Regular readers know that John “Sue the Bastards” Banzhaf is leading the charge to haul food companies and restaurants into court to answer for their customers’ love-handles. But…
Six days ago Ben Kelley, the executive director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI), flexed his muscles and demanded that eight major food companies take…
Yesterday we pointed you in the direction of a CCF-authored article skewering the Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI), which this summer held a conference “intended to…
The Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI). It’s a good name for a trial lawyer front-group that works to “encourage and support litigation against the food industry.” And as…
“Is a grocer [legally] liable for simply placing the Oreo cookies on the shelf? Is your mom liable for her good cooking?” Unfortunately, these questions — posed by…
If you think the wave of lawsuits brought against food companies by some of their heavier customers is one big fat joke, you’ll love this. Last month on MSNBC,…
“By now, most every American has his own tale about some silly lawsuit run amok, from the post-tobacco obesity suits targeting McDonald’s to the $7.2 million settlement former ‘Tonight Show’…
A lawsuit that sought damages from McDonald’s because the plaintiffs were obese was permanently tossed out of court yesterday. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Sweet had…
A study published in the respected JAMA indicates that eating dark chocolate can lower blood pressure. USA Today notes that: “Other experiments show cocoa…
TIME reports that king of torts John Banzhaf got the idea to sue fast food companies when he heard about a (deeply flawed) study reporting that obesity costs…
