Producer, Restaurant File Federal Suit Over Calif. Foie Gras Ban; Chef Flaunts ‘Foie You’ Menu

As a California law banning the production and sale of items created from force-fed birds took effect on July 1, the nation's largest producer of foie gras joined with a state restaurant to file a federal lawsuit challenging the new regime and seeking injunctive relief. They contend the law is unconstitutional, both because it is too vague to give potential enforcement targets fair notice of what...