Category: Spotlight
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Silverman Publishes “In Search of the Reasonable Consumer: When Courts Find Food Class Action Litigation Goes Too Far”
Shook Partner Cary Silverman has authored an article for the University of Cincinnati Law Review arguing for a consistent application of the “reasonable consumer” standard in food and beverage litigation. Describing frequent litigation targets such as foods labeled as “natural” and packages containing “excessive slack fill,” Silverman explains that in some cases, “a plaintiff’s alleged…
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Shook Attorneys to Present on Prop. 65 with Western Growers
Shook Partners Paul La Scala and Naoki Kaneko, with Associate Emily Weissenberger, will join Western Growers Vice President and General Counsel Jason Resnick for a complimentary webinar on the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Prop. 65). The webinar will cover (i) Prop. 65 warnings at facilities; (ii) product labels on packaging and websites;…
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Shook Attorneys Present Part I of Webinar Series on Navigating Prop. 65
Shook Partners Frank Rothrock, Naoki Kaneko and Chris Johnson, with Associate Emily Weissenberger, have presented a webinar on California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Prop. 65). Available on demand, the webinar covers an overview of Prop. 65 and strategies for managing its regulatory scheme.
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Shook, McDonough and Anstoetter Earn Top Honors in JD Supra 2018 Readers Choice Awards
Shook, Hardy & Bacon has been named the “Top Firm for Food & Beverage” news in the JD Supra 2018 Readers Choice Awards, chosen by readers from more than 50,000 authors whose work was published on the site in 2017. Madeleine McDonough and Mark Anstoetter were ranked first and second “Top Authors” in Food & Beverage out…
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GMA Conference Panels Explore Trends in Class Actions, Organic Production
Litigation, increasing online grocery shopping and consumer concerns regarding product ingredients were hot topics at the 2018 Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) conference. Founded in 1908, GMA comprises more than 250 food, beverage and consumer product companies—collectively, consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies—and works as an advocate for its members and the industry. Many of the event’s…
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Shook Attorneys to Present at GMA Legal Conference
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Partners Jim Muehlberger and Lindsey Heinz, along with Associate Naoki Kaneko, will present at the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) 2018 Legal Conference February 27-28, 2018, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Heinz will join a “Roundtable Discussion on Legal Issues for Organic Products,” which will center on the continual market growth of organics,…
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Tracing the Trends Through 15 Years of the Food and Beverage Litigation Update
For our final edition of 2017, the Food and Beverage Litigation Update is highlighting stories that have changed the industry over the Update‘s first 15 years. With help from our archives, we have tracked how these stories have evolved and continue to affect food and beverage companies. Thank you for joining us each week—we hope…
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Introducing the Food & Beverage Litigation Update Website!
This week, Shook, Hardy & Bacon celebrates 15 years of the Food & Beverage Litigation Update. Our first issue, published October 9, 2002, explored a number of legislative and litigation trends—including a governmental initiative to ban soft drinks in schools, a lawsuit challenging allegedly toxic ingredients in a protein bar and a U.S. Food and…