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NY AG Settles With 3 Mobile Health App Makers on Misleading Claims Charges

The developers of three popular health-related mobile apps have agreed to settle allegations that they potentially harmed consumers by making misleading claims about the accuracy of the technologies' results, the New York Attorney General's Office announced Thursday.
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The Recorder

California Considers Options to Meet Marijuana Deadline

California officials will likely need to rely on emergency rules, provisional licenses and grace periods to ensure the state's recreational marijuana market is up and running by Jan. 1, 2018, the state's lead pot regulator said Monday.
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National Law Journal

Jeff Sessions Says He'll Review 'Effectiveness' of DOJ's Marijuana Guidance

Amid the tension between state and federal law, the cannabis industry has struggled to access banking and insurance services widely available to most U.S. businesses. Donald Trump's nomination of Alabama Republican Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general was widely seen as a potential setback to the industry as companies and their lawyers navigate new regulatory schemes on the state level—and keep an eye on federal authorities. Sessions has long been critical of the drug. The nominee opened up about marijuana enforcement, and white-collar matters, in questions he submitted to senators weighing his nomination.
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The Recorder

California Regulators Want to Open Doors for Marijuana Tax Payments

Newly introduced legislation would expand the number of government offices where cannabis business owners can pay state fees and taxes, a nod to the safety issues inherent in what largely remains an all-cash industry. One big problem for marijuana business is that most banks and credit unions balk at handling marijuana business receipts, fearful of punishment from federal regulators.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: A Rare Feat in a Billion Dollar Drug Fight

In a case with billions of dollars at stake, McDermott Will & Emery partners William G. Gaede III and Sarah C. Columbia won a rare post-trial ruling for Amgen Inc. that booted a rival's drug from the market.
16 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The FDA in 2016: Watch What You Eat

The FDA paid more attention to ingredients and how products were labelled after being pressured by consumers. What does it mean for producers?
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Litigation Daily

Paltry Justice in Food Poisoning Case as ConAgra Gets Off for Peanuts

Two companies. Two outbreaks of salmonella-tainted peanut butter. And two very different outcomes.
15 minute read

National Law Journal

FDA Not Liable for $15 Million in Damages Sought by Produce Grower for Food Safety Warning Error

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Rules that a South Carolina tomato farmer could not recover damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act for an erroneous emergency FDA food safety warning directed at tomatoes when imported peppers were later found at fault.
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New Jersey Law Journal

FDA Not Liable for $15 Million in Damages Sought by Produce Grower for Food Safety Warning Error

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cannot be held liable for financial damages suffered by farmers when it issues emergency, but erroneous, food safety warnings, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Mylan Won't Testify at EpiPen Hearing, Drawing Chuck Grassley's Ire

Obama administration officials and Mylan N.V. are declining to send representatives to testify at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this month that would explore the government's $465 million settlement with the pharmaceutical company over its alleged misclassification of the life-saving device EpiPen for purposes of Medicaid rebates.
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