Food lawsuits How anti-tobacco lawyers found a new target – food companies which miss-label products. Lesley Curwen talks to US lawyer Don Barrett who is suing various food companies and Patrick Basham of the Cato Institute who is skeptical about the value of the lawsuits.
Read MoreGas Royalty Dispute Between Mineral Owners, Producers Returns To Back Burner Posted: Saturday, February 21, 2009 7:03 am | Updated: 5:21 pm, Fri Dec 28, 2012. Daniel Gilbert Kyle Robinson didn’t want to lease his gas rights to a corporation, but what really burned him up was receiving a check in the mail informing him […]
Read MoreBRISTOL HERALD COURIER Posted: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:06 pm BY MICHAEL L. OWENS “ABINGDON, Va. –– After nearly four hours of questioning lawyers on the wonky world of coalbed methane and class-action court procedure, U.S. Magistrate Judge Pamela Meade Sargent rested a chin on her hand, drew in a long breath and sighed. “I […]
Read MoreAttorney Don Barrett was interviewed by by Elizabeth Dougherty, of the “Food Nation Radio Network“. “On Food Nation Radio Network this week, we spoke with one of the same attorneys who took on the tobacco companies. Now, he has turned his attention to the very hot topic of truth in food labeling. From GMOs to […]
Read MoreAttorney Don Barrett was interviewed on the CJBK, London ON radio show by Andy Oudman and Pam Killeen about his lawsuits against Big Food. CJBK 1290AM Canadian Radio Interview
Read MoreAttorney Don Barrett was interviewed on Newstalk Radio Ireland by Brian O’Neill. 106-108fm Newstalk Radio Ireland Interview
Read MoreBig Sugar’s Sweet Little Lies How the industry kept scientists from asking: Does sugar kill? —By Gary Taubes and Cristin Kearns Couzens |November/December 2012 Issue On a brisk spring Tuesday in 1976, a pair of executives from the Sugar Association stepped up to the podium of a Chicago ballroom to accept the Oscar of the […]
Read MoreAdvocate Capital, November 5, 2012, by Lisa Wagner Advocate Capital friend and client Don Barrett, renowned for his success in leading the fight in the tobacco litigation is now focusing on making an impact on behavior in the food industry. The issue is misbranded food labels. BBC video:
Read MoreA Timeline of Sugar Spin How the sweets industry won America’s heart—and gut. —By Maddie Oatman | Wed Oct. 31, 2012 2:03 AM PDT It’s striking to realize that such a basic commodity—a substance we spoon into our coffee every day and use in almost everything we bake—may play a causative role in some of […]
Read MoreDocument Dive: What’s Inside the Sugar Industry’s Filing Cabinets? Internal papers reveal a strategy to safeguard sugar from “opportunists,” “pseudoscientists,” and “enemies.” —By Maya Dusenbery | Wed Oct. 31, 2012 2:03 AM PDT Gary Taubes and Cristin Kearns Couzens relied on more than 1,500 pages of internal sugar industry documents for their exposé “Big Sugar’s […]
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