Thursday, October 20, 2011 | WLF Resources
“Voluntary” Food Marketing Limits: A Hazard To Philanthropy’s Health
WLF Legal Opinion Letter by Cory Andrews, Washington Legal Foundation
Thursday, October 20, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Food companies voluntarily making products “healthier”, and profiting in the process
The Progressive Grocer
Thursday, October 20, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Institute of Medicine issues second report on Front-of-Package labeling
Food Politics
Thursday, October 20, 2011 | WLF Resources
Will Federal Food Ad “Guidelines” Tread On Brand Trademarks?
WLF Legal Opinion Letter by Joseph Lewczak and Angela M. Bozzuti of the law firm Davis & Gilbert LLP
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Consumer groups accuse soda company of misleading digital advertising
New York Times Media Coder blog
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
CSPI’s Food Day: Healthier eating through government policy changes
The Atlantic
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
The drumbeats intensify Down Under for anti-obesity policy through taxation
Brisbane Times
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Yale’s Brownell pulls out the “addiction” card, says regulation is inevitable
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Administration overreached on overhaul of kids’ food marketing
Human Events
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 | WLF Resources
Concessions Welcome, but Fall Short of What’s Needed on Federal Food Ad Principles
WLF Legal Pulse blog
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 | WLF Resources
CSPI’s Fruit-by-the-Foot Suit: That Which you Didn’t Say is Untruthful
WLF’s Legal Pulse blog
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 | WLF Resources
CSPI’s Fruit-by-the-Foot Suit: That Which you Didn’t Say is Untruthful
WLF’s Legal Pulse blog
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Philadelphia seeks waiver from federal menu labeling rules to impose city rule seeking more information
FDA Law Blog
Monday, October 17, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
CSPI files suit against General Mills
Media Post
Monday, October 17, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Eating Healthy: Whose Choice Should it Be?
NPR
Monday, October 17, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
McD TV: Will the activists be howling?
Los Angeles Times
Monday, October 17, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Will Australia jump on the dietary sin tax bandwagon?
Stuff.co.nz
Sunday, October 16, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Washington Post plays mythbuster on reasons for obesity
NACS Online
Friday, October 14, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
A sustainable farmer who supports consumer freedom, i.e. one the activists will never promote
Time Ecocentric blog
Friday, October 14, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Are junk food companies “contradicting themselves” on marketing to kids?
Huffington Post
Friday, October 14, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Even when food makers offer “healthier” foods, activists whack them
The Atlantic
Friday, October 14, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Even when food service chains offer smaller portions, activists whack them
USA Today
Friday, October 14, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Grocery association restates demands that federal food/beverage ad “principles” be withdrawn
Food Navigator-USA
Friday, October 14, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
UK Consumer Activists Urge Greater Use Of “Traffic Light” Approach on Food Labels
Food Navigator
Thursday, October 13, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Childhood Obesity War a Food Fight?
Politico
Thursday, October 13, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Coca-cola, Fruit Loops, and Lobbying are among CSPI’s “Terrible Ten” public health threats
Chicago Tribune
Thursday, October 13, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Utah Legislator Pushes Carbonated Beverage Tax to Fund Education
Daily Herald
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Foodmakers “Win” Scaled Back Guidelines for Kid Ads
BusinessWeek
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
General Mills directly engages activists on self-regulation
PreventObesity.net
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Goverment Pulls Back on Junk Food Marketing Proposal
CBS News/AP
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Hearing a “Victory for opponents of food marketing guidelines”
Adweek
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Political food fight over junk food ads to kids
MSNBC
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Silly Government, Parenting Is for Parents
The Hill
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
To Rep. Waxman, Food = Tobacco
The Hill’s Healthwatch Blog
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
“Health Advocates” Line Up Against Sugary Drinks
brand channel
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 | WLF Resources
On Eve of Congressional Hearings, FTC Makes Strategic Concessions on Food/Beverage Marketing Guidelines
WLF Legal Pulse blog
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Why Brits Shouldn’t Jump on the Sin Tax Bandwagon
Spiked Online
Monday, October 10, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Denmark’s Fat Tax? Now That’s Rich!
The Atlantic
Monday, October 10, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
FoodPolitik: A fat tax for an obese bureaucracy
Daily Caller
Friday, October 7, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
France strikes a blow against American food imperialism, bans ketchup in schools
The Moderate Voice
Friday, October 7, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
With ideas failing to gain traction in U.S., American food/drink tax advocate invades Australia
Tax-News
Thursday, October 6, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Activists decry “Box Tops for Education” program as stealth promoter of “junk food”
HealthState.org
Thursday, October 6, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
League of Paternalistic Activists rally to “save” federal guidelines on kid-directed food & drink marketing
Los Angeles Times Booster Shots blog
Thursday, October 6, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
To fatten up its frail economy, France doubles tax on sugary drinks
UK Daily Mail
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Fat tax, touchdown tax, let’s just tax!
Time Magazine’s Curious Capitalist
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Food Politics blogger stumbles upon the truth: “If kids watch a lot of TV — and they have a TV set in their bedrooms — they are at high risk of becoming obese. The obvious conclusion? Get rid of the TV.”
The Atlantic
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Government’s highest duty is making “healthy options” the default dietary choice?
The Examiner
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Paternalists who don’t have to implement them find federal guidelines for kid-directed food/drink ads “refreshingly simple”
The Hill
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Editorial: Sin Taxes a Recipe for Disaster
Calgary Herald
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
More expensive hummus, hard boiled eggs, join less “healthy” choices in public school vending machines
New York Times News Service
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
NY Times’ Mark Bittman living his fantasy as Denmark embraces fat tax
NY Times Opinionator blog
Monday, October 3, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Finland, Romania may join Denmark with tax on high-saturated fat foods
Los Angeles Times Booster Shots blog
Monday, October 3, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
In the midst of European economic struggles, Denmark adopts a sin tax on high-saturated fat foods
ABC News
Thursday, September 29, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Activist assails food makers for having the temerity to offer clear information on front of packages
The Atlantic
Thursday, September 29, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Another activist rings the alarm bell to help save “voluntary” food/beverage marketing restrictions
The Atlantic
Thursday, September 29, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Call by Mark Bittman for food taxes ignores slippery slope
myNewOrleans.com
Thursday, September 29, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Major changes expected to Interagency Working Group advertising proposal
Broadcasting & Cable
Thursday, September 29, 2011 | WLF Resources
Signs Both Encouraging and Discouraging in Agencies’ Letter on “Voluntary” Food & Drink Ad Guidelines
WLF Legal Pulse blog
Thursday, September 29, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
The FTC’s proposed voluntary guidelines: Crowding out private philanthropy one industry at a time
Philanthropy Daily
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Federal efforts to regulate sodium could prove unpopular: 6 of 10 consumers in surveys feel their salt intake is just fine
Food Navigator USA
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Seeing support for “voluntary” federal guidelines on food ad limits waver, CSPI and activist scientists write to the President
CSPI
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Two “prominent experts” criticize federal rejection of New York City’s effort to ban use of food stamps on soda
New York Times City Room blog
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Why Beverage Taxes Won’t Reduce Obesity
Philadelphia Inquirer
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
“Obese” on the Way Out? Yale Institute Tells Doctors: Use “Unhealthy Weight”, Not “Obese”, When Assessing Children
Yale Rudd Institute
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
FoodPolitik: Food cops have sour prescription for our diets
Daily Caller
Monday, September 26, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
News Flash: A Healthy Home-Cooked Meal Costs Less Than Fast Food
TIME Moneyland
Friday, September 23, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Ability of Soda Taxes to Reduce Consumption Is Debatable at Best
You Beauty.com
Thursday, September 22, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Food Makers Rename Voluntary Front-of-Package Labeling Program; Activists Cry Foul
Marketing Daily
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Former FDA Commissioner Kessler argues in context of UN event that food & beverage advertising fall outside First Amendment
Washington Post
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Former FDA Commissioner Kessler argues in context of UN event that food & beverage advertising fall outside First Amendment
Washington Post
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Law School Institute Releases Guide to Suing Food & Beverage Companies Over Marketing
The Public Health Advocacy Institute
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Ag Secretary Lectures Restaurants on How to “Create an Appropriate Transition” for What We Eat
CNS News
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Demonization of Food & Beverage Industries Goes Global at UN Event
NPR Shots health blog
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
FDA Failure to Define “Natural” Inspiring Litigation
Wall Street Journal
Friday, September 16, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Philadelphia Rejects Hospital’s Offer to Fund Anti-Obesity Program Because of Donations by Beverage Industry Group
Philly.com
Friday, September 16, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Senate Appropriations Committee Sets December 15 Deadline for Agencies Draft “Report” on Child-Directed Food & Beverage Ads
Ad Week
Thursday, September 15, 2011 | WLF Resources
Five Questions for . . . CFBAI’s Elaine Kolish on Self Regulation of Advertising
WLF Legal Pulse
Thursday, September 15, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Junk Science Scare Tactics by “Dr. Oz” on Apple Juice? Even FDA Says Yes
MedPage Today
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Man Sues White Castle Hamburger Restaurant Over Too-Small Booths
My Fox New York
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Congressional Leaders Question Agencies’ Draft “Report” to Congress on Child-Directed Food & Beverage Ads
Regulatory Rumblings blog
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Center for Science in the Public Interest cooks up support for sugary-drink taxes
Eating Well Food News blog
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Kashi Cereal Targeted with Class Action on Use of “Natural”
FDA Law Blog
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 | WLF Resources
Putting Cart Before Horse in a Consumer Class Action?
WLF Legal Pulse
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Boston City Officials Turn to Media in Demonization of Soda Efforts
Boston.com
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Boston City Officials Turn to Media in Demonization of Soda Efforts
Boston.com
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Law Professors Pro and Con Debate Government’s “Voluntary” Kid-directed Food Ad Guidelines
Wall Street Journal Law Blog
Saturday, September 3, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
New Food Labeling Regulation in the Offing?
San Jose Mercury News
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 | WLF Resources
Is FTC Exposing Businesses to Antitrust Suits with “Voluntary” Food Advertising Limit Proposal?
WLF Legal Pulse
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Update: Federal Court Won’t Throw Out Nutella Suit
Consumer Class Actions & Mass Torts blog
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Study Says Eating Chocolate Good for the Heart
Environmental News Network
Thursday, August 25, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
From the Ivoriest of Towers: Only Taxes and Regulation Can Save World from Obesity
The Daily Caller
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 | WLF Resources
ObamaCare “Public Health Fund”: Federal Financial Support for State, Local Obesity “Sin Tax” Policies”?
WLF Legal Pulse blog
Friday, August 19, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Federal Regulators Reject NYC Effort to Cut Food Stamp Recipients Off from Soda
New York Times
Thursday, August 18, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Obamacare menu regs eat into small-business profits
Washington Examiner
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Fat-uous Approach to the Obesity Problem
The Rationalist, Forbes.com blog
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Coconut Water Makers Sued Over Nutrition Claims
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 | WLF Resources
Regulators & Activists Attack Enterprises’ Most Valuable Assets: Their Brands
WLF Legal Pulse blog
Friday, August 5, 2011 | WLF Resources
“Voluntary” Speech Principles: High Court Offers Food For Thought On Advertising Regulatory Initiative
WLF Legal Backgrounder
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Can Big Food Regulate Itself? Fat Chance
Mark Bittman’s N.Y. Times Opinionator
Friday, July 29, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Fat taxes go over like a lead balloon
Washington Times
Monday, July 25, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Food Label Redesign Contest Entries Stress Scary Imagery Over Facts
Good Food blog
Monday, July 25, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Meddling in Other People’s Diets Is ‘Fun’ and ‘Inspiring’
Reason Hit and Run
Friday, July 8, 2011 | WLF Resources
Menu Labeling Mandate: Regulation for the Sake of Regulating
WLF Legal Pulse blog
Thursday, July 7, 2011 | WLF Resources
In Re Food Marketing to Children
WLF regulatory comments to Interagency Working Group
Sunday, July 3, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Soda Taxes: politics vs. public health
Marion Nestle’s Food Politics blog
Thursday, June 30, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Local Laws Fighting Fat Under Siege
New York Times
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 | WLF Resources
New England Journal of Medicine Supplements Echo Chamber of Food Nanny Activists
WLF Legal Pulse
Monday, June 27, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Doctors’ Group, Oblivious of Constitution, Seek Ban on “Fast Food” TV Ads
Fox News.com
Friday, June 24, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Food Police Arrest of Our Diet is a First-Course Mistake
The Daily Journal
Monday, June 13, 2011 | WLF Resources
In re: Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments
WLF regulatory comments to Food & Drug Administration
Friday, June 10, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Proposed Class Rep Not Adequate in Deceitful Iced Tea Case
Mass Tort Defense blog
Saturday, June 4, 2011 | WLF Resources
Kicking The Soda Can: Hard Truths About Soft Drink Taxes
WLF Legal Backgrounder by Patrick Basham, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and John Luik, a senior fellow at the Democracy Institute.
Friday, June 3, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Obamacare Healthcare Grants Inspire Soda Taxation
Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
McDonald’s Pressured to Fire Ronald
Wall Street Journal
Monday, May 2, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Bully Pulpits, Not Food Bureaucracy
National Review Online
Sunday, May 1, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Step-by-Step Guide from Law School Clinic on How to Impose Dietary Sin Taxes
William Mitchell College of Law’s Public Health Law Center
Thursday, April 21, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Proposed Calif. Soda Tax Would Fund Youth Anti-Obesity Programs
Education Week
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Go Philly!
Mark Bittman’s N.Y. Times Opinionator
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Go Philly!
Mark Bittman’s N.Y. Times Opinionator
Monday, April 4, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Federal Court Dismisses “Diet Coke Plus” Class Action
Consumer Class Actions & Mass Torts blog
Friday, April 1, 2011 | News, Commentary & Updates
Class Action Lawsuits Set to ‘Explode’ in Health Claims Area
Food Navigator USA
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 | WLF Resources
Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Enhanced Foods: Why It’s Not on the Policy Menu
WLF Legal Pulse blog
Monday, February 14, 2011 | WLF Resources
Attacks on Food Companies’ Front-of-Package Labels a Small Taste from a Supersized Agenda
WLF Legal Pulse
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 | WLF Resources
Suit Against Nutella Maker: Not Part of a Balanced (or Rational) Regulatory Process
WLF Legal Pulse
Monday, November 8, 2010 | WLF Resources
New Prohibitionists Gradually Eat Away Our Freedom to Choose
WLF Legal Pulse
Thursday, September 16, 2010 | WLF Resources
Preemption Rejected In Advocacy Group’s VitaminWater® Consumer Class Action
WLF Counsel’s Advisory
Friday, November 6, 2009 | News, Commentary & Updates
After Calorie Warnings, New York City Diners Order More Calories
Wall Street Journal
Friday, July 10, 2009 | WLF Resources
Is FDA Warning Letter An Ominous Signal To Food Industry?
WLF Legal Opinion Letter
Friday, March 13, 2009 | WLF Resources
In Re Pepsico Provides Guidance On Arguing Express Preemption
WLF Legal Backgrounder
Thursday, October 30, 2008 | WLF Resources
Self-Regulation of Advertising: Does it Effectively Advance Free Speech & Consumer Protection?
WLF Media Briefing program
Friday, September 19, 2008 | WLF Resources
We Interrupt This Program…Is FCC’s Product Placement & Integration Proposal Necessary And Legal?
WLF Legal Backgrounder
Friday, June 13, 2008 | WLF Resources
Losing More than Weight? How Taxes, Speech Mandates & other Anti-Obesity Policies Threaten Personal Freedom
WLF Web Seminar program
Friday, June 13, 2008 | WLF Resources
Losing More than Weight? How Taxes, Speech Mandates & other Anti-Obesity Policies Threaten Personal Freedom
WLF Web Seminar
Saturday, December 1, 2007 | WLF Resources
Nutrition Labeling On Menu Boards And Menus: A Recipe For Failure
WLF Working Paper
Friday, August 10, 2007 | WLF Resources
Marketing And Child Obesity: Questioning The Claimed Linkage
WLF Legal Opinion Letter
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 | WLF Resources
Science Through The Looking-Glass: The Manipulation Of “Addiction” & Its Influence Over Obesity Policy
WLF Monograph
Friday, February 23, 2007 | WLF Resources
UK To Impose New Restrictions On Food Advertisements To Children
WLF Counsel’s Advisory
Thursday, February 1, 2007 | WLF Resources
Advertising On The Edge: Viral, Buzz Word-of-Mouth And Much, Much More…
WLF Contemporary Legal Note
Tuesday, December 5, 2006 | WLF Resources
Self-Regulation of Advertising: Promoting Responsibility and Maintaining Commercial Speech
WLF Media Briefing program
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 | WLF Resources
Ideology Masked As Scientific Truth: The Debate About Children And Advertising
WLF Monograph
Friday, March 10, 2006 | WLF Resources
Impending Legal Attacks On Food Ads Should Not Be Welcome In Court
WLF Legal Backgrounder
Friday, November 18, 2005 | WLF Resources
Would You Like A Prop 65 Warning With Those Fries?
WLF LEGAL BACKGROUNDER by Ann Grimaldi, a partner with the law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP.
Friday, May 6, 2005 | WLF Resources
My “Big Fat”Update: Courts Disserve Rule Of Law In Food Lawsuits Decisions
WLF Legal Backgrounder
Monday, April 25, 2005 | WLF Resources
Exploiting Beer, Liquor, and Food
WLF In All Fairness Advertorial
Tuesday, February 8, 2005 | WLF Resources
In re Proposed Rule on the Nutrient Content Claim “Lean”
WLF regulatory comment to Food & Drug Administration
Friday, September 3, 2004 | WLF Resources
Heavyweight Litigation: Will Public Nuisance Theories Tackle The Food Industry?
WLF Legal Backgrounder
Friday, March 14, 2003 | WLF Resources
Suits Against “Big Fat” Tread On Basic Tort Liability Principles
WLF Legal Backgrounder
