This evening, the Congressional Hunger Center will present its 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award to Marshall Matz. However, if you were to ask him, Marsh would tell you that receiving a “Lifetime Achievement Award” does not mean he’s done advoc…
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Tags: Africa, AGRA, and Forestry, Bob Dole, Catherine Bertini, CHC, Congressional Hunger Center, Food Security, FRAC, GCNF, George McGovern, Lower Brule, Marshall L. Matz, Nutrition, Pat Roberts, Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Tom Daschle, Tom Vilsack, WIC, World Food Program
By former USDA Secretary John R. Block
Hello everybody out there in farm country. This radio commentary is brought to you by the National Corn Growers Association, CropLife America, and Renewable Fuels Association. They are all friends, supporters, a…
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The food and beverage industry is facing an unprecedented number of threats from class action cases alleging misleading labeling and advertising. Approximately two new lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors and retailers were filed each week in…
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Tags: Advertising, Class Action, Compliance, Food, Food Institute, GMO, Label, Labeling Claim, Law Firm, Lawyer, Marketing, Natural, OFW Law, Organic, Packaging, Regulation, Slack-fill
OFW Law has joined with the United Fresh Produce Association (UFPA) to provide members access to a legal review of product labels. UFPA brings together companies across every segment of the fresh produce supply chain, including growers, shippers, f…
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Kristen O’Brien serves as Counsel in OFW Law’s Health Industry Policy and Regulatory Practice, which represents clients in the health care delivery system and innovative life sciences areas. She is principally responsible for the group’s work w…
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Tags: Attorney, Biopharmaceutical, Health Care, Health Systems, Kristen O'Brien, Ladd Wiley, Law Firm, Lawyer, Medicaid, Medicare, OFW Law, Physician
Washington, DC – Wednesday, August 30, 2017 – OFW Law is pleased to announce that one of its founding principals, Richard L. Frank, has been recognized as the Agriculture Lawyer of the Year in the 2017 edition of the Finance Monthly Global Awards…
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Tags: Advertising, Agriculture, Attorney, FDA, Finance Monthly, Food, Labeling, Law Firm, Lawyer, OFW Law, Richard L. Frank, USDA
OFW Law is pleased to announce the creation of a new Health Industry Policy and Regulatory Practice. The practice will be focused on government health program payment issues and FDA-related policy issues for clients in the health care delivery syst…
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Tags: Attorney, Brett T. Schwemer, FDA, Health Care, Health Industry Policy and Regulatory Practice, HHS, Ladd Wiley, Law Firm, Life Sciences, Lobbyist, Medicare, OFW Law, Richard L. Frank
On April 8, 2017, Forest Devices, Inc. from Carnegie Mellon University was awarded OFW Law’s Regulatory Strategy Prize at the 2017 Rice Business Plan Competition in Houston, Texas. Forest Devices bested 41 other competitors hailing from some of t…
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As published in the November issue of The National Provisioner
In the October issue, The National Provisioner honored 25 past icons who made their mark on industry since 1991. This month, to wrap up the magazine’s coverage of its 125th Anniversary…
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By former USDA Secretary John R. Block
I’m not talking about politics or President-Elect Donald Trump today. Let’s be thankful for our good fortune to be here in America this Thanksgiving weekend. The celebration of Thanksgiving dates back to…
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