Associate Tommy Tobin was quoted in “A Lawyer Filed More Than 100 Lawsuits Over Vanilla Flavoring in Foods and Drinks, Arguing Most of it Is Fake,” an article in Business Insider,* regarding food litigation in 2020 being dominated by vanilla cases.

"Multiple judicial opinions out of New York's federal courts, including a decision issued earlier this week in Manhattan, have dismissed cases predicated on this 'vanilla-labeling' theory," Tommy, told Insider late last month.

In a recent newsletter, the firm said while the vanilla cases dominated food litigation in 2020, they may be "nearing an endpoint" this year, adding there has been "increasing impatience" from courts when it comes to the topic.

"This is a remarkable trend and represents about a quarter of overall food-litigation filings in 2019 and 2020," Tommy said.

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