Topic
Labeling
147 published works
Drug & Device Law
Testing, One, Two, Three….
By Bexis
The Ninth Circuit recently answered a preemption question that we had seen arise intermittently, mostly in food litigation, over the past couple of years. Because the relevant preemption clause closely…
Cannabis Legal Highlights
Packaging and Labeling Post Descheduling: A Conversation with Doug Fischer
By Andrew Kline
It is well known that the varying state regulations for cannabis give this industry a complex legal landscape. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the state regulations related to…
Drug & Device Law
Testing, One, Two, Three….
By Bexis
The Ninth Circuit recently answered a preemption question that we had seen arise intermittently, mostly in food litigation, over the past couple of years. Because the relevant preemption clause closely…
Food Fight
Hawaiian style or made in Hawaii: Class action lawsuit highlights product origin labeling laws
Hawaiian pizza, punch and rolls are delicious. That’s undisputed. But a recent class action disputes whether King’s Hawaiian rolls are appropriately named because they are not actually made in Hawaii.…
Israel Global Gateway
Food and Beverage News and Trends
By Israel Group
This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal and regulatory landscape. COVID-19 economic relief. The $2.9 trillion coronavirus relief package proposed by…
The Daily Intake
Sargento Foods Faces Two Labeling Suits Regarding “No Antibiotics” Claims on Cheeses
Two lawsuits filed against Sargento Foods in December 2020 (Phan v. Sargento Foods Inc., No. 5:20-cv-09251 (N.D. Ca.)) and January 2021 (Beyond Pesticides v. Sargento Foods, No. 2021-CA-000178 B (Sup.…
The Daily Intake
PopChips Sued For “Misleading” Cheddar and Sour Cream Flavor Labeling (Subscription to Law360 Required)
On December 6, a complaint was filed in the Southern District of New York against the owners of PopChips, VMG Partners LLC. The proposed class action alleges that the labeling…
Criminal
“Banishing ‘Sex Offenders’: How Meaningless Language Makes Bad Law”
The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper authored by Guy Padraic Hamilton-Smith. Here is its abstract:An essay on how the term "sex offender" is…
The Daily Intake
California Federal Judge Rules that Westbrae Natural’s Label Does Not Imply Vanilla Soymilk’s Flavoring Derives Solely from Vanilla Bean (Law360 Required)
On December 1, 2020, the United States District Court Northern District of California granted Westbrae Natural, Inc.’s (“Defendant”) motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s lawsuit. In the complaint, the plaintiff alleged…
Food Fight
No preemption for you: “No preservatives” soup label lawsuit not preempted
A Southern District of Illinois federal judge recently held that false advertising claims related to a “no preservatives” claim on soup labels were not preempted. Although the result is not…