Keller and Heckman LLP

About this office:

Keller and Heckman LLP, founded in 1962, has a broad practice in the areas of regulatory law, litigation, and business transactions, serving both domestic and international clients. Our firm is a pioneer in the use of interdisciplinary approaches to problem-solving. Since 1971, we have had an in-house scientific staff that works closely with the firm's attorneys on matters of technical complexity. Many of our attorneys also have government experience and expertise in multiple areas of the law.

Keller and Heckman represents a wide spectrum of companies and trade associations servicing a range of industries, including food and food additives, plastics, pesticides, fine and industrial chemicals, drugs and medical devices, transportation, and telecommunications. The firm's practice covers the diverse regulatory areas that affect these industries, as well as business counseling and litigation issues. Our attorneys and scientists emphasize creative service to clients involved in the development of new products, services, and markets.

Administrative Practice before Federal Departments and Agencies of Federal, State and Foreign Governments; Representation before Congress and State Legislatures; Civil and Criminal Litigation before Federal and State Courts; Trade Associations Representation; Domestic and International Business Transactions. Food and Drug, Telecommunications, Environmental, Workplace Safety and Health, Employment and Labor, Transportation, Litigation and Other Dispute Resolution, International Regulatory Affairs, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Product Safety, Advertising and Promotion, Business Counseling and Transactional, Intellectual Property, Biotechnology, Privacy and Internet, Chemical Control, Trade and Professional Association, Government Relations, Health and Safety Compliance Audit, Insurance Recovery, and Pesticides.

The Evolving OSHA Regulation of Combustible Dust through Existing OSHA Standards, a Possible I2P2 Rule, NFPA Standards and the General Duty Clause
Lawrence P. Halprin, February 16, 2012
When OSHA recently placed its combustible dust (CD) rulemaking initiative into the undetermined, long-term actions category, many people apparently concluded that OSHA was giving it a lower priority and that any further regulation of CD was on an indefinite hold. Clearly, that is not the situation....

Maxton v. Western States Metals
Daniel J. Herling,Howard I. Miller, February 14, 2012
Raw material suppliers and component manufacturers should take comfort in California's reaffirmation of the Component Part Doctrine. California's Second Appellate District applied the Component Part Doctrine in holding that absent extraordinary circumstances, a plaintiff cannot maintain an action...

Snow Job Gets Icy Reception
Richard J. Leighton, February 14, 2012
Ordering corrective advertising as part of a preliminary injunction is not a common remedy in Lanham Act false advertising cases. But it happened recently in Wisconsin.

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