by Joel Rothman | Mar 15, 2008 | NutriSupLaw
Former San Diego State and NFL running back Obafemi “Femi” Ayanbadejo has filed suit against Nevada sports supplement company ALR Industries claiming he tested positive for steroids last year because he took a supplement made by ALR. The positive test...
by Joel Rothman | Jan 10, 2008 | NutriSupLaw
According to this report from the Carlisle, Pennsylvania newspaper The Sentinel, Boiling Springs High School Student Andrew Figueiredo was suspended from school for taking 3 dietary supplement pills at lunch in the cafeteria. South Middleton School District...
by Joel Rothman | Jan 1, 2008 | NutriSupLaw
Excellent article in Today’s New York Times entitled On a Remote Path to Cures about the Peruvian herbal remedy maca, its cultivation, and the marketing of maca as a natural herbal supplement. The principal focus of the piece is Chris Kilham a/k/a “The...
by Joel Rothman | Feb 16, 2007 | NutriSupLaw
In its 2007 Budget Justification Summary, the Federal Trade Commission warned that in the coming year it will continue to scrutinize dietary supplement marketing practices. The FTC highlighted health products, including dietary supplements, as a key area on which it...
by Joel Rothman | Nov 2, 2006 | NutriSupLaw
The US Tax Court has held that when a dietary supplement manufacturer suffers “shrinkage” of inventory due to spoilage of supplements it may reduce its cost of goods sold, and its corresponding tax burden, by the value of the lost supplements. TOTAL HEALTH...