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Nutrition professor challenges congressman’s Defense of STOP Act

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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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

Post election update

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
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USA
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November 9 2012

The voters have now spoken in one of the most hotly contested and expensive races in American history, and the net effect of countervailing political winds was ironically to perpetuate the political status quo

Battle over “addictive” Flamin’ Hot Cheetos heats up

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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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

Cooling off public nuisance claims

Jones Day
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USA
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October 12 2012

The Ninth Circuit's ruling in Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., ___ F.3d___, 2012 WL 4215921 (September 21, 2012) represents the most recent high-profile victory against efforts to use public nuisance claims to address issues more properly left to legislative solutions

Mercury Policy Project report targets school tuna

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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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

Failure to warn defense gets boost from Ninth Circuit decision

Husch Blackwell LLP
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USA
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August 10 2012

A recent U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal’s decision in favor of Taser International, Inc. provides valuable information and support for the use of scientific information and state of the art evidence in defending a failure to warn case

Taser had no duty to warn about metabolic acidosis

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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July 19 2012

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that a company which manufactures electronic-control devices, or “tasers,” did not know, when the product was made and distributed, that repeated exposure could lead to fatal levels of metabolic acidosis and thus, under California law, had no duty to warn about this risk

Massachusetts federal court holds contractual privity required for breach of warranty claims by commercial entities against product manufacturers and sellers

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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April 17 2012

In First Choice Armor & Equipment, Inc. v. Toyobo America, Inc., 2012 WL 834123 (D. Mass. Feb. 17, 2012), the plaintiff body armor manufacturer purchased from a third-party weaving company ballistic fabric, intended for use in bulletproof vests, which the company had made from woven Zylon fabric manufactured by the defendants

Department of Veterans Affairs issues final rule on in-person, on-site promotion of drugs and drug-related supplies

King & Spalding LLP
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USA
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March 20 2012

On March 5, 2012, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released a Final Rule governing “on-site, in-person promotional activities, including educational activities” by pharmaceutical company representatives at VA medical facilities

The government as ventriloquist

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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March 19 2012

So-called "disclosure" regimes implemented by federal, state and local governments are a familiar part of everyday life

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Nutrition professor challenges congressman’s Defense of STOP Act

Post election update

Battle over “addictive” Flamin’ Hot Cheetos heats up

Cooling off public nuisance claims

Mercury Policy Project report targets school tuna

Failure to warn defense gets boost from Ninth Circuit decision

Taser had no duty to warn about metabolic acidosis

Massachusetts federal court holds contractual privity required for breach of warranty claims by commercial entities against product manufacturers and sellers

Department of Veterans Affairs issues final rule on in-person, on-site promotion of drugs and drug-related supplies

The government as ventriloquist

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