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A Taste for Claims: Conducting Sensory Claim Substantiation Surveys

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This article provides an overview of sensory claim substantiation: the types of sensory claims, how to identify the right sensory claim for your product, research design methods, best practices for each type of claim, and how...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Conference] Food Law and Regulation Boot Camp - July 22nd - 23rd, 8:15 am - 2:00 pm CST

Food laws and regulations are evolving rapidly — you and your team must prepare now to navigate the changes and anticipate what’s next on the horizon. ACI's virtual Food Law and Regulation Boot Camp will equip you with the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: 2025, Issue 8

New York State Bill Aims To Take a Bite Out of Junk Food Ads for Kids - New York state lawmakers recently introduced a bill to restrict false and misleading advertising of "junk" food to children. They say the purpose of...more

Venable LLP

[Event] 11th Advertising Law Symposium - March 20th, Washington, DC

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Venable's AdLaw Symposium is back! Please join us in our Washington, DC, headquarters for this highly anticipated event focused on providing you with the information you need to promote your brand with confidence....more

Perkins Coie

Q4 2024: Food and CPG Legal Trends

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We are pleased to share our Q4 Food and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Legal Trends report. This report is a bite-size version of our annual year in review, providing timely insights on legal trends in the space. In Q4 of...more

BakerHostetler

[Podcast] AD Nauseam: Food, Glorious Food!

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On today’s episode of Ad Nauseam Amy and Daniel talk about some advertising cases relating to food marketing, including some oldies but goodies....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

[Webinar] Competition Crosshairs on the Food and Beverage Industry: DOJ and FTC Priorities in a Changing Administration - November...

Antitrust has taken center stage under the Biden Administration, and the Food and Beverage industry has been one of the main targets of increased enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Department of Justice,...more

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FDA and FTC Issue Joint Warning Letters for Copycat Delta-8 THC Food Products

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued warning letters on July 16, 2024, to five companies for illegally selling and introducing into the market copycat food products...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 8th Advanced Summit on Food Law - April 30th - May 1st, Chicago, IL

Attend ACI’s 8th Advanced Summit on Food Law – Regulation, Compliance and Litigation and obtain the tools and techniques you need to meet the legal and regulatory challenges which the food industry is now facing as well as...more

BakerHostetler

Child’s Play or Constitutional Clash? Unpacking New York’s Bold Move to Restrict Food Advertising to Kids

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Last week, New York Senate Bill S 213B, which is aimed at restricting food advertising to children, was heard by the Agriculture Committee and voted out on a 6 to 2 vote along party lines, with the Democrats in the majority....more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food and Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - December 2023

Shook Partner Published on New York Consumer Protection Laws - Cary Silverman, a partner in the firm’s Public Policy Group, was published in Albany’s Times Union letters to the editor on a proposed New York consumer...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: Brand Protection & Advertising Law News - August 2023

Plot Twist: NAD Agrees That Advertiser Makes Implied Claims of Improved Animal Welfare – But Finds Advertiser's Claim Is Substantiated - The nonprofit organization Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) filed a challenge with the...more

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Those Aren’t Doritos: FTC and FDA Send Warning Letters to Companies Marketing Delta-8 Infused Munchies

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent press release marks a continuation in government action against manufacturers of products infused with delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-8).  In May 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug...more

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FTC seeks public comment on possible updates to Green Guides

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the “Commission”) recently announced it will accept public comment on proposed updates to its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (“Green Guides”). In particular, the FTC...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update - October 2022

On October 19, 2022, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission held a forum titled “Protecting Kids from Stealth Advertising in Digital Media” to discuss ever-growing concerns over advertising to youth, particularly in the digital...more

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One Year of Action Since President Biden’s Executive Order on Competition

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Earlier this month — July 9, 2022 — marked the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy (Executive Order). The Executive Order was notable in its breadth and...more

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Baby Formula Shortage Subject of FTC Scrutiny

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On May 23, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), at the prompting of President Joe Biden, announced that it will launch a civil investigation into the ongoing shortage of baby formula throughout the country. The FTC is...more

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Year in Review: 2021 Food, Beverage & Supplement Litigation Round-Up

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Federal Made in U.S.A. Rule - In June 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted its final rule for using “Made in U.S.A.” or any variation of that statement, including the U.S. flag. While this rule imposes no new...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FTC Focuses on M&A in the Agricultural and Food Industry

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Federal antitrust enforcement in the agricultural industry had been little more than a whisper for decades. The Obama Administration announced it was making agricultural antitrust enforcement a priority and then held...more

BakerHostetler

AD-ttorneys@law - February 2022 #2

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Bunny v. Smaug - Did Annie’s smack down a snack-box slack-fill strike suit? ...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 2.10.2022

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Here are last week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: Baby Food Manufacturer Agrees to Reduce...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Food and Beverage Labeling Litigation: Recent Trends

The food and beverage industries introduced numerous technologies and products over the past year and a half that have raised new questions about advertising practices and presented novel legal issues regarding how goods are...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] Food Law – Regulation, Compliance and Litigation - May 12th - 13th, 8:15 am - 3:45 pm CDT

The food industry’s most comprehensive legal and regulatory conference, Food Law – Regulation, Compliance and Litigation, is returning this spring in a unique, interactive virtual format. Key stakeholders will discuss how to...more

Hogan Lovells

Rethinking recyclable packaging claims in an evolving litigation landscape

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Historically, neither food companies nor the plaintiffs’ bar have lost sleep over “recyclable” or “recycled content” claims. Over the past year, however, there has been increasing attention to and scrutiny of recyclable...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update l August 2020 #4

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has proposed a rule that would codify the legalization of hemp cultivation and related definitions passed in the 2018 Farm Bill into the Controlled Substances Act. The amendments...more

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