TOPICS MENU

Select from the topics ("menu items") below or let Barry Levenson arrange for a special Chef's Tasting Menu for your group. Half-day and full day programs are available, as well as lunch and dinner talks.

All presentations are eligible for Continuing Legal Education credits

"A fly in your soup? Very good, sir! Will you be alleging breach of warranty, negligence, or strict liability?"

History of Food Law in America

 

The Rise of Food Advocacy Groups

 

Fighting Food Fraud

 

Advertising Food to Children

When Bad Food Happens to Good People (Suing for Food Related Injuries)

 

Food & the First Amendment

 

Protecting Culinary Creations: Food as Intellectual Property

 

Banning "Bad" Foods - Foie Gras, Horsemeat and Maybe Even Ketchup?

 

You Can't Fight City Hall - Or Can You? Suing the FDA, the USDA, & Everyone Else

 

Anatomy of a Food Label

 

Pink Slime: A Mess of a Lawsuit

 

Lawyers and the Food Supply: Savoirs or Shysters?

 

Criminal Law & The Park Doctrine: Strict Liability for Food Adulteration

 

Raw Milk: Freedom vs. Public Health

 

GMO Foods: The Public's Right to Know (or the Right to be Needlessly Alarmed?)

 

Scrutinizing Health & Nutritional Claims

 

Limiting the Right to Sue Fast Food: America's "Cheeseburger" Laws

Kosher Food Enforcement Laws: Not So Strictly Kosher

 

Dietary SUpplements: Food That Isn't

 

The Law of Organics

Ag Gag Laws - Are They Constitutional?

 

Legal Remedies to Fight Obesity

 

The Future of Food Law