The National Law Journal has published an interesting article entitled “Blogs are liberating the profession from dull writing – They’re emerging as a powerful tool for lawyers and law professors,” by Douglas A. Berman. The article quotes two judges who discuss blogs by lawyers approvingly and characterize them as a legitimate form of legal scholorship. [...]
Trade secret and patent protection for nutraceuticals. Can’t get more current than that. And three lawyers from Foley & Lardner provide info on both in a pair of articles published in the last week or so. First there’s “Keeping trade secrets under wrap” published on NUTRAingredientsUSA.com which points out, and rightfully so, that trade secrets [...]
In 1998, your blog editor started a law firm in Boca Raton, Florida with three other colleagues called Seiden, Alder, Rothman & Petosa. Three years later, in 2001, it was time to move on. Now it seems we have come full circle. Effective July 1, 2006, I am rejoining the firm, now known as Seiden, [...]
U.S. nutritional supplement firm GNC Corp. will no longer sell Pat’s Shake, the protein drink created by the Rev. Pat Robertson. According to this UPI report, Robertson, 76, credits his “protein shake” with the ability to leg press 2,000 pounds — 665 pounds more than the current world record, a claim some find dubious.
The University of Manitoba has officially opened the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals (RCFFN), a $31-million facility that will enable researchers to identify and enhance health-promoting compounds and develop them into marketable food supplements and products. To visit the Centre on the web click here.
FDA Drug News Daily reports that South Korea’s top science official announced plans to develop at least six natural medicines in the next five years in a bid to increase its presence in the market. The country plans to develop a series of drugs derived from natural substances and which will treat diseases that are [...]
