by Joel Rothman | Aug 31, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
This is Part II of the Post that began here in which we discuss the three important suits filed this summer by supplement lawyer Jonathan Emord challenging FDA administrative action on first amendment grounds. The cGMP Challenge – FDA Overreaching? The FDA supplement...
by Joel Rothman | Aug 29, 2009 | NutriSupLaw, trademarks
Supplement lawyer Jonathan Emord has filed three important suits this summer challenging FDA administrative action on first amendment grounds. The suits were all filed on behalf of long-time Emord clients Durk Pearson, Sandy Shaw, the Alliance for Natural Health, and...
by Joel Rothman | Aug 26, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
A Dallas jury awarded Advocare MLM franchisees Bruce and Teresa Badgett of Arlington, Texas $1.9 million after finding that the company violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by canceling agreements with distributors . According to attorney Ted Anderson of...
by Joel Rothman | Aug 24, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
Dr. Mehmet Oz may have bid farewell to the Oprah Winfrey Show in May, but the pair are back together again, this time as plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed in federal court in New York against dozens of companies they claim used their images and false endorsements to...
by Joel Rothman | Aug 3, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
While no one admitted any wrong, two former officers of Nature’s Sunshine Products Inc. and the company have agreed to pay a total of $650,000 in civil penalties in connection with a Securities & Exchange Commission investigation of NSP’s Brazilian...