Category: Legal Literature
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James O’Reilly, “Nano’s Dirty Little Secret: Industrial Users of Nanotechnology Should Start Developing a Daubert Strategy and Liability Defenses,” BNA Product Safety & Liability Reporter, February 2009
University of Cincinnati College of Law Professor James O’Reilly recommends that defense lawyers begin preparing now for a reasonably predictable wave of litigation involving exposures to nano-sized materials that are being used in increasing number in a variety of foods and other products. According to O’Reilly, defense lawyers should be partnering with the health, safety…
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Rudd Center Director Co-Authors Trio of Food Policy Papers
Recently published articles co-authored by Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity Director Kelly Brownell explore various aspects of addressing obesity. They include: Kelly Brownell & Kenneth Warner, “The Perils of Ignoring History: Big Tobacco Played Dirty and Millions Died. How Similar is Big Food?,” The Milbank Quarterly, 2009. This article discusses the…
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William Marler, “Serving Up Trouble,” Trial, January 2009
Food litigator William Marler discusses the 2006 spinach E. coli outbreak in this article, which provides an overview of the issues that plaintiffs’ lawyers should consider when they represent clients allegedly sickened by contaminated fresh produce. Among the issues flagged are (i) which entities are liable under a strict products liability scheme; (ii) what effect…
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Michael Roberts, “International Legal Issues Concerning Animal Cloning and Nanotechnology—More of the Same or Are ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’?,” National AgLaw Center, November 2008
Roll International Corp. Senior Counsel and former Agricultural Law Professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law, Michael Roberts discusses how disputes over the use of synthetic hormones in animal husbandry and food produced from genetically modified organisms are handled from the perspective of international trade law and international agreements addressing health, safety and…