Article
11/03/2020
Industries Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Article
10/08/2020
Industries Cannabis Law | Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Article
10/30/2019
Industries Agribusiness | Food | Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Services Environmental
Article
09/19/2019
Industries Beverage | Cannabis Law | Food | Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Jonathan Havens, chair of the Firm's Food and Beverage Practice and co-chair of its Cannabis Law Practice, co-authored this article with 2019 summer associate, Anamika Roy. The pair discuss potential roadblocks to the investment in marijuana-related facilities. "While the public’s attitude toward medical and adult-use cannabis appears to be evolving, the opinions of many municipal governments haven’t changed much. They continue to restrict cannabis businesses in their communities through zoning ordinances, moratoriums and other measures," wrote Jonathan and Anamika.
Article
09/03/2019
Industries Cannabis Law | Food | Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Jonathan Havens, chair of the Firm's Food and Beverage Practice and co-chair of its Cannabis Law Practice, co-authored this article for Food Safety Magazine with Rebekah Nickerson, a 2019 summer associate. The pair discusses the Food and Drug Administration's "New Era of Smarter Food Safety" plan. "Although it remains to be seen which technology or technologies discussed above, if any, FDA will mandate, it is possible that any of the approaches noted could significantly enhance traceability in the food supply chain," wrote Jonathan and Rebekah.
Article
08/16/2019
Industries Cannabis Law | Food | Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Jonathan Havens, chair of the Firm's Food and Beverage Practice and co-chair of its Cannabis Law Practice, authored this article for The Packer magazine discussing the FDA's New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative. "As stakeholders well know, compliance is not cheap. The benefits of enhanced food safety aside, FSMA compliance has been an expensive proposition. As it considers weighing in on the smarter food safety docket at FDA, one thing that the industry will want to evaluate is what additional costs it will have to bear in order to adopt the technology or technologies FDA is considering...
Article
05/31/2019
Industries Beverage | Cannabis Law | Food | Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
As part of the Food and Drug Law Institute’s (FDLI) top food and drug cases and cases to watch, Jonathan Havens authored this article discussing recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory policy updates. Jonathan, chair and co-chair of the Firm’s Food and Beverage and Cannabis Law Practices, covers the FDA’s issuance of an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for tobacco, the legalization of the first cannabis-derived drug, hemp legalization and more.
Article
05/24/2018
Industries Beverage | Cannabis Law | Food | Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Jonathan Havens, Co-Chair of the Firm's Cannabis Law Practice and Vice Chair of the Food and Beverage Practice, authored this article in the Food and Drug Law Institute's "Top Food and Drug Cases 2017, & Cases to Watch, 2018." Jonathan discusses the regulatory, policy and enforcement developments overseen by Commissioner Gottlieb during his term throughout 2017 with regard to digital health, tobacco products and marijuana-derived products. To read the full article, click here . (subscription required)
Article
04/12/2018
Industries Food | Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Jonathan Havens, Vice Chair of the Firm’s Food and Beverage Practice, authored this article in Law360 . Jonathan discusses the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s recent issuance of an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that would explore a product standard to lower nicotine in cigarettes to minimally or nonaddictive levels. Additionally, Jonathan covers two other tobacco-related ANPRM’s issued by Gottlieb, as well as some insight into the future. “What are we to make of the FDA’s recent flurry of tobacco product activity?” wrote Jonathan. “It remains to...
Article
03/20/2018
Industries Food | Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Jonathan Havens, Vice Chair of the Firm’s Food and Beverage Practice, authored this article in FoodSafety magazine . Jonathan discusses the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Menu Labeling Rule (the Rule), which emanates from section 4205 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and a congressional effort to ease some of the Rule's requirements and delay its moving forward. To read the full article, click here .
Article
12/07/2017
Industries Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Jonathan Havens, vice chair of the Firm’s Food and Beverage Practice, authored this article published in the Food and Drug Law Institute’s Update Magazine . Using a case in New York City, the article explains how delays on the FDA’s Menu Labeling rules are impacting the retail food industry. In the article, Jonathan discusses how the delays in the federal law opened the doors for New York City to enforce its own menu labeling laws, which led to a lawsuit with plaintiffs alleging that the city’s rule is preempted both expressly and impliedly by FDA’s Rule, and thus sought to preliminarily and...
Article
12/01/2017
Industries Cannabis Law | Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Services Labor and Employment
Ruth Rauls and Jason Ross, members of the Firm’s Labor and Employment Practice, authored this article in Substance Magazine , a publication of the Illinois Mechanical and Specialty Contractors Association. The article focuses on the contradictions between state and federal medical marijuana laws and the impact that marijuana has in the workplace as employers are faced with employees legally consuming it under state law, while simultaneously violating company drug use policies, Federal Drug Free Workplace protections, and zero tolerance policies. To read the full article, click here .
Article
11/01/2017
Industries Food, Beverage and Agribusiness | Cannabis Law
Dena Calo and Gillian Cooper, members of the Firm’s Food and Beverage and Labor and Employment Practices, authored this article on medical marijuana use for the Delaware Restaurant Association’s quarterly publication. The article explains the challenges employers face when making decisions about employee marijuana use due to the fact that state and federal laws and company policies surrounding the issue may not align. Specifically, the article highlights that under the Americans with Disabilities Act, employers may be required to provide reasonable accommodations for medical marijuana users...
Article
06/28/2017
Industries Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Jonathan Havens, a member of Saul Ewing’s food and beverage practice, authored this article highlighting significant regulatory and enforcement developments affecting the food, drug and tobacco industries. In the article, Jonathan discusses actions related to the Tobacco Products Deeming Rule, Food Safety Modernization Act, nutrition and supplement facts labeling, and more. To read the full article, click here .
Article
04/12/2017
Industries Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Services Labor and Employment
Caitlin Strauss, partner and co-chair of Saul Ewing’s Food and Beverage Practice, authored this article on how food and beverage companies can protect their interests through restrictive covenants. The article explains the common types of restrictive covenants including non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, and the elements that should be included in these agreements to make them effective. To read the full article click here .
Article
02/02/2017
Industries Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Jonathan Havens, an associate in Saul Ewing’s Food and Beverage Practice, authored this article for the Delaware Restaurant Association’s quarterly publication, Delaware Restaurateur. The article explains that despite Affordable Care Act reform, the Food and Drug Administration’s menu labeling requirements are excluded from the proposed referendum and restaurants should prepare to comply with the set regulations. In the article, Jonathan explains that restaurant chains made up of 20 or more restaurants must provide caloric information on each item, a statement about suggested caloric intake...