U.S. Courts News Reporter
Several years ago, I was giving a talk at the Association of Health Care Journalists’ conference in Boston. My talk was primarily an overview of where food safety has come since the Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in 1993.
At one point I introduced an article I found in 1993 at the beginning of the Jack in the Box litigation. The article, “Hemorrhagic colitis associated with a rare Escherichia coli serotype.” New England Journal of Medicine, 1983 Mar 24; … Read the rest
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:
On 2 October 2024, the European Commission (“Commission”) made public its proposal to postpone application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (“EUDR”), by way of an amendment to the EUDR that would postpone (a) its date of entry into application from 30 December 2024 to 30 December 2025 (and till 30 June 2026 for small and micro-enterprises) and (b) benchmarking deadline to 30 June 2025.
On the same day, the Commission also released the long overdue EUDR Draft Guidance … Read the rest
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:
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The Supreme Court’s December argument session will feature the challenge to Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors, as well as a case by survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust seeking compensation for the seizure of the property by the Hungarian government and a dispute over the Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to bar flavored e-cigarettes that are likely to appeal to young people.
The court on Friday released the calendar for the December argument session, … Read the rest
Judges are engaging with students to teach them valuable legal and life skills through the Judiciary’s Candid Conversations program.
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The story of Norman V. Meier, a Wakefield Massachusetts resident, demonstrates a way to uncover a fraudulent model before investing. First, a little about the Meier alleged financial investment fraud. Recently Meier was charged with several violations of the Securities Act. Over the course of eight years, Meier collected $ 7.9 million from over 180 investors throughout Europe, and even a handful in the United States, all while “operating” several businesses throughout … Read the rest
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in the case of a truck driver who was fired from his job after a wellness product marketed as free of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, caused him to fail a routine drug test. Douglas Horn sued the maker of the CBD product he took for chronic pain under federal racketeering law for economic harm.
But the companies that manufacture the product told the justices on Tuesday that because Horn’s … Read the rest