Category: Firm News
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Shook’s Food & Beverage and Class Action Content Recognized by JD Supra 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards
JD Supra 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards selected Shook, Hardy & Bacon as the “Top Firm for Food & Beverage” news. Shook was chosen from a crowded field of more than 50,000 authors whose work was published on the site in 2018. Shook was recognized for the second consecutive year for insights and commentary in the…
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“Fine Print” Could Be A Plaintiff Lawyer’s Dream, Says Silverman
The Nutrition Business Journal spoke to Shook Partner Cary Silverman on the rise of lawsuits stemming from “clean labels” listed on food products. While consumers may want easier-to-read labels, this shortened language may open the door to potential lawsuits. Silverman, who co-authored the 2017 report “The Food Court: Trends in Food and Beverage Class Action Litigation,” for…
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Silverman Publishes “In Search of the Reasonable Consumer: When Courts Find Food Class Action Litigation Goes Too Far”
Shook Partner Cary Silverman has authored an article for the University of Cincinnati Law Review arguing for a consistent application of the “reasonable consumer” standard in food and beverage litigation. Describing frequent litigation targets such as foods labeled as “natural” and packages containing “excessive slack fill,” Silverman explains that in some cases, “a plaintiff’s alleged…
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Shook Attorneys to Present on Prop. 65 with Western Growers
Shook Partners Paul La Scala and Naoki Kaneko, with Associate Emily Weissenberger, will join Western Growers Vice President and General Counsel Jason Resnick for a complimentary webinar on the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Prop. 65). The webinar will cover (i) Prop. 65 warnings at facilities; (ii) product labels on packaging and websites;…
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Shook Attorneys Present Part I of Webinar Series on Navigating Prop. 65
Shook Partners Frank Rothrock, Naoki Kaneko and Chris Johnson, with Associate Emily Weissenberger, have presented a webinar on California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Prop. 65). Available on demand, the webinar covers an overview of Prop. 65 and strategies for managing its regulatory scheme.
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Shook, McDonough and Anstoetter Earn Top Honors in JD Supra 2018 Readers Choice Awards
Shook, Hardy & Bacon has been named the “Top Firm for Food & Beverage” news in the JD Supra 2018 Readers Choice Awards, chosen by readers from more than 50,000 authors whose work was published on the site in 2017. Madeleine McDonough and Mark Anstoetter were ranked first and second “Top Authors” in Food & Beverage out…
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Shook Attorneys to Present at GMA Legal Conference
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Partners Jim Muehlberger and Lindsey Heinz, along with Associate Naoki Kaneko, will present at the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) 2018 Legal Conference February 27-28, 2018, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Heinz will join a “Roundtable Discussion on Legal Issues for Organic Products,” which will center on the continual market growth of organics,…
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Gates Calderon Joins FDLI Conference Panel to Discuss Plant-Based Foods
Partner Katie Gates Calderon was a panelist at the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) Food Advertising, Labeling and Litigation Conference in Washington, D.C., September 13-14, 2017. She joined Jessica Almy, policy director at The Good Food Institute, and moderator Stuart M. Pape of Polsinelli PC in a discussion of “Naming of Plant-Based Food Products…