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Neil Buchanan, “Why New York’s (and other jurisdictions’) food regulations do not violate freedom of choice: the false notion that our tastes are of our own making,” Findlaw.com, May 20, 2010

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 21 2010

Authored by a Cornell Law School visiting scholar with a Ph.D. in economics, this legal commentary suggests that government critics err when they call efforts to address obesity an infringement on their freedom of choice

FDA issues draft and final guidance for menu labeling laws

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • August 27 2010

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released draft and final guidance to assist restaurateurs and vending machine operators in implementing the labeling provisions set out in section 4205 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010

Michelle Obama urges restaurants to offer healthier fare

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 17 2010

First Lady Michelle Obama recently urged restaurants to offer healthier fare to help reduce "obesity-related conditions" in the United States

San Francisco Board of Supervisors overrides mayoral veto of toy ban

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 10 2010

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has overruled Mayor Gavin Newsom's (D) veto of a bill prohibiting restaurants from offering toy giveaways in children's meals deemed too high in calories, salt or fat

Restaurant workers sue Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich

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

Renowned restaurateurs Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich have reportedly been sued by workers in their East and West Coast restaurants

Florida diner claims restaurant’s negligence led to artichoke-induced injury

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 5 2010

A Florida man has sued a Houston's restaurant and its manager for failing to train servers to explain to patrons how to eat grilled artichokes, contending that their negligence led to his hospitalization and exploratory bowel surgery

FDA proposes two information collections related to menu labeling law

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 5 2010

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed two new information collections related to voluntary registration, recordkeeping and mandatory third-party disclosure under section 4205 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010

California appellate court refuses to certify Chipotle employee class action

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 5 2010

A California court of appeals has denied the request of a former Chipotle employee to certify a class of current and former non-managerial employees alleging that the company violated labor laws by denying them meal and rest breaks

Menu labeling claims under Prop. 65 can proceed in California

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
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  • November 5 2010

The California Supreme Court has denied a petition for review filed by fast food restaurants seeking to overturn an intermediate appellate court ruling allowing further proceedings on claims that they violated Proposition 65 by selling grilled chicken products to consumers without appropriate warnings about carcinogens created by the cooking process

KFC advertising disputed before Delaware Chancery Court

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 5 2010

KFC franchisees have reportedly made their closing arguments before a Delaware Chancery Court in a dispute over the company's advertising policies

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