Research Materials

Zackler & Associates has published many articles on a broad range of topics including trademarks, advertising, and Bioterrorism to name a few. We have an index of articles that may be of interest to you. Click on the topics to jump to the index of articles for that topic.

• Advertising & Labeling
• Business Formation & Practice
• Dietary Supplements
• Fat News
• FDA & USDA Related Articles
• Legal News
• Miscellaneous
• Table Scraps
• Trademarks

Advertising & Labeling

• New Tools to Help Consumers Use the Nutrition Facts Label (FMLU Winter 2007)
• Updated Labeling Guidelines for Fruit, Vegetables and Fish (FMLU Winter 2007)
• Cereal and Cigarettes: Is Kellogg The New Big Tobacco? (FMLU Spring 2006)
• Food Allergen Labeling Guidelines (Spring 2006)
• Is It A Food, A Supplement, or A Drug? (FMLU Summer 2004)
• FDA Adopts New Trans Fat Labeling (FMLU Fall 2003)
• Tropicana Agrees to Change Fresh Claim in "Pure Premium Orange Juice" Ad (FMLU Fall 2003)
• Grey Goose and Belvedere Battle Over Vodka Ratings (FMLU Fall 2003)
• Eggo Ad Runs Afoul of Children's Advertising Guidelines (FMLU Fall 2003)
• FDA Rescinds Olestra Labeling Requirements (FMLU Fall 2003)
• New Study Confirms That Trans Fatty Acids are Very Bad and Lack Any Redeeming Nutritional Value (FMLU Summer 2002)
• Divided California Supreme Court Holds State Unfair Practices and False Advertising Laws can be Applied to Corporate "Image" Advertising (FMLU Summer 2002)
• New Country of Origin Labeling Requirements (FMLU Summer 2002)
• New Organic Labeling Rules To Go Into Effect (FMLU Summer 2002)
• FTC Settles "Made in USA" Mislabeling Claims (FMLU Winter 2002)
• FDA Asserts Labeling Regulation Jurisdiction Over Website Content (FMLU Winter 2002)
• SoBe Beverage Agrees to Alter Weight-Loss Claims (FMLU Winter 2002)
• 21 Indicted in McDonald's Game Fraud (FMLU Winter 2002)

Business Formation & Practice

• Zackler & Associates' Presentations
• 10 Things You Need to Do As An Entrepreneur (Winter 2005)
• An Entrepreneur's Choice of Entity (Spring 2004)

Dietary Supplements

• FDA to Ban Sale of Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedra (Winter 2004)
• FDA Issues New Policy Statement Concerning Health Claims on Dietary Supplements & Food (Winter 2003)
• National Football League Bans Ephedrine Use (Winter 2002)
• Starbucks Acused of Spiking Tea with Ephedrine (Winter 2002)
• FDA Issues Warning Over Lipokinetix (Winter 2002)

FAT NEWS

• The War on Trans Fats (FMLU Winter 2007)
• Another McDonalds' Case (Fall 2005)
• Cereal Companies Sued Over "Low Sugar" Claim (Fall 2005)
• Is A Trans Fat Ban Coming? (Fall 2005)
• Is Obesity the Public Policy Wave of the Future or a Dying (No Pun Intended) Issue? (Winter 2005)
• Fat People Lawsuit Against McDonald's `is Dismissed (Winter 2003)
• Fast Food Wars Start in Earnest (Winter 2003)
• A Few Predictions (Winter 2003)

FDA & USDA

• New Health Claim: Low Fat Diets and the Risk of Heart Disease (FMLU Winter 2007)
• USDA Conundrum: What is Organic Fish? (FMLU Winter 2007)
• Presenting the New Qualified Health Claim: Canola Oil (FMLU Winter 2007)
• Final Rule on Use of Cattle Materials in Food & Cosmetics: Record Keeping Requirements (FMLU Winter 2007)
• McDonald's Round Three (Spring 2006)
• The Whole, Grain, Truth (Spring 2006)
• Locking in on "Lean" (Spring 2006)
• Your Ingredients Aren't GRAS - Maybe They're EAFUS? (Fall 2005)
• FDA To California Attorney General: Hands Off Our Label (Fall 2005)
• FDA Withdraws Proposed Actions Over 5 Years Old
• FDA Implements the Recordkeeping Authority in the Bioterrorism Act (Winter 2005)
• FDA Reopens Comment Period for Nutrient Content & Health Claims (FMLU Summer 2004)
• BIOTERROR UPDATE: FDA Issues Final Detention Rule (FMLU Summer 2004)
• FDA to Ban Sale of Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedra (Winter 2004)
• How Now Mad Cow? (FMLU Winter 2004)
• FDA Publishes Second & Final Set of Proposed Bioterrorism Rules (FMLU Fall 2003)
• FDA Adopts New Trans Fat Labeling (FMLU Fall 2003)
• USDA Publishes Irradiation Specs for Frozen Ground Beef (FMLU Fall 2003)
• FDA Adopts New Procedures for Submittal of "Qualified" Health Claims (FMLU Fall 2003)
• FDA Approves Qualified Claims for Nuts and Coronary Heart Disease (FMLU Fall 2003)
• Oatrim Added to List of Nutrients That Can Make Health Claim for Fiber and Coronary Heart Disease (FMLU Fall 2003)
• FDA Begins Implementation of Bioterrorism Act (FMLU Winter 2003)
• FDA Issues New Policy Statement Concerning Health Claims on Dietary Supplements and Food (Winter 2003)
• Industry Disputes FDA's Proposed Trans Fat Warning Label (FMLU Winter 2003)
• FDA Asks for Comments on Commercial Speech Issues (FMLU Summer 2002)
• USDA Moves to Eliminate Frozen Meat Pizza Standard of Identity (FMLU Winter 2002)
• FDA Issues Warning Over Lipokinetix (Winter 2002)

Legal News

• California Amends Unfair Practices Act (Winter 2005)
• Bankrupt Customer? You May Be Able to Get Paid (FMLU Summer 2004)
• Yes, There Are Criminal Prosecutions for Violation of the FDCA Act (FMLU Winter 2004)
• Rigged Frozen Coke Marketing Test Prompts Settlement Offer and Criminal Investigation (FMLU Fall 2003)
• Supreme Court Punts on Karsky Appeal (FMLU Fall 2003)
• Texas Will Not Appeal Verdict Allowing Direct Wine Shipments (FMLU Fall 2003)
• European Court Sides with Producers in Geographical Food Names Dispute (FMLU Fall 2003)
• New California Organic Law Goes Into Effect (FMLU Winter 2003)
• Racketeering Law Allows Competitors and Employees to Sue Companies Hiring Illegal Workers (FMLU Winter 2003)
• Prop 65 Lawsuits Filed Against Big Fries and Big Chains (FMLU Winter 2003)
• FTC Extends "Sliding Scale" COPPA Consent Rule; Fines Company for Violations (FMLU Summer 2002)
• FTC Sues to Block Seagram Deal (FMLU Winter 2002)
• FTC Approves Nestle Purchase of Ralston Purina (FMLU Winter 2002)

 

Miscellaneous

• Secret for the “French Paradox” Discovered? (FMLU Winter 2007)
• Food Marketing to Children (Spring 2006)
• CFSAN Announces its new Office of Food Safety, Defense, and Outreach
• FTC Targets CortiSlim and CortiStress for False and Unsubstantiated Claims
• Atkins Drops “Net Carbs” From Their Food Labels
• In Defense of Trial Lawyers...(Well, Sort Of)
• It's 1:00AM, Do You Know Where Your Distressed Product Is? (FMLU Winter 2004)
• COMMENT: Get Ready for Lots More Regulation (FMLU Winter 2004)
• Availability of Irradiated Food Products Growing (FMLU Winter 2003)

Table Scraps

• BioTech- What It's Really All About (FMLU Summer 2004)
• Senate Passes Allergen Labeling Bill (FMLU Summer 2004)
• Low Carb as to What? (FMLU Summer 2004)
• Low Carb, But Bad (FMLU Summer 2004)
• Remember COPPA? (FMLU Summer 2004)
• Watch Out for the Hotdogs- They're Loaded (and We Don't Mean With Fat) (FMLU Summer 2004)
• EU's Name That Food Saga #613 (FMLU Winter 2003)
• Mandatory Recall Bill Introduced (FMLU Winter 2003)
• Karsky Goes to the Supremes (FMLU Winter 2003)
• Next They'll Be Flying (FMLU Winter 2003)
• What's in a Name? Injunction Issued Against Product Name that Conveyed False Message (FMLU Winter 2003)
• EU Asks WTO to Prohibit the Use of Geographical Names on Foods Produced Outside their Area of Origin (FMLU Summer 2002)
• Slicing and Dicing Won't Be Covered by EU's Region of Origin Labeling Proposal (FMLU Summer 2002)
• Is it Stoli or _____? (FMLU Summer 2002)
• Watch Out Fast Food Industry (FMLU Summer 2002)
• FDA Responds to Citizen's Petition (FMLU Summer 2002)
• FDA Approves of GRAS (FMLU Summer 2002)

Trademarks

• Trademark Protection at the Border (Fall 2005)
• Trademarks! Trademarks! How to Use Them and How to Lose Them (FMLU Summer 2004)
• Registering Domestic & International Trademarks - The Madrid Protocol (FMLU Summer 2004)
• Swedish "Aphrodisiac" Drink Niagra Changes Name (FMLU Summer 2002)

 

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