Smitha Stansbury

In an important decision under California’s Proposition 65, a federal court recently ruled that businesses cannot be required to provide a product warning under Proposition 65 where there is no scientific consensus on whether the chemical found in the product is a carcinogen. On May 2, 2025, the Court granted summary judgment for plaintiffs in California Chamber of Commerce v.

February 3, 2023 Marisa Maleck, Mike Resch, Smitha Stansbury, Sydney Teng, Elaine Tseng King & Spalding + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Signaling a renewed focus on consumer protection in the health claims space, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has revamped its 1998 guidance titled Dietary Supplements: An Advertising Guide for Industry and extended the guidance to cover claims for health products generally.

In recent decades, the use of plastics has proliferated. Overall, they have shown to provide a cost-friendly, durable and versatile solution to many consumer needs across virtually all categories of products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This includes food and beverages, cosmetics, medical devices, and many other categories and subcategories of products. Along with the ubiquitous use of plastics has come the widespread use of phthalates.