Amicus Brief
On August 27, 2010, the Natural Products Association filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court defending the dietary supplement industry against an overreaching and potentially damaging decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.The case, Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano, presents the critical question of whether mere nondisclosure of adverse event reports (AERs) can give rise to liability under federal securities laws – even when those reports are not statistically significant. In an unprecedented decision, the Ninth Circuit held that the answer is “yes,” and permitted a class action lawsuit to proceed.
Amicus Brief News Release
Brief of the Natural Products Association as Amicus Curiae
On April 6, 2007, the Natural Products Association filed a "friend of the court" or amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court that challenges a lower court ruling on the standard used by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to impose a 2004 ban on ephedrine alkaloids in dietary supplements. The ban was successfully challenged and overturned in 2005 in a Utah district court and subsequently reversed in a circuit appeals court last year.
