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Tauler Smith LLP files lawsuit in Michigan against convenience stores

The suit filed in Detroit federal court accuses the companies that own the gas stations and covenience stores of selling pills that are billed as sexual enhancement supplements, which lab tests have found actually contain drugs such as sildenafil, desmethyl carbodenafil, dapoxetine and tadalafil. Check out the coverage by various local TV stations and newspapers […]

Texas gas stations secretly selling Viagra are exposed by False Advertising Law Firm Tauler Smith LLP

The suit filed in Houston federal court accuses the companies that own the gas stations of selling pills that are billed as sexual enhancement supplements, which lab tests have found actually contain drugs such as sildenafil, desmethyl carbodenafil, dapoxetine and tadalafil. Check out the coverage by various local TV stations in Texas: KTRK/CNN Tyler, Texas: […]

LA Times – Lawsuit claims San Diego stores sell tainted love pills

Illegal and dangerous erection-inducing products containing Viagra and Cialis are being deceptively sold across San Diego, according to a lawsuit against dozens of San Diego convenience stores. The products often bear sexually suggestive names like Black Stallion 35000, Rhino 69, and New Stiff Nights Platinum 10K. They’re sold in convenience stores, liquor and smoke shops, as dietary or natural […]

SMDP – Local liquor stores face lawsuit over male enhancement pills

Santa Monica Daily Press – Pills promising better sex are at the center of a lawsuit filed against a dozen local liquor store owners, as a Los Angeles area law firm brings a multi-state legal threat to its hometown. The firm is representing a Texas-based supplement company, Outlaw Laboratory, who says mom-and-pop store owners are […]

Natural Products Insider Updates on Enhanced Athlete Case

Natural products insider writes about Tauler Smith’s recent court victory against Enhanced Athlete and their managing agent Charles Anthony Hughes, a California lawyer who refers to himself as “Dr. Tony Huge” to market patented drugs called SARMs to bodybuilders. Read the full article on Natural Products Insider.

False advertising lawsuit wrongly dismissed; 9th U.S. Circuit panel rules in favor of Tauler Smith client

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel handed client Nutrition Distribution LLC a major victory in its ongoing battle to prevent IronMag Labs LLC from its false advertising of its sports supplements containing Ostarine, a substance developed by pharma giant GTx to treat degenerative muscle diseases and cancers, announced Robert Tauler of Tauler Smith LLP in […]

Civil laws clean up the illicit sports supplement marketplace as FDA is overwhelmed, underfunded

Robert Tauler, in this guest column for Law360, spelled out how the illegal and illicit sports supplement business works, where the gaps are in criminally investigating and prosecuting companies that ignore federal rules to push poisons to an unsuspecting public. “Until these dangerous substances are eliminated from the marketplace, laws that govern competition in the […]

Allergan PLC sues compounding pharmacies over false advertising

When Allergan PLC alleged false advertising in a lawsuit against large compounding pharmacies, Law360’s reporter turned to Robert Tauler for his insight and expertise on the Lanham Act. “I think this (litigation) may be groundbreaking,” he said. “If you are a large pharmaceutical company, it’ll have ripple effects if you start pursuing compounders.” Read the […]

‘Seminal’ Allergan Cases Test Copycat Drug Limits

Law360, New York (November 27, 2017, 11:08 PM EST) — Two recently filed lawsuits from Allergan PLC are teeing up a pivotal test of the extent to which drug compounders can mass-produce virtual copies of brand-name prescription drugs, attorneys say. Continue reading the story on Law360.

The Guardian: U.K. sellers of deadly pesticide for weight loss unmasked in California lawsuit

The Guardian’s top health reporter published an exclusive, three-part package on a raid by British Food Standard’s Agency on the European operation of a Sacramento-based supplement company facing a lawsuit from Tauler Smith for selling the chemical DNP (2,4-dinitrophenol) for human consumption. Excerpt: “The substance heats up the body’s metabolism, burning fat, but it can […]