With an increased number of imports entering the United States, new enforcement initiatives under such programs as the Food Safety Modernization Act, decreasing budgets and a limited number of employees, […]
Robert J. Becerra, Esq. of Fuerst Ittleman PL was one of the two presenters in the Florida Bar, International Law Section Continuing Legal Education webinar entitled, "Managing Criminal Exposure under the FCPA and Other Laws Impacting International Trade", held March 15, 2012.
The saga surrounding BPA continues. After much ado, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it will not ban bisphenol A (BPA). Today the FDA denied in […]
On March 27, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) published a “first-of-a-kind” guidance document for industry and FDA staff entitled, “Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration […]
The IRS has recently gone on a hiring spree, bringing on board personnel with expertise in law, accounting, and economics, needed to identify, audit, and litigate “transfer pricing” cases. Transfer […]
On March 21, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its opinion in the case of Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency. In a unanimous decision, the Court held […]
As we previously reported, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released a Draft Guidance for Industry entitled, “Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues” (“the NDI Draft Guidance”), […]
After nine years of ongoing litigation, on February 23, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Connecticut struck down the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations (“FDA” or […]
The FDA has made clear that prosecuting individuals for strict liability misdemeanors under the Park Doctrine, also known as the “Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine” (“RCO”), is a priority amid the […]
On March 19, 2012, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the Tax Court which had held that Internal Revenue Code section 103 did […]
