Category: Issue 451
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NYU Researchers Claim Early Exposure to Antibiotics Associated with Increase in Body Mass
New York University researchers using the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children with data on more than 11,000 children have purportedly found a consistent association between antibiotic exposure in the first six months of life with “elevations in body mass index with overweight and obesity from ages 10 to 38 months.” L. Trasande, et…
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Rudd Center Posts Fall 2012 Speakers Schedule
The Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity has posted its fall 2012 speakers schedule, noting that the center “welcomes speakers from different disciplines to present and discuss their work and its implications for the study of obesity and food policy.” Among those on the roster are Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Jason Riis,…
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Brownell Co-Edits Book of Essays on Food and Addiction
Yale University Psychology Professor Kelly Brownell has published a collection of essays with co-editor Mark Gold, Food and Addiction: A Comprehensive Handbook, that, according to Amazon.com “brings scientific order to the issue of food and addiction, spanning multiple disciplines to create the foundation for what is a rapidly advancing field and to highlight needed advances…
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German Court Refuses to Stop Sale of Rival Capsules Compatible with Nestlé Coffee Machines
According to news sources, the Dusseldorf Regional Court has refused a request for preliminary injunction filed by Nestlé seeking to stop competitors from selling capsules that fit its Nespresso™ coffee makers in Germany. The court reportedly ruled that Nestlé’s patent for the machine does not extend to capsules sold at a lower price by two other…
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Wine Maker and Beer Brewer Dispute Right to Bow Tie Marks
A California winery has filed a complaint against Anheuser-Busch, LLC seeking a declaration that the winery has not infringed any of the brewer’s protectable trademark rights and that the winery’s use of the BOW TIE word mark and Bow Tie slogan to sell its wine “does not constitute unfair competition.” San Antonio Winery, Inc. v. Anheuser-Busch,…
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Migrant Farmworkers Seek Damages for Alleged Forced Labor and Debt Peonage
Four migrant farmworkers have filed suit against farm labor contractors who allegedly “recruited undocumented field workers in Mexico and the United States to work on farms (‘growers’) and relied on a pattern of threats, violence, harassment, and indebtedness to force Plaintiffs and other migrant farmworkers to perform grueling, back-breaking manual labor as Defendants transported the…
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EEOC Charges Burger King with Religious Discrimination
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a Title VII civil rights action against a Burger King restaurant claiming that it failed to accommodate the religious beliefs of a Pentecostal Christian woman who sought to wear skirts or dresses to work instead of uniform pants. EEOC v. Fries Rest. Mgmt., LLC, No. 12-3169 (N.D. Tex.,…
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Frozen Dessert Maker Sued for Misstating Calories on Packaging and in Promotions
A California resident has filed a putative nationwide class action against a company that makes low-calorie frozen desserts, alleging that they do not, as advertised, contain just “150 calories per pint.” Michelle v. Arctic Zero, Inc., No. ___ (S.D. Cal., filed August 21, 2012). According to the complaint, Arctic Zero’s Vanilla Maple dessert “has 46%…