POM Wonderful LLC v. The Coca Cola Company - Post-Argument SCOTUScast
SCOTUScast 5-14-14 featuring William Kratzke
SCOTUScast 5-14-14 featuring William Kratzke
On April 21, 2014, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in POM Wonderful LLC v. The Coca Cola Company. This case involves the Lanham Act, which allows individuals to sue for harms resulting from misleading representations of goods or services in commerce. The question in this case is whether a private party can bring a Lanham Act claim challenging a product label that complies with regulations under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
To discuss the case, we have Prof. William Kratzke, who is the Cecil C. Humphreys Professor of Law at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.
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Cecil C. Humphreys Professor of Law, University of Memphis School of Law
Professor William Kratzke is the Cecil C. Humphreys Professor of Law at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. His teaching interests include Torts, Federal Income Taxation, Unfair Competition, and Economic Analysis of Law.
Before joining the Memphis School of Law faculty in 1979, Professor Kratzke was an Assistant Professor of Law at Oklahoma City University from 1977-1979. He also served as a visiting Professor of Law at Santa Clara University from 1986-1987.
Professor Kratzke Co-authored, with Earl W. Kintner, three volumes of a nine volumes treatise entitled Federal Antitrust Law (volume 6, 7, and 8). He has also published law review articles on trademark law, Federal Tort Claims Act, Tennessee administrative law, labor law, products liability law, and Russian law. He is a member of the American Law Institute and was a Fulbright Scholar in the Spring of 1997 and from 2001-2002.