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Waiting For FDA: Federal Courts Debate Stays Of 'Natural' Class Actions

 
• By Ryan Nelson

Mayer Brown attorney Dale Giali discusses the "natural" litigation landscape, where litigants increasingly are sparring over the appropriateness of stays in light of FDA's comment-gathering initiative launched in 2015.

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A hot issue in natural litigation at the moment is the question of whether cases alleging "natural" labeling deception should be stayed until FDA has had opportunity to establish policy in the area, following the agency's request for public feedback in late 2015.

Dale Giali, a partner at Mayer Brown with extensive experience representing defendants in natural product suits, discussed the trend in...

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