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State of California Passes Law Limiting Sugary Drinks Offered in Children’s Meals

By Justin J. Prochnow on February 11, 2019
Posted in California, Food & Beverage Industry, GT Alert

On Jan. 1, 2019, a new law aiming to limit children’s intake of sugary beverages became effective. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the “Children’s Meals” law on Sept. 20, 2018,…
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Prop 65 Ruling Based on Old Science

By Greenberg Traurig on May 16, 2018
Posted in Prop 65

Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Anthony J. Cortez and Associate Will Wagner co-authored an article in the Tea and Coffee Trade Journal titled “Prop 65 Ruling Based on Old Science,” discussing a…
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Greenberg Traurig’s Food & Beverage Group Presents at Natural Products ExpoWest

By Greenberg Traurig on March 28, 2017
Posted in Event, Food & Beverage Industry, Prop 65

Greenberg Traurig’s Food & Beverage practice group recently gave a very well-attended presentation at the world’s largest natural, organic, and healthy products show of the year in Anaheim, California, Natural…
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Glyphosate Litigation Primer

By Rob Herrington & Frank Citera on May 3, 2016
Posted in Litigation, Product Safety, Prop 65

Introduction

Plaintiffs’ lawyers in several states are investigating cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and other forms of cancer in individuals exposed to the widely used herbicide glyphosate. These investigations follow on…
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Are Sugary Drink Warnings Coming to California?

By Jordan Grotzinger on April 18, 2014
Posted in FDA, Food & Beverage Industry, Food Litigation

California isn’t exactly known as a business-friendly state.  In some ways, the governor has tried to change that.  He’ll have an interesting choice to make if a recently-passed senate bill…
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