New Law Blogs

Class 1, High Health Risk Recall of Chicken Products For Listeria Contamination
Routine testing by the federal Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has led to a recall of approximately 285 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes...

Rubins Sandwich: Another Florida Man Charged with Assault of a Girlfriend Using a Sandwich
Matthew J. Rubin may have a rye sense of humor and easy with the condiments, but he has to learn a bit about throwing food. For the second time in a month, a Florida man has been charged with battery by sandwich on a girlfriend...

I Must Know What Kind of Sandwich It Was
Damnit. Damnit. You ever get hung up on the minutia in an otherwise interesting story? Sure, beating your girlfriend with a sandwich makes for a fascinating post, but not knowing what kind of sandwich it was is going to...

Subway v. Quiznos: Can a Sandwich Be Slandered
There is a fascinating legal fight brewing in New York between sandwich chains Subway and Quiznos. At issue is the liability for companies using popular taste tests in commercials and the provocative question of whether it is possible to slander a sandwich.

Image Busters
CNN.com reported this today: "The story: She's petite, she's middle-aged, she's bookish, and if she gets a chance, she'll knock you on your keister. By day, she's Beth Hollis, a 53-year-old reference librarian in Akron, Ohio...

FDA Confirms Salmonella in Previously-Recalled Kellogg Sandwich Cracker Product
As part of the “press release a minute,” Kellogg announces that FDA tests reveal that some of its cracker products are contaminated. Products impacted by the previously-announced Kellogg Company recall were produced on or after July 1, 2008, including: Austin(R) Quality Foods Cheese Crackers with Peanut Butter - all sizes Austin(R) Quality Foods Cheese & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers - all sizes Austin(R) Quality Foods Mega Stuffed Cheese Crackers with Peanut Butter - all sizes Austin(R) Quality Foods PB & J Cracker Sandwiches - all sizes Austin(R) Quality Foods Super Snack Pack Sandwich Crackers Austin(R) Quality Foods Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers - all sizes Austin(R) Quality Foods Toasty Crackers with Peanut Butter - all sizes Austin(R) Quality Foods Reduced Fat Cheese & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers Austin(R) Quality Foods Reduced Fat Toasty Crackers with Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers Austin(R) Quality Foods Cookie/Cracker Pack Austin(R) Quality Foods Variety Pack Keebler(R) Cheese & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers - all sizes Keebler(R) Toast & PB'n J Flavored Sandwich Crackers - all sizes Keebler(R) Toast & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers - all sizes Famous Amos(R) Peanut Butter Cookies (2- and 3-ounce) Keebler(R) Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies (2...

Bausch Lomb Renu Moistureloc Linked to Eye Infection Fusarium Keratiti
Contact Lens Solution Product Recall

Bausch Lomb Renu Moistureloc Recall
Contact Lens Solution Product Recall

Pet Food Recall and Deaths
Dogs and Cats Sickened by Tainted Menu Food Products

Mattel and Fisher-Price Toy Recall
Magnets and Lead Paint manufactured in China Create Poisoning and Health Hazard

Massachusetts Employment Law
alleging violations of Massachusetts labor laws including overtime pay, discrimination, harassment and more.

Austin and Keebler Branded Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers
Kellogg Removes Inventory

Massachusetts Turnpike Class Action

Goldman Sachs
Agrees $60 Million Subprime Settlement in Massachusetts

Nationwide Recall of Qualitest Insulin Syringes
Qualitest Insulin Syringes Nationwide Recall Issued

Cardiovascular Systems Initiates Recall of ViperSheath
Cardiovascular Systems Initiates Voluntary Recall of ViperSheath