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U.s. legal commentators consider whether justice is served by putting experts together in a “hot tub”

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Australia, USA
  • -
  • September 16 2010

As courts around the world continue to grapple with the complex technical and scientific issues raised in toxic tort and product liability lawsuits, some U.S. commentators have recently looked to Australia where the “concurrent evidence procedure,” also known as “hot tubbing,” may provide a cost-effective and efficient way for factfinders to sort through the challenging expert witness battles that often confront them

Australian researchers advocate mandatory sodium limits for processed foods

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Australia, USA
  • -
  • November 5 2010

Mandatory sodium limits for processed foods could be 20 times more effective than voluntary reduction measures

Australian senators introduce legislation on GM labeling

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • November 19 2010

According to a news source, senators representing the Independent and Australian Greens parties have introduced legislation that would require food products to be labeled if they contain genetically modified (GM) material, regardless of amount or how it came to be incorporated in the product

Australia and New Zealand to form joint drug, medical-device regulatory agency

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Australia, New Zealand
  • -
  • June 30 2011

The Australian and New Zealand governments have reportedly developed a five-year plan to create a joint agency that will regulate medicines, medical devices and new medical interventions, such as cellular therapy

Researchers allegedly link new poultry viruses to live-attenuated vaccines

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • July 20 2012

University of Melbourne researchers have reportedly demonstrated that viruses from two live-attenuated poultry vaccines have combined in the field to produce new infectious viruses “responsible for widespread disease in Australian commercial poultry flocks.”

Biotech Life Sciences trade mission to Australia announced

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Australia, USA
  • -
  • June 21 2012

The U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration and U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service have announced an October 29-November 2, 2012, Biotech Life Sciences trade mission to Australia

Rudd Center study examines obesity-related health messaging

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Australia, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • September 14 2012

Researchers with Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity have published a study purportedly assessing the effectiveness of “major obesity public health campaigns from the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.”

Studies claim food and beverage youth marketing in Australia fails ad regs

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • October 19 2012

Researchers with the New South Wales Cancer Council and University of Adelaide have assessed food and beverage TV advertisements broadcast in five major Australian cities during children’s programming from September 1 to October 31, 2010, and found a total of 951 breaches of both mandatory and voluntary regulations

Will plain cigarette packs in Australia lead to similar food-packaging restrictions?

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • August 17 2012

In the wake of an Australian High Court ruling validating regulations requiring cigarettes to be sold in plain packages, some commentators are speculating whether other products, such as alcoholic beverages and fast food, will be subject to the same types of restrictions

Australian Medical Association tackles alcohol marketing

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • September 21 2012

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has released a 60-page report in conjunction with its National Summit on Alcohol Marketing to Young People that accuses industry of targeting children with new media tactics as well as alcohol-flavored food and cosmetic products

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