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Prop. 65: lawsuit targets fish oil supplements containing PCBs
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 12 2010
Environmental and public health groups have sued eight manufacturers and retailers of fish oil supplements sold in California under the state Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Prop. 65) alleging that the fish oil supplements contain high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and require warning labels
Procedural missteps doom trade association challenge to EPA rule ending domestic pesticide tolerances
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- July 30 2010
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld, in part, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) denial of objections filed to its final rule revoking all residues of the pesticide carbofuran permitted on or in raw and processed foods
Consumers taking new shots at product manufacturers
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- April 29 2010
With an increasing number of companies touting their products as "green" or "environmentally friendly," consumers have reportedly begun challenging those claims in court complaining that they paid more for products that did not meet their expectations
Enjoining GM alfalfa deregulation went too far according to U.S. Supreme Court
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- June 25 2010
In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has determined that a district court erred in enjoining the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) from even partially deregulating Monsanto’s Roundup Ready alfalfa while the agency takes steps to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA
Appellate court rejects challenge to Prop. 65 listing method
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- June 17 2011
A California court of appeal has ruled valid the methods by which the state updates the list of chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Prop. 65
SCOTUS to hear appeal on California slaughterhouse rules
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- July 1 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted the petition for certiorari filed by the National Meat Association (NMA) to review a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision denying NMA’s request for preliminary injunction in a challenge to the application of California’s rules requiring the humane treatment of downer animals in slaughterhouses
Failure-to-warn claims against tuna co. not preempted, says federal court
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- October 14 2011
Granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss in part, a federal court in New York has allowed further proceedings on most of the claims filed by a man who alleged that consuming one to two cans of tuna daily for more than two years caused his mercury poisoning
Recent court developments: BPA, Nutella and Alaskan fishing regulations litigation
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- July 15 2011
A multidistrict litigation court in Missouri has denied motions for class certification in 24 transferred cases against companies that make baby bottles and sippy cups allegedly containing bisphenol A (BPA
Recent agreements to settle disputes: contaminated GE rice lawsuits, dairy pricing and false pet food ads
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- July 15 2011
Bayer CropScience has agreed to pay up to $750 million to settle the claims of rice farmers who allege that the company’s genetically engineered (GE) rice contaminated their conventional crops and led to market losses when some countries closed their borders to U.S
Claims rejected: deregulation of GE alfalfa, lead in fruit juice, MDL transfer of “all natural” Skinnygirl Margarita actions, U.S. Supreme Court review of $97.4-million Nicaraguan judgment in banana worker exposure to pesticides
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Nicaragua, USA
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- January 13 2012
According to news sources, the Center for Food Safety, which lost its challenge to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) decision to deregulate without restriction genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa, plans to appeal the matter to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
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