Tag Archives: fda

Second Circuit narrowly interprets materiality for Lanham Act purposes

Posted on May 18, 2016 by rtushnet

Apotex Inc. v. Acorda Therapeutics, Inc., — F.3d —-, 2016 WL 2848911, No. 14–4353–cv (2d Cir. May 16, 2016)   The parties compete to make tizanidine, a drug for treating spasticity. Apotex alleged that Acorda (i) filed a sham citizen … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Cal. court sensibly rejects Fourth Circuit’s GNC rule on consumer protection claims

Posted on April 22, 2016 by rtushnet

Mullins v. Premier Nutrition Corp., 2016 WL 1534784, No. 13-cv-01271 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 15, 2016) This case revisits an issue with which courts have struggled: when consumer plaintiffs plead that a product advertised as clinically proven isn’t, is that a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Flagging supplement case revived

Posted on April 22, 2016 by rtushnet

ThermoLife Intern., LLC v. Gaspari Nutrition Inc., — Fed.Appx. —-, 2016 WL 1460171, No. 14–15180 (9th Cir.  Apr. 14, 2016)   ThermoLife sued Gaspari (GNI) false advertising under the Lanham Act and unfair competition under Arizona common law, based on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

announcing product launch and pricing can be false advertising if no launch occurs

Posted on April 7, 2016 by rtushnet

Concordia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Method Pharmaceuticals, LLC, 2016 WL 1271082, No. 3:14CV00016 (W.D. Va. Mar. 29, 2016)   Concordia bought the Donnatal line of pharmaceutical products from former plaintiff PBM. Donnatal is a prescription line of combination phenobarbital and belladonna … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

What’s in a name? A false advertising suit against a generic drug maker

Posted on March 23, 2016 by rtushnet

Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Actavis, Inc., 2016 WL 1090356, No. 12-cv-7591 (D.N.J. Mar. 21, 2016)   Endo sued Actavis under federal and state law for allegedly falsely marketing a generic form of oxymorphone hydrochloride extended-release tablets. The court got rid … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Advertising law at Cardozo

Posted on February 26, 2016 by rtushnet

Cardozo Law Conference: New Impressions of Advertising Law   Panel 1: False Advertising (herein of Pom Wonderful v. FTC) Moderator: Brett Frischmann | Professor and Director, Cardozo Intellectual Property & Information Law Program, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law   … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

FDLI symposium: John Coates keynote on deconstitutionalizing corporate speech

Posted on October 30, 2015 by rtushnet

John Coates, John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics, Research Director, Center on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School: Re-de-constitutionalizing Corporate & Commercial Speech   What I see as a mess in my space is even more of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

FDLI symposium part 2: First Amendment/Commercial Speech

Posted on October 30, 2015 by rtushnet

Session 2: Constraints on Commercial Speech and the First Amendment   Moderator: Richard Cleland, Assistant Director, Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection   Tracing the FTC’s Line Between Advertising and Free Speech Katie Bond, Senior Associate, Kelley Drye   … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

FDLI symposium on constitutional challenges to FDA

Posted on October 30, 2015 by rtushnet

FDLI Symposium: Constitutional Challenges to FDA Law & Regulation   Session 1:  Compelled Speech Moderator: Allison Zieve, Director, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Vice-Chair, FDLI   First Amendment Limits on Compulsory Labeling Nigel Barrella, Sole Practitioner, Washington DC   Review of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Consumers can’t bring the claim that Pom could against Minute Maid

Posted on August 21, 2015 by rtushnet

Stansfield v. Minute Maid Co., 2015 WL 4873685, No. 4:14cv290 (N.D. Fla. Aug. 13, 2015)   The court kicked out consumer protection claims based on the same falsity alleged in Pom Wonderful v. Coca-Cola, on the ground that they were … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment