By Wes Siegner, John R. Fleder & Ricardo Carvajal – In U.S. v. Scenic View Dairy, LLC, et. al., the government prevailed on summary judgment in an injunction action against dairy farms alleged to market cows bearing unlawful drug residues. Although nominally a veterinary drug case, …
By Ricardo Carvajal & John R. Fleder – In Federal Trade Commission v. Medlab, Inc., the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted summary judgment on April 21, 2009, to the FTC in an action against a marketer of weight loss products, which …
By Ricardo Carvajal & John R. Fleder – On April 20, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand the Third Circuit’s decision in Fellner v. Tri-Union Seafoods. As we discussed in a prior posting, Fellner’s lawsuit contends that Tri-Union is guilty of negligence under New Jersey …
By Ricardo Carvajal & John R. Fleder – On April 17, 2009, DOJ’s Office of Information Policy (“OIP”) issued guidance to federal agencies on President Obama’s FOIA Memorandum of January 21st and Attorney General (“AG”) Holder’s subsequent FOIA March 19th guidelines. The President’s FOIA memorandum directed …
By John R. Fleder, Douglas B. Farquhar & Ricardo Carvajal – The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California (Sacramento) has announced guilty pleas by two individuals for fraudulent activities in connection with their distribution of tomato products. Allegedly at the direction of her superiors …
By John R. Fleder, Douglas B. Farquhar & Ricardo Carvajal – FDA has obtained summary judgment and an order of permanent injunction against a Minnesota seafood supplier that was found to have had an inadequate HACCP plan for more than three years, in violation of FDC …
By Ricardo Carvajal & John R. Fleder – At the invitation of the U.S. Supreme Court, the federal government has recently filed a brief as amicus curiae in the case of Albertson’s, Inc. v. Kanter (No. 07-1327) in which the government argues against preemption of California …
