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Product Labeling
132 published works
Allens Insights
No sticker shock for automakers
By Allens
High Court provides guidance on mandatory labelling regimes 10 min read Earlier this week, the High Court handed down its unanimous judgment in the Mitsubishi fuel consumption labelling case,1 finding…
Tobacco Law Blog
California Considers Modifying Prop 65 Warning Requirements (Again)
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice, Agustin Rodriguez, Nick Ramos
In 2021 we wrote about the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHHA) plans to amend regulations governing Proposition 65 (Prop 65) short-form warning labels. On May 20, 2022,…
Food Litigation News
Weekly Notable Ruling Roundup
By David T. Biderman, Tommy Tobin
Our weekly roundup aims to keep our readers up to date on recent notable rulings in the food & consumer packaged goods space. Kerstine Bryan v. Del Monte Foods, Inc.,…
Inside Class Actions
Third Circuit Flirts with Narrow View of Warranties Based on Third-Party Certification
False labeling class actions are often mired in debates about how a reasonable consumer would understand a product’s label. In many cases, the fight is centered on what third-party certification…
Inside EU Life Sciences
New MHRA Guidance on the Windsor Framework: Detail on Labelling and Packaging Changes
By Grant Castle, Marie Doyle-Rossi, Dan Spivey
On 29 September 2023, the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (“MHRA”) published further guidance (“MHRA Guidance”) on changes to labelling and packaging for medicinal products intended for the…
The Daily Intake
Concurrence Raises Questions Regarding the Application of Primary Jurisdiction in State Court
Last year we blogged about a decision in which the Court of Appeals of Georgia dismissed a deceptive product (dietary supplement) labeling case on primary jurisdiction grounds. That decision was…
Drug & Device Law
No Boo Boos in OTC Preemption Case
By Lisa Baird
Like having a first child, when you assume new responsibilities in caring for elderly parents, you get a crash-course education in topics you otherwise never would have thought about. Have…
The Daily Intake
FSIS Receives Over 3K Comments on Voluntary “Product of USA” Claim Proposed Rule
As our readers know, in March, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published a proposed rule to amend its regulations to define the conditions under which the labeling of…
Manufacturing Industry Advisor
Is Your Product Really “Non-Toxic” or “Biodegradable”? The FTC Weighs In.
By Erik K. Swanholt, Kristin McGaver Sikora, Mike H. Holland
Over the course of the past decade, and the past year in particular, the consumer products industry has seen an uptick in class action lawsuits challenging environmental marketing claims, including…
Kight on Cannabis
How Is This Not Hemp? Peeking Under the Hood at a THCa Hemp Flower Production Facility
By Rod Kight
THCa Flower remains misunderstood and controversial. For that reason, I took to the field, literally and figuratively, and toured a THCa Flower production facility in my home state of North Carolina.