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Dietary Supplement and Personal Care Products Regulatory Highlights – February 2021
Welcome to our monthly roundup of regulatory and litigation highlights impacting the dietary supplement and personal care products industries. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the read. February was a short month, with a lot…
Dietary Supplement and Personal Care Products Regulatory Highlights – January 2021
Welcome to our monthly roundup of regulatory and litigation highlights impacting the dietary supplement and personal care products industries. NAD NAD tackled substantiation for “ #1 Dermatologist Recommended ”…
Ghirardelli Defeats White Baking Chips False Advertising Claims Premised On Faulty Survey Evidence
Last month, a California court, for a second time, dismissed a class action complaint asserting that Ghirardelli’s advertising for its “Classic White” “Premium Baking Chips” created the false impression that the…
What will “Phase II” of COVID-19 Class Actions Look Like?
As we previously reported, “Phase I” of class action filings relating to the COVID-19 pandemic has become a significant contagion of its own with more than 500 cases being filed since March challenging refund…
Cosmetic or Drug? California Federal Court Refuses to Say.
Despite the lack of a private right of action to enforce the U.S. Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (“FDCA”), the plaintiffs’ bar continually tries to use the FDCA to support other causes of action, and more often…