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Product Labeling
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Libation Law Blog
Center for Food Safety’s report on testing and labeling Hemp CBD products is a welcome beginning to transparency and truth for a largely unregulated industry.
The Center for Food Safety a national no-profit public interest and environmental advocacy organization recently published, in partnership with the Center for Cannabis Safety, a report evaluating 40 CBD producers…
Maine Appeals
Sometimes you feel like a nut
In a spit decision, the First Circuit reversed a dismissal of a putative class action in a Massachusetts consumer protection case. Dumond v. Reily Foods Co., No. 18-2055 (1st Cir.…
Religion Clause
Canadian Court Says West Bank Wines Cannot Be Labeled “Products of Israel”
In Kattenburg v. Attorney General of Canada, (Federal Ct. Canada, July 29, 2019), a judge of Canada's Federal Court held that labeling wine produced by wineries in the West Bank…
California Workplace Law Blog
New TSCA Labelling Requirements for Composite Wood Products to go into Effect March 22, 2019
By Leila Nourani, Zoe E. Tremayne
Employees can sue for unsafe work environment. At Jackson Lewis, we pride ourselves in providing advice to employers on how to prevent or minimize workplace related claims. Employers are obligated…
Above the Fold
More Product Labeling Woes
Nothing is as it seems. I previously blogged about the marketing of non-dairy products as “milk” – now it’s meat’s turn. According to a recent article in the Star Tribune, multiple states…
Drug & Device Law
Nutty Cosmetic Class Crushed
We may not know much about skin care, but we know a thing or two about labeling claims. Whether for a drug, a device, a food, a cosmetic, or some…
Ad Law Access
CA Court Considers When Disclosures Can Modify Claims
Pop quiz: If you purchased a bottle of “One A Day” gummy vitamins, would you: (a) assume that you should take one a day; or (b) check the back of…
The Food Court
A Pom Wonderful World: F&B Makers’ New Adversary
By Lori Lustrin
Authored by Lori Lustrin and Anthony Sirven. Food and beverage manufacturers are well accustomed to heeding counsel’s advice of dotting their “I's” and crossing their “T's” to ensure their product…
Food Law Blog
New Product Labeling Requirements for Coffee
By Wendel Rosen
[This post was written by Wendel Rosen environmental attorney Wendy Manley.] Coffee drinkers were pleasantly surprised recently to learn their daily beverage may afford a number of health benefits.…
Defense Litigation Insider
Massachusetts Stakes Out a Middle Ground and Allows Brand Drug Liability for Generic Drug Labeling Claims Upon a Showing of Recklessness and Serious Harm
By Jonathan F. Tabasky, Alexander L. Zodikoff
The overwhelming majority of courts (including all seven federal circuits that considered the issue) have rejected the so-called “innovator liability” doctrine.[1] In 2017, however, the California Supreme Court in T.H.…