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Stay looking good in the eyes of the law! Cosmetics & The Law provides cosmetic industry professionals with valuable tips, thoughts, and problem-solving ideas on the business and law of cosmetics with an emphasis on the legal issues facing the industry. Our goal is to help industry professionals help their companies, big and small, to prevent or minimize legal risks and to stay apprised of the legal issues affecting the cosmetic industry.
Posts regarding the law around advertising and marketing cosmetics
Happy New Year! 2019 was quite the year in many regards. One such area was the significant growth of the CBD marketplace. In response, in the last quarter of the…
Unapproved “drug” claims – a continuing saga. In prior posts we have discussed the importance of cosmetic brands to avoid “drug” claims, and have discussed court rulings on the topic.…
Last month, a long running case against Beiersdorf, Inc., makers of Nivea, was dismissed. I would normally prepare a summary myself, but in this case, the first 3 paragraphs of…
(Okay– so this one isn’t specifically a “cosmetics” case– but its provides some good “Take Away” points) Last Friday (Aug. 19, 2016), a California federal judge dismissed a proposed class action…
Today the FDA posted an additional 5 warning letters issued at the end of July to cosmetics companies addressing drug claims. The letters were issued to: MiN New York; Lavian…
On April 12, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced agreements with four cosmetics companies to settle charges by the FTC that the companies falsely advertised their products as “all natural” or…
Last month’s round table discussion at EO Products was very insightful and now there is a piece of legislation that needs your support. As I previously discussed here, a significant…
During the 2015 legislative session, California’s legislature amended its “Made in USA” law (previously discussed here) with SB 633. Under the new law, effective January 1, 2016, products sold in California may legally…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced the establishment of a docket to receive information and comments from the public on the use of the term “natural” in food…
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