Spring 2017 Course Schedule

Food and Drug Law (LAW-648-001)
Lewis Grossman

Meets: 04:30 PM - 05:50 PM (TTh) - Yuma - Room Y403

Enrolled: 14 / Limit: 50

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Description

Approximately 25 cents out of every dollar spent by American consumers is spent on a product regulated by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Food and drug regulation is a thriving area of legal practice, pursued by lawyers in government, law firms, public interest organizations, and industry. It plays a central role in the growing fields of health law and life sciences law, and it weaves its way through an extraordinary amount of litigation and corporate transactional work. Finally, food and drug law is a matter of great public concern, and FDA-related stories are featured in the major news media on a regular basis. This course surveys FDA’s responsibilities generally and focuses intensively on its regulation of food and drugs in particular. It also explores issues in administrative law and statutory interpretation. No science background is necessary. There will be a final examination.

Textbooks and Other Materials

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Hutt, Food & Drug Law, 4th edition (2013), Foundation Press (ISBN 9781609301750)

Hutt, Food and Drug Law: 2014 Statutory Supplement Revised (2014), Foundation Press (ISBN 9781634591904)

First Class Readings

Class 1: Introduction to FDA and to Administrative Rulemaking

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) at 5 U.S.C. § 553 (in Statutory Supplement at p. 858); Food, Drug &Cosmetic Act § 701(a) (in Statutory Supplement at p. 508)

Hutt, Merrill & Grossman (casebook) pp. 3-4, 5-8, 9-20, 24-25, 29-33, 41-44, 55-59 (last line in note 3 should say “does not have the force of law”)