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U.S. senator begins investigation into treatment of FDA whistleblowers

donal brown February 6, 2012

After six current or former Food and Drug Administration employees complained that their e-mails were being monitored, Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) ordered an investigation into the FDA’s monitoring program aimed at doctors and scientists alarmed that unsafe medical devices were approved. Grassley said, “I write to express my concerns over your agency’s treatment of whistleblowers as a result of their disclosures to Congress, and specifically disclosures to my office. Whistleblowers . . . are often treated

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Federal judge puts hold on mandatory graphic images for cigarette packages

donal brown November 8, 2011

A federal judge iced attempts of the Food And Drug Administration to require graphic images of the horrific results of smoking on all cigarette packages. The judge granted a temporary injunction on enforcing the new rule until the case is heard in federal court. The tobacco companies argue that the rule requires speech they don’t agree with and violates their First Amendment rights. -db From  the First Amendment Center, November 7, 2011, by David L

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Journalists say Obama administration withholding science data

donal brown October 6, 2011

A panel of health and science journalists said that many government agencies key to their investigations are not supporting President Obama’s transparency pledge. Delays in releasing data make it impossible for reporters to meet deadlines. The journalists complained that when requests are made, decisions often have to be made at the highest level of political command by those with higher priorities than to deal with media requests. -db From The Reporters Committee for Freedom of

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Tobacco industry tries again to block graphic labels on cigarette packs with First Amendment argument

donal brown September 15, 2011

The tobacco industry is chafing over the Food and Drug Administration’s mandate for graphic labels on cigarette packages, showing rotting teeth, gums, blackened lungs and the like. The industry is suing in federal court with the argument that the government is forcing them to present the government’s own anti-smoking message, a violation of the First Amendment. The problem with the industry’s stand is that they already lost that argument in federal court. -db From a

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Mandated graphic images on cigarette packs raise free speech issues

donal brown August 18, 2011

A number of tobacco firms are suing the Food and Drug Administration for forcing them to put images and warnings on cigarette packs warning consumers of the dangers of smoking. Writing for the First Amendment Center, Ken Paulson highlights the importance of the lawsuit, “Courts have long upheld mandated warnings in narrow areas of consumer protection and safety, but the new FDA warnings require unprecedented levels of scope and visibility. In the end, this case

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