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US Foods To Shell Out Back Pay After DOL Gender Bias Probe

Law 360

US Foods Inc. agreed to pay more than $721,000 total in back pay to nearly 1,000 women to resolve claims that the company discriminated against female applicants during the hiring process at five facilities, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday.

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US federal appeals court puts hold on Juul e-cigarette FDA ban

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Friday granted Juul Labs, Inc.’s ’s emergency motion for a temporary administrative stay and thus put a hold on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ban on Juul e-cigarette sales.

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US Supreme Court blocks child slavery lawsuit against Nestlé, Cargill

JURIST

The US Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a ruling that allowed several individuals to sue food corporations Nestlé USA and Cargill over child slavery claims, limiting corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute. The case which the Supreme Court decided was Nestlé USA, Inc. Doe I, consolidated with Cargill, Inc.

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FDA denies JUUL marketing authorization over potential health risks

JURIST

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Thursday issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to all JUUL Labs Inc. products currently marketed in the US. As a result of the MDOs, JUUL must cease selling and distributing products in the US.

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Surely You Must be Kidding, PTO?!? “No, and Don’t Call Me Shirley!” – The Seemingly Slapstick (But Yet Unfunny) World of Recent Patent Term Extension Decisions (PART 3. and PART 3½)

FDA Law Blog

Men in Black from the PTO’s PTE branch might have gotten to us. Part 2 (“Part Deux”) investigated the PTO’s position and recent decisions on PTE applications for patents covering products approved—and then withdrawn years later—under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act’s Accelerated Approval provisions (and otherwise).

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Alleged Co-Inventor Not Bringing Home the Bacon This Time

The IP Law Blog

Many of us have said, “Bacon makes everything better.” The dispute arose between HIP, Inc. (“HIP”) HIP”) and Hormel Foods Corporation (“Hormel”) related to work on a joint project. (“HIP”) and Hormel Foods Corporation (“Hormel”) related to work on a joint project. HIP, formerly Unitherm Food Systems, Inc.

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FDA End-of-Year Release of Warning Letters Impresses (or Depresses)

FDA Law Blog

Perhaps FDA wanted us to remember 2023 as the year FDA succeeded in uncovering critical defects in drug and device manufacturing, and in critical trials. Warning Letters, generally made public in a batch each Tuesday, are FDA’s public sanction that is most widely used to bring pressure on manufacturers and clinical trial investigators.