Court Rejects Preemption, Asks FDA To Defend Pregnancy Label Warning For OTC Acetaminophen

Complaint filed Utah federal court says “Supreme Court explicitly rejected Chevron deference to agency interpretations” in the Loper decision, compelling rejection of “an agency’s statutory interpretation unless the court, ‘after applying all relevant interpretive tools, concludes’ the interpretatio

Bridget Dooling, law school professor who reviewed draft regulations from FDA and other agencies as OMB attorney, says history of federal court decisions in litigation challenging FDA’s interpretation of statutes points to judges typically defer to agency decisions based in science.

In complaint and response to motion to dismiss, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter’s and Alvaro Bedoya’s attorneys elaborate on Supreme Court ‘s 1935 decision, Humphrey’s Executor v. US. Administration attorneys, though, contend the ruling isn’t relevant to the current FTC.

Congress launched an inquiry into 23andMe amid privacy concerns following its bankruptcy, particularly regarding the potential sale of sensitive user data. Additionally, a Cybernews report gave 40 DNA testing firms an average cybersecurity grade of D, citing widespread vulnerabilities and data breaches, along with inadequate public information about their security practices.