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California Governor proposes Prop. 65 litigation reforms
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 10 2013
Working through California's Environmental Protection Agency, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) will collaborate with stakeholders and the legislature to advance
EC to restrict neonicotinoids in bid to protect bees
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 3 2013
Although a recent proposal to restrict the use of three neonicotinoids failed to gain support from the qualified majority of member states on an
GE labeling bills introduced in U.S. House and Senate
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- April 26 2013
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Or.) have introduced companion bills (S. 809; H.R. 1699) that would amend the federal
GMO labeling legislation proceeds in Vermont legislature
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 8 2013
Vermont's House Agriculture Committee has reportedly passed by an 8-3 vote legislation (H.112) that would require producers to label raw agricultural
FDA extends comment deadline for GE salmon assessments
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- February 15 2013
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended until April 26, 2013, the comment period for two draft environmental assessments of the proposed
Dole targeted with “greenwashing” class action
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- November 30 2012
A putative class action alleging that Dole Food Co. misleads consumers by claiming it is an environmentally friendly and socially responsible company despite purportedly purchasing bananas from growers using pesticides in Guatemala has reportedly been filed in a California federal court
French MEP feeds foie gras furor
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- France, USA
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- October 19 2012
French MEP Francoise Castex has reportedly condemned California’s statewide ban on the production and sale of any product that is “the result of force-feeding a bird for the purpose of enlarging its liver beyond normal size,” calling the prohibition on foie gras “a battle for Europe.”
FTC revises “Green Guides” for environmental marketing claims
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- October 5 2012
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has revised its Green Guides to “help marketers avoid making misleading environmental claims.”
Golden Rice study criticized on ethical grounds
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- China, USA
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- September 14 2012
A recently published study involving transgenic rice has reportedly drawn criticism from Greenpeace China, which has accused U.S. researchers of using Chinese children “as guinea pigs in a genetically engineered ‘Golden Rice’ trial.”
Environmentalists challenge GM potato trials in Ireland
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Ireland, USA
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- August 31 2012
Following the Irish Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) decision to allow genetically modified (GM) potato trials in County Carlow, a group of environmentalists and organic producers reportedly mounted a legal challenge under the Aarhus Convention which allows environmental legal issues to be pursued under a “non-prohibitively expensive order.”
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- Jurisdiction - USA
- Workarea - Environment
- Workarea - Product Liability
- Author - Madeleine McDonough
- Author - Mark Anstoetter