The confidential settlement reached on June 28 between Beef Products Inc., and Disney-owned ABC News is not entirely a secret anymore.
The Walt Disney Company’s quarterly financial filing with the Securities and Executive Commission (SEC)
Continue Reading Looks like BPI got ABC’s insurance money plus $177 million
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to decide by March 31, 2012 whether bisphenol A, the controversial chemical known as BPA, should be banned from use in food and beverage packaging.
The FDA
Continue Reading FDA Agrees to Respond on BPA Risk by March 31
The requirement that lawsuit settlements reached on behalf of children go back to federal court for approval is giving the public an early look at what last year’s nationwide Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak may eventually cost
Continue Reading Settlements for Children Injured in Egg Outbreak
I took the time today to read again the Seattle Times article by Maureen O’Hagan, “Seattle lawyer turns into healthy food crusader,” and I was struck by a discussion I had with the reporter:
Marler,
Continue Reading Publisher's Platform: Secrecy in Settlements
It sure would be nice if one serving of yogurt a day kept you regular or that a dairy drink could boost your immunity, but apparently neither claim is true.
At least that’s what the
Continue Reading Dannon Pays $21 Million for Exaggerated Claims
U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon Wednesday removed the final obstacle blocking settlements for victims of the infamous Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella outbreak that resulted in nine deaths and 714 confirmed infections in 46
Continue Reading Litigation Twist Removed, PCA Payments Ready
U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank approved a settlement between Cargill, Inc. and Stephanie Smith, a Minnesota woman who became ill with an E. coli O157:H7 infection and suffered permanent injuries after consuming a contaminated hamburger
When the Clay County Fair in Florida gets under way tomorrow for the first ten days of April, America’s love affair with fairs will be back in season.
What remains to be seen is whether
Continue Reading Fair Season Opens With E. coli Warnings
