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news October 10, 2016

Ivan Wasserman and Ashish Talati to Speak at Council for Responsible Nutrition’s Annual Conference in Dana Point – October 28, 2016

Join Ivan Wasserman and Ashish Talati at Council for Responsible Nutrition’s (CRN) Annual Conference in Dana Point, California, as they discuss Ten Things They’d Change About DSHEA (Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994).  Industry attorneys will share their perspectives in a series of fast-paced, pithy presentations.  Learn more about CRN’s Annual Conference HERE.

news September 13, 2016

Amin Talati Upadhye Opens D.C. Office

Amin Talati Upadhye is thrilled to announce our latest expansion: Ivan Wasserman has joined the firm as Partner and will manage our new Washington, D.C. office. One of the nation’s premier attorneys for health, wellness, beauty and other consumer products, Ivan guides companies of all sizes through the complex regulatory mazes of the FDA, FTC […]

news May 3, 2016

Ivan Wasserman Quoted in Article, “Supreme Court affirms FTC’s position that POM’s claims were unsupported.”

NutraIngredients-USA.com – By Hank Schultz (May 3, 2016): “Supreme Court affirms FTC’s position that POM’s claims were unsupported”.

news May 3, 2016

Ivan Wasserman quoted in article on Quaker Oats’ “100% natural” lawsuit

Foodnavigator-USA.com – by Elaine Watson (May 3, 2016): Quaker Oats targeted in ‘100% natural’ lawsuit over glyphosate; but case ‘is a stretch’ for plaintiff’s bar, say attorneys.

news April 25, 2016

Ivan Wasserman Quoted in Article on “All Natural” labeling lawsuits

Foodnavigator-USA.com, by Elaine Watson (April 25, 2016): “What Next for ‘Natural” Claims? KIND Urges Court to Leave Issue with FDA”.

news April 14, 2016

Ivan Wasserman comments on the FDA’s Reversal on Labeling

Law360, New York (May 11, 2016, 11:53 PM EDT) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s announcement on Tuesday that it will allow Kind LLC to use the word “healthy” on snack bar labels while the agency rethinks what constitutes a healthy food amounts to a tacit concession that its 20-year-old standards aren’t up to […]

news February 24, 2016

Ivan Wasserman Quoted in Nutritional Business Journal

Nutrition Business Journal, “Wild West to Whack-a-Mole,” by Lisa Marshall, (February 24, 2016): Remember when supplement-makers had to get their products into a brick and mortar store to sell them, consumers had to actually leave home to buy them, and regulators fed up with overstated claims or adulterated products could simply pull bottles off the […]

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FTC Issues Proposed Rule and Announces Possible Additional Rulemaking to Deter Deceptive Claims by Multi-Level Marketers

On January 13, 2025, the FTC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for a new Earnings Claim Rule Regarding Multi-Level Marketing (MLM).   In the NPRM, the FTC asserts that “[t]he vast majority of MLM MORE >

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