by Joel Rothman | Jul 6, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
Calvin Pace of the New York Jets will be sitting out the first four games of the 2009 season because he violated the National Football League’s policy on doping. Unlike other athletes such as New York Yankees pitcher Sergio Mitre (who just completed a 50-game...
by Joel Rothman | May 24, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
There was a ton of buzz this past week about the article by David Epstein and George Dohrmann in Sports Illustrated entitled “What You Don’t Know Might Kill You.” Even my Dad emailed it to me. The criticism of supplements by SI is flawed in so many...
by Joel Rothman | May 7, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
The company says that its product will boost testosterone levels by 10,000%. The plaintiffs says the product is snake oil marked up to $70 a package. So begins a class-action lawsuit filed in California superior court May 6. The suit says that Musclemeds makes false...
by Joel Rothman | Feb 16, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
A swimmer who missed the Olympics says she doesn’t have a drug problem: A Texas supplement company does. Jessica Hardy claims in a lawsuit that AdvoCare International Co. caused her to be disqualified from the U.S. team because the products Arginine Extreme and...
by Joel Rothman | Jan 23, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
The peanut butter/paste Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak has witnessed another functional food victim with the recall of GNC’s Triflex peanut butter chews products. The recall is detailed on the FDA website here. As you may have heard, all of the recent...