By Riëtte van Laack & John R. Fleder – In hockey parlance, a player gets a “hat trick” when the player scores three goals in one game. In the FDA enforcement world, a “hat trick” – and perhaps a “Gordie Howe hat trick” – would be the …
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- DOJ Makes History: On a Single Day It Files a Criminal Prosecution, a Consent Decree and a Criminal Forfeiture of Foods Involved in the Same IncidentJanuary 26th, 2016
- D.C. Circuit Squeezes the Juice Out of POM Wonderful; Denies POM’s Challenges to FTC Order Except for the Two-RCT Substantiation RequirementFebruary 1st, 2015
By John R. Fleder & Riëtte van Laack – On Friday, January 30, almost nine months after the oral argument, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its Opinion in POM Wonderful Inc. v. FTC. We have previously blogged on this case (see …
- FTC Hammers POM Wonderful: Now On to the World SeriesJanuary 17th, 2013
By John R. Fleder & Riëtte van Laack – On January 16th, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued the long-anticipated Decision and Final Order in the FTC’s administrative case filed in 2010 against POM Wonderful LLC, Roll Global LLC, Stewart A. Resnick, Lynda Rae Resnick, and …
- FTC v. POM WONDERFUL: An UpdateMarch 5th, 2012
By Riëtte van Laack & John R. Fleder – After the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) entered consent orders against Nestle and Iovate (see here), prohibiting future claims for respondents’ food and dietary supplements unless they are supported by two well-controlled clinical studies, the industry has been …