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Conference to examine marketing obesity prevention

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 30 2010

DTC Perspectives Inc. has announced the 2010 Marketing Disease Prevention in America (MDPA) Conference, which will discuss how health care marketing can effectively address obesity prevention

CMAJ editorial urges energy drink regulation

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 30 2010

"Caffeine-loaded energy drinks have now crossed the line from beverages to drugs delivered as tasty syrups," opines a July 26, 2010, Canadian Medical Association Journal editorial, which recommends "strict regulations" and warning labels comparable to those required for caffeine tablets

FDA revises qualified health claims for selenium dietary supplements

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 8 2010

According to counsel for a company that makes dietary supplements containing selenium, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to allow the company to make qualified health claims for the products that include brief disclaimers

District court orders Pelman parties to refile class certification pleadings

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 26 2010

The U.S. district court judge now presiding over the obesity-related claims in Pelman v. McDonald’s Corp. has ordered the parties to refile a number of documents previously submitted on motions addressing class certification

Stay in Snapple “natural” beverage lawsuit extinguished

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 22 2010

A federal court in New Jersey has granted the defendant's unopposed motion to extinguish the stay in a lawsuit contending that Snapple beverage products are falsely advertised as "natural" because they contain high-fructose corn syrup, a purportedly non-natural ingredient

Claims narrowed in Chewy Bars trans fat class action

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 22 2010

A federal court in California has dismissed on preemption and standing grounds a number of state-law claims against The Quaker Oats Co. in a lawsuit alleging that the company falsely advertises its Chewy Bars as containing “0 grams trans fat” when the ingredient list labeling includes hydrogenated vegetable oil

FTC obtains preliminary injunction against internet marketers making acai berry health claims

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 20 2010

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken action against companies that sell acai berry supplements, "colon cleansers" and other products online by featuring false Oprah Winfrey and Rachael Ray endorsements and illegally billing customer credit cards

Plaintiff class alleges POM Wonderful will not keep consumers young forever

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 20 2010

A putative class action has been filed against the maker of POM Wonderful pomegranate (PWP) juice in a Florida state court, alleging that the company is misleading consumers by marketing its product "as having special health benefits, including but not limited to, the prevention, mitigation, and or treatment of the following: (a) atherosclerosis; (b) Blood FlowPressure; (c) Prostate Cancer; (d) Erectile Function; (e) cardiovascular disease; (f) Reduce LDL cholesterol; (g) and other age related medical conditions

JPML denies request to consolidate Yo-Plus health claims cases

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 18 2010

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has denied a request to transfer four pending federal lawsuits to a multidistrict litigation court, finding that the common factual questions about General Mills's alleged nationwide marketing claims for its Yo-Plus yogurt products are not sufficiently complex or numerous to justify consolidation

Corporate watchdog calls for information about threats to food disparagers

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 29 2010

A corporate watchdog organization, Corporations and Health Watch, has issued a call for food industry critics who have been threatened with litigation for saying "anything critical about food," to submit information about their experience to the organization

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