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Nutrition professor challenges congressman’s Defense of STOP Act

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2013

New York University Nutrition Professor Marion Nestle has co-authored a rebuttal to claims that U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) made about a bill (H

New York Comptroller resolves shareholder resolutions on political spending disclosures

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 19 2013

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has reached agreements with several Fortune 500 companies, including Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, to disclose

Sunstein focuses on the nanny state in book review

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 8 2013

According to Law Professor and former White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Cass Sunstein, a new book addresses the

Yale alums object to food & beverage corporate sponsorship

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 8 2013

A Yale University event for women graduates will feature an address by U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and some alumnae have

USDA proposes new rules for snack foods in schools

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 8 2013

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has proposed new rules that would regulate the nutritional content of snacks, soft drinks and meals sold in

Battle over “addictive” Flamin’ Hot Cheetos heats up

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

School districts in California, New Mexico and Illinois have reportedly publicized their intention to ban “Flamin’ Hot” Cheetos snacks from campus vending machines and lunches over concerns about the product’s nutritional content

Retired military leaders say American youth “still too fat to fight”

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 5 2012

Mission: Readiness, a non-profit organization of senior retired military leaders, has issued a second report claiming that one in four young adults are still “too overweight to enlist.”

Public Citizen calls for FDA to change FOIA response policy

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

Consumer organization Public Citizen has filed a citizen petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) challenging its policy of instructing staff, when responding to requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), to not consider “minor deletions,” which can be up to 20 percent of the responsive documents, as a partial FOIA denial that would trigger a requester’s right to an administrative appeal

Mercury Policy Project report targets school tuna

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

The Mercury Policy Project (MPP) and a coalition of other consumer groups have released a report claiming that canned albacore tuna sold in U.S. schools may contain higher mercury levels than those reported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA

Court stops city’s enforcement of disclosure law in soft drink tax fight

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 14 2012

A federal court in San Francisco has issued a temporary injunction against the city of Richmond, California, to block enforcement of a law requiring campaign mailers to include information about “major funding from large out-of-city contributors.”