Category: Firm News
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Shook Attorneys Pen Bloomberg BNA Special Report on Discovery-Related Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Data and Discovery Strategies attorneys Jesse Weisshaar and Mark Cowing analyze changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in a newly published Bloomberg BNA: Digital Discovery & e-Evidence® special report titled “Amendments to Discovery Rules: How Will You Be Affected?” Providing a detailed overview of the amendments that took effect…
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Shook Attorneys Author WLF Monograph on Federal Preemption
Shook, Hardy & Bacon attorneys Frank Cruz-Alvarez, Jennifer Voss, Jared Sherr and Talia Zucker have authored an October 2015 Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) monograph surveying eight years of U.S. Supreme Court rulings to forecast trends in federal preemption analysis for practitioners and policymakers. With a forward by GlaxoSmithKline Senior Vice President and General Counsel Daniel…
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Shook Attorneys Explore Slack-Fill Litigation for Law360
Shook Partner Jim Muehlberger and Associate Iain Kennedy have co-authored an article for Law360 about slack-fill regulation and litigation. They note that although some product packaging uses unused space within a bottle or bag for functional purposes—transportation or theft protection, for example—companies have increasingly been targeted for litigation under the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act…
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McDonough and Settles Detail Hershey False Ad Case for Food and Drug Law Institute
Shook, Hardy & Bacon attorneys Madeleine McDonough and Jara Settles have co-authored a chapter in the Food and Drug Law Institute’s Top 20 Food and Drug Cases, 2014 and Cases to Watch, 2015. They discuss the district court’s decision in Khasin v. Hershey, in which a consumer challenged the confectioner’s label claims of health value and…
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Shook Partner Discusses “Meta” Class of Class Counsel After GMO-Rice MDL
In a May 5, 2015, Law360 analysis, Shook, Hardy & Bacon Partner Andy Carpenter chronicles a “meta” class action against Riceland Foods, Inc., a party to multidistrict litigation (MDL) stemming from the use of genetically modified organism (GMO) rice, which several thousand rice farmers alleged had tainted the U.S. rice supply. After Riceland obtained a…
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Havelka and Settles Summarize Oral Arguments in SCOTUS Raisins Taking Case
In a May 8, 2015, Law360 article titled “For High Court, 2 Scoops of Raisins In This Case,” Shook, Hardy & Bacon Partner Ann Peper Havelka and Associate Jara Settles provide an overview of the arguments in a U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s program requiring raisin farmers to set aside…
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Muehlberger and Lingwall Highlight the Role of Refunds in Avoiding Class Actions
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Partner Jim Muehlberger and Associate Jeff Lingwall assert in an April 29, 2015, Law360 analysis that offering refunds to dissatisfied consumers can benefit companies by lessening the impact of a class action or averting one altogether. “If many refunds are claimed, a court may find that named plaintiffs are not adequately…
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Shook Attorneys Discuss False Labeling Claims Based on Alleged Product Testing in Law360
In a recent article for Law360, Shook, Hardy & Bacon Class Actions & Complex Litigation Co-Chair Jim Muehlberger and Agribusiness & Food Safety Associate Jeff Lingwall discuss the new wave of putative class action litigation against food and nutraceutical companies brought by plaintiffs bearing product test results that allegedly indicate deviations from labeled amounts. They…