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Product Liability Update - July 2024

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Foley Hoag LLP publishes this quarterly Update primarily concerning developments in product liability and related law from federal and state courts applicable to Massachusetts, but also featuring selected developments for New...more

BakerHostetler

FTC Takes Nontarget to Court in Robinson-Patman Act Investigation

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There have been reports that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is leveraging the long-dormant Robinson-Patman Act as a basis for civil investigations into potential price discrimination by distributors in the alcoholic and...more

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Neora Prevails In Landmark Decision For Direct Selling Industry

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Big, BIG win for the direct selling industry, as Judge Barbara Lynn (N.D. Texas) grants judgment for Neora, LLC (formerly Nerium) on all of the FTC’s claims, including that the company was operating an illegal pyramid scheme...more

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Antitrust Lawsuit by FTC and 10 States Focuses on ‘Loyalty Programs’

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On September 29, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission – alongside a bipartisan coalition of 10 state attorneys general – sued Corteva and Syngenta, challenging “loyalty programs” pursuant to which two of the largest pesticide...more

Harris Beach PLLC

FDA and FTC Take Action Regarding Pandemic-Related Products

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous manufacturers and distributors of products ranging from CBD, to herbal products and supplements, to ingestible silver, began to market their products as those that could...more

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Update on FDA’s Comprehensive Regenerative Medicine Policies and Enforcement Activities

Since our 2018 year-end post on the busy FDA regulatory agenda, we are nearing the halfway mark of the “grace period” the Agency has extended for certain regenerative medicine product developers to come into compliance by...more

Morgan Lewis

FTC Scrutinizes Dual Distributor Communications

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A dual distribution relationship does not protect against Section 5 liability for an invitation to collude. For the first time, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has charged a company with violating Section 5 of the FTC...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Why The Recent Indictments of Nutritional Supplement Executives Matter To All Manufacturers/Distributors

Our firm has substantial experience in representing nutritional supplement manufacturers.  For that reason, the news that the Justice Department and federal agencies (such as the FTC) is engaged in a nationwide sweep of such...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Four Things You Should Know About FTC v. Sysco Corp.

On June 29, 2015, following an eight-day evidentiary hearing, a federal district court granted the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC)request for a preliminary injunction to block an $8.2 billion proposed merger between the two...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Eleventh Circuit Affirms FTC Finding that Rebate Program Served to Unlawfully Maintain Monopoly Power

The Eleventh Circuit recently affirmed a Federal Trade Commission finding that a manufacturer’s rebate program requiring exclusivity from its distributors was an unlawful maintenance of monopoly power under Section 5 of the...more

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FTC Flushes McWane in a Big Eleventh Circuit Exclusive Dealing Win

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The situations where exclusive dealing policies, explicit or tied to an aggressive discounting program, cross the line under the rule-of-reason remain far from clear. Because it involved appellate review of a Federal Trade...more

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Why Manufacturers Should Look At The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s Website

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As readers of this blog know, Pam looks at OSHA’s website often to stay up to date on news that impacts manufacturers. I tend to look at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s website to see if there are any recent orders or...more

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