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FDA and FTC Issue Joint Warning Letters for Copycat Delta-8 THC Food Products

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued warning letters on July 16, 2024, to five companies for illegally selling and introducing into the market copycat food products...more

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"Improper” Listing of Patents in the FDA’s Orange Book

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As we previously discussed, on November 7, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sent warning letters to certain drug manufacturers regarding their purportedly improper listings of device patents in the Food and Drug...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Insights – June 2024

Explore the unique considerations for mergers and acquisitions in the AI sector, the return of IPOs, the implications of new Supreme Court decisions and other developments in this edition of Skadden’s quarterly Insights....more

Venable LLP

Mitigating Class Action Exposure: An Excerpt from the Advertising Law Tool Kit

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When it comes to mitigating the risk of class action lawsuits, the best offense is a good defense. Companies can take many steps to reduce their exposure to class action litigation before it happens, including the tactics...more

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Roundup of FTC Consumer Protection Matters of Interest to Digital Advertisers: March 2023

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In March 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced a number of consumer protection actions involving data privacy, COVID health claims, a robocall debt relief pitch scheme, and alleged harmful noncompete restrictions. The...more

King & Spalding

It’s Not Just for Dietary Supplements Anymore: FTC Revises and Expands Guidance for Health Claims

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Signaling a renewed focus on consumer protection in the health claims space, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has revamped its 1998 guidance titled Dietary Supplements: An Advertising Guide for Industry and extended the...more

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Recent DOJ Consumer Protection Branch Cases Highlight the Branch’s Enforcement Priorities

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The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Consumer Protection Branch works with other branches and federal law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute civil and criminal violations of the nation’s consumer protection...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FDA and FTC Coordination Appears to Be Escalating

Agencies of the federal government with a consumer protection mission have always tended to work closely together and to share information, but the COVID-19 pandemic has made those cooperative efforts even more visible to the...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update l August 2020 #4

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has proposed a rule that would codify the legalization of hemp cultivation and related definitions passed in the 2018 Farm Bill into the Controlled Substances Act. The amendments...more

Cozen O'Connor

COVID-19 Drug Availability | Federal Banking Rule vs. State Usury Laws | Kickbacks For Pain Meds

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COVID-19- Bipartisan Group of Attorneys General Seeks to Expand Production of Antiviral Drug- A bipartisan group of 34 AGs, led by California AG Xavier Becerra and Louisiana AG Jeff Landry, sent a letter urging the U.S....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

FDA, FTC Actions Against COVID-19 Products Continue With Florida TRO

A federal court in Florida has entered a temporary restraining order against the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing (Genesis) and four principals associated with the entity. The order requires defendants to immediately...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

False Advertising: Changing Your Business To Meet Market Needs During The COVID-19 Pandemic

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From severe shortages in medical masks and ventilation equipment worldwide to the curious “toilet paper desert” in America,  COVID-19 is creating temporary and long-term disruptions in the availability of both highly...more

Butler Snow LLP

Pro Te: Solutio – Vol. 12, No. 1

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Welcome to 2019! We hope that your New Year’s resolutions included time to sit down and enjoy our latest edition of Pro Te: Solutio. We have three intriguing articles in this edition, which are sure to provide useful...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Dietary Supplement & Cosmetics Legal Bulletin | May 2017

Senators Call For Removal of Dioxane from Cosmetic Products - U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer (DN. Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (DN. Y.) have petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit detectable levels of 1,4dioxane...more

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