Obesity warrior John Banzhaf may be losing his edge. The tobacco lawyer, who has targeted fast-food restaurants — vowing to “sue them and sue them and sue them”…
If you’re looking for proof that our understanding of nutritional science isn’t yet developed enough to justify multi-million-dollar lawsuits against restaurants and food producers, consider the conventional wisdom coming out…
As a thoughtful follow-up to last month’s obesity-related lawsuit, today’s issue of USA Today includes an essay by Rick Berman, executive director and co-founder of the Center for Consumer…
Acknowledging on Thursday that big-money trial lawyers are already swapping lucrative strategies for applying the Big Tobacco lawsuit plan to fast-food restaurants, tobacco-tort king John Banzhaf told CBS News…
Speaking of John Banzhaf, he made a telling appearance yesterday on CNN Sunday Morning along with Center for Consumer Freedom president Rick Berman. Not satisfied with hauling restaurants…
The legal high-wire act begun a week ago when one overweight New Yorker decided to sue four fast-food restaurant chains has matured into a full-fledged three-ring circus — complete…
The New England Journal of Medicine is set to report that “being even modestly overweight increases the chances of developing heart failure,” says the Associated Press. CNN…
The headline screamed, or perhaps whispered: “Fast Food Chains Display Fat Content” This story from yesterday’s Reuters news wire notes that many fast-food restaurant chains already provide their…
Even Shakespeare [Henry VI, Part 2] couldn’t have seen this coming. Not satisfied with $250 billion dollars in settlements from Big Tobacco, the trial lawyers are sharpening…
The BBC News Service is reporting on a dangerous trend in the United Kingdom. A survey of over 200 general practitioners found that most doctors say women are putting…
