Category: Firm News
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SHB Attorneys Discuss Food Labeling Litigation Based on Product Testing in Law360
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Agribusiness & Food Safety attorneys Ann Havelka and Jeff Lingwall provided an analysis of putative class action labeling claims against Salov North America and its Filippo Berio® brand of olive oil in a February 20, 2015, article for Law360. Kumar v. Salov North America Corp., No. 4:14_CV-02411 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 3,…
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Shook Partner Discusses “Pros” and “Cons” of Self-Reporting Potential FCPA Violations in DRI Publication
Shook, Hardy & Bacon White Collar Defense & Government Investigations Practice Co-Chair David Maria provides a detailed discussion of typical issues that companies doing business internationally face in deciding whether to self-report to the U.S. government potential criminal conduct under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in the winter 2015 issue of DRI’s In-House Defense…
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McDonough Honored as NLJ Litigation Trailblazer & Pioneer
The National Law Journal (NLJ) recently recognized Shook, Hardy & Bacon Agribusiness & Food Safety Co-Chair Madeleine McDonough among the 50 attorneys selected for its inaugural class of Litigation Trailblazers & Pioneers. “The ‘Litigation Trailblazers & Pioneers’ list recognizes those professionals who have acted as real agents of change in their field, elevating—and in some…
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Shook Authors Discuss Purported Class Actions Against Food Cos. in Law360
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Agribusiness & Food Safety Partner Jim Muehlberger and Associate Jara Settles discuss the modern consumer protection landscape in a January 2, 2015, expert analysis published in Law360. Noting that food lawsuits “tend to garner significant notoriety,” the authors focus on recent litigation against Whole Foods Market Inc. alleging that the health-food purveyor “benefited…
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McDonough Offers Perspectives to Law360 About Food & Beverage Trends for 2015
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Agribusiness & Food Safety Co-Chair Madeleine McDonough was quoted in two January 2, 2015, Law360 articles about various legal, legislative and regulatory issues expected to affect food and beverage manufacturers in the new year. Given the September 2014 convictions of former Peanut Corp. of America owner Stewart Parnell and two other company…
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Shook Authors Discuss U.S. Regulatory and Litigation Landmines in IBA Newsletter
Global Product Liability Partners Gregory Fowler and Marc Shelley have co-authored an article titled “Food and beverage labelling and advertising in the United States: Regulatory and litigation landmines,” appearing in the September 2014 issue of the International Bar Association’s Product Law and Advertising Newsletter. The article considers the public and private challenges facing U.S. food and…
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Shook Lawyers Address Tomato Growers’ Taking Claim Ruling in Law360
Agribusiness & Food Safety Associates Ann Havelka and Jara Settles have co-authored an article titled “FDA Warning Isn’t Enough Proof for Takings Claim” published on October 17, 2014, by Law360. The authors discuss a recent Court of Federal Claims ruling that rebuffed a takings claim filed by tomato growers who alleged that a 2008 Food and…
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SHB Partners Launch Class Action Blog
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Class Actions & Complex Litigation Partners Andrew Carpenter, Scott Kaiser and Gregory Wu have launched the Missouri & Kansas Class Action Blog to provide up-to-date information about federal and state rulings in class action decisions arising in these states. New posts can be accessed by subscribing to the blog or through…