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WHO issues global alert on new strain of avian influenza (H7N9)

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • China, Global, USA
  • -
  • April 12 2013

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a global alert and response update on a new strain of novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus identified

FOE report critical of GM crop data

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • March 4 2011

Friends of the Earth (FOE) International has published a February 2011 report claiming that "the biotech industry and its sponsors generate considerable hyperbole about the benefits that GMOs genetically modified organisms provide to farmers, consumers and the environment."

WTO panel issues preliminary ruling against COOL

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • June 17 2011

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has reportedly issued a preliminary ruling that U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) laws violate the organization’s Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade

Celebrity endorsements blamed for kids’ “junk” food choices

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • March 15 2013

A University of Liverpool study contends that "celebrity endorsement of a food product encourages children to eat more of the endorsed product." The

WTO rebuffs U.S. COOL regulations

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • December 2 2011

A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel has issued a ruling against the United States in a dispute with Mexico and Canada over country-of-origin labeling (COOL) regulations for beef and pork products

News bytes

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • July 14 2011

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) agrees to participate in a pilot program to test an enhanced framework for the Patent Prosecution Highway

WTO nixes “dolphin-safe” labels on U.S. tuna

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Global, Mexico, USA
  • -
  • September 16 2011

Concluding that “dolphin-safe” tuna product labels authorized by the U.S. Commerce Department “are more trade-restrictive than necessary to achieve a legitimate objective,” a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel has given a partial victory to Mexico, which filed a complaint in 2009 claiming that the labels were illegal because they excluded Mexican yellowfin tuna from the U.S. market and shut down one-third of its tuna fleet

WTO rejects U.S. appeal in COOL dispute

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • July 13 2012

The World Trade Organization Appellate Body has partially rejected the U.S. Office of the Trade Representative’s (USTR’s) appeal in a dispute with Canada and Mexico over “country of origin” labeling (COOL) for beef and pork products

New report targets global threats to rivers

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • October 15 2010

A recent study claims that the world's rivers are in crisis, threatened by pollutants and development

Hazmat: Coast Guard proposes harmonizing bulk hazmat regulations with international rules

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • June 25 2010

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a proposed rule that would harmonize its bulk solid hazardous materials regulations with those of the International Maritime Organization. 75 Fed. Reg. 34,573 (061710

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