Category: Issue 492
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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…
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Rudd Center Names New Director
Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity has announced researcher Marlene Schwartz as its next director following the departure of Kelly Brownell for Duke University’s Sanford School. According to a July 19, 2013, press release, Schwartz previously served as co-director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders, where she studied “how children’s diets…
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CSPI Urges Dannon to Remove Carmine from Yogurt
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has asked Dannon to stop using carmine—a dye reportedly derived from the dried, crushed bodies of cochineal insects—to fruit-flavored yogurt to give it a pink color. According to the advocacy watchdog, Dannon’s practice not only cheats consumers, “who might expect that the named fruits—and not the…
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National Geographic Highlights History of Sugar Consumption
“It seems like every time I study an illness and trace a path to the first cause, I find my way back to sugar,” opines University of Colorado-Denver nephrologist Richard Johnson in an August 2013 National Geographic special feature examining the history of sugar consumption. Titled “Sugar Love: A Not So Sweet Story,” the article authored by Rich Cohen…
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Increased Government Activity on Food in Post-2012 Election Period?
University of Illinois Associate Professor of Agricultural Law A. Bryan Endres has co-authored a recently published update of the law suggesting that federal government action on a variety of agriculture- and food-related topics, moribund in the months preceding the 2012 presidential election, could increase during the next few years in light of increasing public interest…
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Court Grants Narrow Class Certification in “All Natural” Suits
A federal court in California has granted motions to certify California classes of consumers in two separate consumer-fraud lawsuits involving the “all natural” claims on products made by Bear Naked, Inc. and the Kashi Co. Thurston v. Bear Naked, Inc., No. 11-2890, Astiana v. Kashi Co., No. 11-1967 (S.D. Cal., orders entered July 30, 2013). Details about…
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Olive Oil Plaintiffs Show Sufficient Damages Under CAFA
A federal court in New York has determined that while plaintiffs alleging they were sold olive-residue oil, or Pomace, instead of the “100% Pure Olive Oil” appearing on the labels of The Gourmet Factory’s Capatriti-brand products could not maintain a cause of action under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, their claims did exceed the $5 million…
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Former Employees Sue Beverly Hills Restaurant over Wages
According to a news source, upscale Rodeo Drive sushi restaurant Urasawa has been sued by former employees who claim they were forbidden from taking breaks and were not paid the overtime they worked. Apparently, a California Labor Department investigation has confirmed the complaints targeting chef and owner, Hiroyuki Urasawa, whose menu includes dishes served with…