Publications

08/02

Patent holders get help

07/02

New bioterror law boosts FDA's power

06/02

Standardized over-the-counter labels are not all-over-the-map

05/02

Today's joke might be tomorrow's law

04/02

Tampering threats inspire packaging innovations

03/02

HACCP here, and growing in several directions

02/02

Food security guidances add weapons to anti-terror arsenal

01/02

Happy New Year for FDA

12/01

Counterfeiting of drugs is just one side of product security

11/01

Food safety in a new America

10/01

Labels and the public's trust

09/01

Some want more food ingredient information on labels

08/01

Do we need a single federal agency for food safety?

07/01

Food allergies trigger voluntary industry action

06/01

Packaging as antidote to medication errors

05/01

Product liability prospects

04/01

When labels speak (freely), people listen

03/01

New administration: what's next?

02/01

Biotech and organic rules related

01/01

December brings drug labeling developments, prescription and OTC

12/00

OSHA targets injuries with headache

11/00

Irradiation a material issue

10/00

Machinery guidance is designed to increase safety, decrease liability

09/00

Courts sorting tough drug vs. supplement issues

08/00

Food packaging developments on the label and in the material

07/00

Meat and poultry scene a hotbed of legal changes

06/00

Bioengineered foods: breeding controversy

05/00

New case means product knock-offs harder to stop

04/00

FDA enforcement data, and hints of new approach

03/00

Early warning on extended producer policies

02/00

Label this dietary supplement rule "controversial"

01/00

Food contact substances get new approval program

12/99

Packaging law developments at the end of the you-know-what

10/99

Measuring value: a crucial corporate chore

09/99

More free speech for off-label uses

08/99

Heat on modernization, irradiation

07/99

Food packaging changes part of revolutionary trend

06/99

Understanding - and avoiding - a swirl of liability

05/99

Why packaging laws really matter

04/99

OTC drug labeling rules will change packages

03/99

Air can hurt you, too

02/99

FDA's enforcement scorecard

01/99

Solid waste rushes in

12/98

Year-end legal topic-o-rama

11/98

Solid waste: the once & future issue

10/98

The tale of possible "endocrine disruptors" may just be beginning

09/98

Drug compliance still a problem packaging can address

08/98

Ranting about EDF's "labeling"

07/98

EAS keeps an eye on packages

06/98

Green guides still blooming

05/98

New climate for irradiationand packaging, too

04/98

Preemption as a useful device

03/98

Feds watching feds on behalf of small business

02/98

A cautionary tale of law for "responsible" corporate officials

01/98

Ninety-eight topics for '98

12/97

FDA reform in time for the holidays

11/97

Dietary supplement labeling rules a further step to the frontier

10/97

Flow controls throw out packaging freedom

09/97

Milk study draws attention to packaging

08/97

FDA reform back on the barbecue

07/97

U.S. environment quiet for packagersfor now

06/97

It's springtime, and the GRAS is growing

05/97

WARNING

04/97

OTC drug labeling format proposals are helpful but inflexible

03/97

Air pollution controls could get tougher for package printers

02/97

Target adjustment in lawsuit reform: Over-litigation

01/97

FDA at crossroads with Kessler departure

12/96

A year-end review of January '96 predictions

11/96

Minor environmental revisions: Music to packagers' ears?

10/96

Packaging law" emerges from obscurity

9/96

When N.Y. Times recycles old information, packaging wins

7/96

Are food label changes healthy?

6/96

Congress wants FDA reform: OK, now's the time to make a decision

5/96

Can you (anti)trust a packaging columnist?

4/96

Beer label complaints brewing

3/96

ISO 14000 to change business environment

2/96

FDA to loosen grip on food claims

1/96

FDA says it's changed its ways, but some still not convinced

12/95

Just your standard issue

11/95

The exchange of recyclables grows up

10/95

Packages meet shrinkage challenge

9/95

FDA carries packaging across threshold

8/95

A peek into the possible future of OTC labeling

7/95

Pack taxes in all shapes and sizes

6/95

New shades of trademarking

5/95

Mirth or dearth on Earth Day birthday?

4/95

Good intentions that got lost in translation

3/95

Of contracts, regulations, and the future

2/95

Packaging borders on the international

1/95

Packages now have alternate route to trucking qualification

12/94

Analyzing trade dress doctrine

11/94

Environmental claims perils continue

10/94

Machinery must earn EU's stamp of approval

9/94

Safety and packaging are in-laws

8/94

Regulators playing whole new ballgame

7/94

Plastics makers chasing arrows and cooperation

6/94

Patent decision panics packagers

5/94

The states of the environment

4/94

Label clashes are heavyweight bouts

3/94

It's a small world after all

2/04

FDA takes daily supplements of controversy

1/94

Has the FDA really been revitalized?

12/93

FDA at threshold of new approval approach

11/93

Beware of unAmerican foreign ideas

10/93

USDA turns up heat on meat labeling

9/93

Drug packaging spurs regulatory, industry action

8/93

West Coasting through enviro-issues

7/93

Supermarkets carry assortment of legal issues

6/93

Revered and reviled, plastics continue environmental battle

5/93

When does competition cross the line?

4/93

ISO 9000 ISO What?

3/93

A few observations on the first 30 days

2/93

'93 view of EC '92 isn't 20/20

1/93

End of the beginning for food label changes

12/92

For packagers, what comes 'afta' NAFTA

11/92

Environmental laws: Options won't be very optional

9/92

FTC guidelines promise greener - but 'cleaner' landscape

9/92

When it comes to packaging laws: Predictions are precarious

8/92

Legal update on drug packaging

6/92

FDA issues guidelines on using recycled plastic for food packages

5/92

Corrugated industry still edgy over ECT

4/92

From Maine to California: It's packagers' day in court

3/92

Bush tries new attack on regulatory monster

2/92

EC '92 where are you?

1/92

Food label proposals weigh in on packagers

12/91

Drug verdict raises costly questions of labeling and law

11/91

Life cycle assessment: Big picture or big headache?

10/91

Recycled, fine. But for packaging food, yikes!

9/91

Environmental claims get federal attention

8/91

Summer thoughts on recycling, reform, rearmament

7/91

Tylenol trial-that-wasn't still sends messages

6/91

Accounting for package design costs: Which way to go?

5/91

Not all consumers are created equal

4/91

Quartet of quandaries: An update

3/91

Are packages telling 'little green lies'?

2/91

More exalted status for FDA?

1/91

Some uneven chinks in food labeling 'uniformity'

11/90

To overlook this deadline could be hazardous

10/90

Four developments to keep an eye on

9/90

Packagers face 'new' kids on legal block

9/90

Food labels caught in tug of war

8/90

What it says, not what it does

7/90

Food technology rules to target microbes, limit packaging

6/90

Chasing arrows chase plastics recycling uniformity

5/90

FDA enforcement diagnosis

4/90

Look! Up in the sky! It's legislative change!

3/90

EC '92 harmony could be atonal

2/90

When the news isn't good: Some advice

1/90

No rest for the weary food packager

11/89

Food labels to get an overhaul

9/89

Strong winds from the West

7/89

Twin cities law: On solid ground or shaky landfill?

5/89

Food irradiation: Legal but unloved

3/89

EPA's Agenda for Action means business

1/89

Refrigerated foods: Handle with care

2000

"Food for thought? Sorting out consumer products," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, March 29, 2000

1999

"Are Dietary Supplements a Food, Drug or Drag?" The National Law Journal, March 15, 1999

1998

"New FDA commissioner may be what doctor ordered," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, November 11, 1998

"FDA adrift without commissioner at agency's helm," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, February 27, 1998.

1997

"Proposed over-the-counter drug labeling changes - promising clearer labels," with V. Henry, D. Weinstock, Food, Drug, Cosmetic and Medical Device Law Digest (New York State Bar Association), May 1997.

1996

"Proposals to reform FDA," Food, Drug, Cosmetic and Medical Device Law Digest (New York State Bar Association), September 1996.

1994

"Non-functional slack-fill gets defined," Food, Drug, Cosmetic and Medical Device Law Digest (New York State Bar Association), July 1994.

1993

Contributor, Product Tampering: A Worldwide Problem, Foundation for American Communications.

1992

"Laws affecting packaging: An overview," Food, Drug, Cosmetic and Medical Device Law Digest (New York State Bar Association), May 1992.

1991

"Changing times at FDA," Manufacturing Chemist, November 1991.

"Following the Food and Drug Administration in Transition," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, June 18, 1991.

"Green issues are ripe: The regulation of environmental marketing claims," 3 Loyola Consumer Law Reporter 80, 1991.

1990

"The changing food label: The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990", 3 Loyola Consumer Law Reporter 10, 1990.