identities - Following his related statements at a conference, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has...more

Downey Brand LLP

The Latest in the Prop. 65 World: Processed Meat; Lead and Cadmium in Chocolate; and Glyphosate in Herbicides

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February was a busy month in the Proposition 65 world with two developments that may impact businesses that manufacture or sell processed meat or chocolate products. In addition, the United States District Court for the...more

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Industry Coalition Obtains Preliminary Injunction Against Enforcement of North Dakota Dealer Statute

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On December 14, 2017, the U.S. District Court in Bismarck, North Dakota issued a preliminary injunction preventing the enforcement of recently enacted amendments to the North Dakota Farm Equipment Dealership Statute known as...more

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Court Finds That Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Claims Is Preempted By Trade Secrets Claim

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In Super Starr Int’l, LLC v. Fresh Tex Produce, LLC, a Texas entity that distributes produce throughout the United States filed suit against another Texas entity that imports foreign grown produce into the United States and...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Sweet as Candy? Sugarfina takes Competitor to Court

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On June 15th, Sugarfina Inc. (“Sugarfina”), a gourmet candy boutique, sued one of its competitors, Sweet Pete’s LLC (“Sweet Pete’s”), accusing Sweet Pete’s of trade dress, copyright, trademark, and patent infringement, as...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Food and Beverage Law Update: December 2016

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Overtime Rules Enjoined Nationwide - In State of Nev. v. U.S. Dep't of Labor Case No. 4:16-cv-00731-ALM, 2016 WL 6879615 (E.D. Tex. Nov. 22, 2016), a Texas district court enjoined nationwide the Department of Labor's...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Chobani Yogurt Ad Campaign Enjoined – A Healthy Result for Yoplait and Dannon

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When I opened up a newspaper a few weeks ago and saw an ad by Chobani for its Simply 100 Greek Yogurt, my first thought was, “that’s going to provoke a false advertising dispute.” Here’s what Chobani said about its competitor...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Four Things You Should Know About FTC v. Sysco Corp.

On June 29, 2015, following an eight-day evidentiary hearing, a federal district court granted the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC)request for a preliminary injunction to block an $8.2 billion proposed merger between the two...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

FTC Wins Injunction Against Sysco-U.S. Foods Merger; Administrative Trial Next

As we previously reported, the FTC sought a preliminary injunction to block a merger between Sysco and U.S. Foods pending the outcome of its administrative trial challenging the deal. Yesterday, Judge Amit Mehta of the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Sysco, US Foods Seek Disclosure of FTC Witness Identities

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) went head-to-head last week with Sysco Corp. and US Foods Inc. over whether to make public the names of the declarants relied on by the FTC in its preliminary injunction to block Sysco and...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Court Sets Date for Preliminary Injunction Hearing in Sysco-U.S. Foods Antitrust Case

This past Wednesday, Judge Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia set a hearing from May 5 through May 8, with up to three additional days if necessary, to consider the FTC’s request for a...more

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Vermont GMO Food Labeling Law Challengers Seek Preliminary Injunction

In the court battle to have Vermont’s genetically modified organism (GMO) food labeling law (Act 120) overturned, plaintiff trade associations filed a motion for preliminary injunction on September 11, 2014, seeking to enjoin...more

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