Civil Litigation,
Administrative/Regulatory
Sep. 8, 2020
Coffee defendants grind out victory in battle over Prop 65 acrylamide warnings
Last week, following nearly a decade of litigation, a Los Angeles Superior Court ruled in favor of a group of coffee defendants, holding that coffee is exempt from acrylamide cancer warnings on the basis of a recently promulgated regulation by the State of California. The Court held that chemicals inherent in the brewing process of coffee are excluded from Proposition 65 regulation as a carcinogen.
Willis M. Wagner
Senior Associate
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Phone: (916) 534-1044
Email: will.wagner@arnoldporter.com
Arizona State Univ COL; Tempe AZ
Will focuses on consumer product defense and regulatory compliance, particularly issues involving California's Proposition 65. He is resident in the firm's San Francisco office.
Last week, following nearly a decade of litigation, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled in favor of a group of coffee defendants, holding that coffee is exempt from acrylamide cancer warnings on the basis of a recently promulgated regulation by the state of California. The court held that chemicals inherent in the brewing process of coffee are excluded from Proposition 65 regulation as a carcinogen. The litigation was initiated nearly a decade ago by the C...
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