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Keller and Heckman Earns Multiple Firm and Individual Rankings in the 2026 Chambers USA Guide

Keller and Heckman secured multiple firm and individual rankings in the 2026 Chambers USA Guide, including notable recognition in Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation and Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory.

Navigating TSCA: Basics and Beyond 2026

Join Keller and Heckman on October 6–7, 2026, in Washington, DC, for Navigating TSCA: Basics and Beyond, covering key fundamentals and advanced topics on TSCA compliance.

China Regulatory Matters Newsletter

Track key Chinese regulatory developments across the food, packaging, cosmetics, environmental, chemical control, and tobacco industries with China Regulatory Matters, published by our Shanghai office.

Food & Chemicals Unpacked Podcast

Join our hosts, Partners Mark Thompson and Katie Skaggs, as they provide a bird’s eye view of the emerging legal and scientific issues surrounding the food, chemical, packaging, and related consumer product industries.

2026 Annual Food Packaging Law Seminar

Join Keller and Heckman on October 27-28, 2026, in Arlington, VA for our Annual Food Packaging Law Seminar! Gain a comprehensive overview of food packaging regulations in the U.S. and abroad.

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Keller and Heckman is an internationally renowned law firm with a broad practice in the areas of regulatory law, public policy, and litigation. From offices around the world, we represent global companies and trade associations servicing a range of industries, including food and food additives, plastics, pesticides, industrial and specialty chemicals, consumer products, drugs and medical devices, transportation, and communications and technology. We are a pioneer in the use of interdisciplinary approaches to problem-solving with an in-house scientific staff that works closely with the attorneys on matters of technical complexity.
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Insights & In the News

FDA Posts Caffeine Disclosure Citizen Petition

Blog: The Daily Intake
  • On August 5, 2026, FDA posted a

Communications and Technology Alert: FCC Commissioner Nomination; USF Comprehensive Revie…

Publication

Trump Nominates Republican for Commission

Last Friday, President Donald Trump

FDA Announces Proposed Mandatory GRAS Notification Rule

Blog: The Daily Intake
  • On August 10, 2026, HHS Secretary Robert F.

OIRA Completes Review of FDA Proposed GRAS Rule

Blog: The Daily Intake
  • On July 31, 2026, the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)

Keller and Heckman LLP Adds Prominent Chemical Regulatory and Enforcement Attorney to Env…

Press Release

—Washington, DC— Keller and Heckman LLP is pleased to announce that prominent chemical regulatory attorney Lauren Gates has joined the firm as counsel. Lauren comes to Keller and Heckman from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), where she served for many years as a senior lawyer in the Pesticides and Toxic Substances Law Office (PTSLO) within EPA’s Office of General Counsel.

Lawrence Halprin Quoted in Bloomberg Law Article on OSHA’s Mental Health Oversight

In The News

Keller and Heckman Partner Lawrence Halprin was quoted in the Bloomberg Law article, “Fifth Circuit Puts OSH

Aluminum cans

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