“Big Food” Beware – Suits Allege Violations of Federal Regulations in...
A wave of recent suits, primarily brought in California, has taken aim at a number of giants in the food industry over wrongly labeling products and ingredients. Though in the past plaintiff’s lawyers...
View ArticleBig Rules for Tiny Tech: Examining the Efforts to Regulate Nanotechnology
(This post is co-authored by Troy S. Flascher and Thomas F. Segalla.) Over the past few years, the push to define and regulate nanoscale materials and technology has been gaining momentum in both the...
View ArticleNew York Privacy Lawsuit against Medical Facility Involving Nurse’s Text...
There is an interesting case that has been referred by the Second Circuit to the New York Court of Appeals for an advisory opinion involving a nurse who divulged confidential protected health...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Green Chemistry Initiative Regulations Spell Cloudy Future For...
Regulations which implement the State of California’s Green Chemistry Initiative are set to take effect on October 1, 2013. However, there remains a great deal of uncertainty as to what chemicals and...
View ArticleGot Refrigeration?
On September 4, 2013, EPA announced a settlement with Safeway, the nation’s second largest grocery store chain, concerning Clean Air Act violations at 659 of its 1,412 stores. Specifically, it seems...
View ArticleAfter-Market Car Parts Prohibition Workshop
New York may have inadvertently banned from advertising, sale or installation certain catalytic converters that are mechanically mandated for certain automobiles. The New York State Department of...
View ArticleOSHA’s HazCom Rule and Personal Injury Suits
Last year, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) published a rule that modified its Hazard Communication (HazCom) requirements governing how chemical manufacturers, employers, and...
View ArticleFDA Postpones Affordable Care Act Menu Labeling Changes
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known commonly as “Obamacare,” established major regulatory overhauls to the U.S. healthcare system. In addition to provisions directly affecting the...
View ArticleUnsure What “Natural” Means? That’s Natural…
As anyone who has entered a grocery store in recent years has noticed, there has been a proliferation of foods and beverages claiming to be “natural.” This is not surprising, as according to market...
View ArticleFood Technology: Charting Unknown Territories
The ever-changing industry of food products is one that is hard to keep up with. Much like electronics, or cars, or even toys, the industry is consistently innovating and creating new technologies and...
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