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CPSC Issues Unilateral Recall Press Release Involving “Uncooperative” Retailer Of Smoke Detector

On May 16, 2024, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) took an unconventional action, unilaterally issuing a recall announcement urging consumers to dispose of CHZHVAN Combination Smoke and Carbon...more

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Can a Voluntary Consumer Product Safety Commission Recall Short-Circuit Costly Class Action Litigation?

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Manufacturers should add “possible class action defense” to the list of considerations when evaluating whether to conduct a voluntary recall of a consumer product, particularly when class action litigation is threatened or...more

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Product Safety and Recalls: An Excerpt from the Advertising Law Tool Kit

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Join us over the next few months as we spotlight select chapters of Venable’s popular Advertising Law Tool Kit, which helps marketing teams navigate their organization’s legal risk....more

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Rise In Lithium-Ion Battery Demand Causing Challenges

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The rising lithium-ion battery demand is creating challenges for manufacturers. It is important to understand how to mitigate risk. The rising demand to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels has driven product manufacturers to...more

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Consumer Product Recalls on the Rise: Important Compliance Reminders for Consumer Products Manufacturers and Sellers

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Data from U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) shows that more consumer products are being recalled now than they have been in recent years. The U.S. PIRG Education Fund published a report on February 2, 2023...more

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What Companies Regulated by the FDA Need to Know About the Consumer Product Safety Commission

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is an independent federal agency that regulates the manufacture, distribution, and sale of consumer products in the United States. Specifically, the Commission is tasked with...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Recent CPSC Lawsuits Could Have Significant Ramifications for Platforms and for Companies Relying on Third Parties for Product...

Over the course of about a week, the CPSC, an agency that rarely litigates, flexed its litigation muscles not once, but twice, recently filing complaints against Amazon and Thyssenkrupp Access Corp., seeking to force both...more

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CPSC’s Expanding Role under the Biden Administration

During the Trump administration, the number of consumer product safety recalls fell for three years in a row. When Robert Adler became Acting Chair of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in 2019, he compared...more

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Consumer Product Safety Enforcement To Heat Up Under Biden Administration

More aggressive enforcement actions and increased regulatory activities under the Biden Administration are here. In President Biden’s first weeks, he is making good on his promise to reverse course from the previous...more

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The Importance of Social Media In Communicating Changes and Delays To Recall Remedies and Information

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In response to the global pandemic and disruptions to supply chains, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has alerted consumers for the past few weeks that recall remedies might be unavailable or otherwise delayed....more

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Consumer Product Safety Commission Issues Home Safety Guidance During COVID-19 Crisis

In response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently issued a series of Home Safe Checklists with guidance on keeping families safe while spending more...more

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CPSC Recall Remedies In The Time Of COVID-19

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recognizes that companies everywhere are in the midst of responding to the impact of COVID-19 on business operations, including government stay-at-home orders that could see some...more

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Calif. wins $344M mesh case, but $215M may not settle harmed gymnasts’ suit

The public’s health and safety sometimes find protections in the civil justice system and sometimes under regulators’ threat. Here’s hoping that whatever means are required, just and proper outcomes result....more

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CPSC Recall Snapshot: Senate Commerce Committee Finds “Inappropriate Deference to Industry”

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Welcome to the December edition of the Alston & Bird CPSC Recall Snapshot. The CPSC has come under scrutiny this year by some who feel it did not appropriately handle complaints about certain consumer products, prompting...more

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While kids suffered harms, consumer agency cozied up to corporations

One of the nation’s top consumer protection agencies cozied up to the businesses it was supposed to watch over, leaving children and other consumers vulnerable to significant harms....more

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CPSC Recall Snapshot: CPSC Proposes to Update Rules for Adjudicative Proceedings

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Welcome to the November edition of the Alston & Bird CPSC Recall Snapshot. Earlier this month, the CPSC Office of the General Counsel presented the commission with a draft supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking to...more

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CPSC Recall Snapshot: CPSC Has a New (Acting) Chair

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Welcome to the October edition of the Alston & Bird CPSC Recall Snapshot. Effective October 1, 2019, Commissioner Bob Adler became the acting chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. He was elected by...more

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CPSC Recall Snapshot: “Voluntary” Brings Stability to Your Safety Floor

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Welcome to the August edition of the Alston & Bird CPSC Recall Snapshot. ASTM International published an update to ASTM F2057, the voluntary furniture stability standard. The new standard applies to dressers and other...more

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CPSC Recall Snapshot: Holding High Chairs to a Higher Standard

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Welcome to the July edition of the Alston & Bird CPSC Recall Snapshot. The CPSC’s mandatory federal high chair safety standard took effect in June. The rule was unanimously approved by the CPSC in 2018 and became effective...more

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Rock ’n Play, Rocking Sleeper Unsafe? Sleepers Recalled as Debate Continues

The headline in The Washington Post said it all: “Fisher-Price invented a popular baby sleeper without medical safety tests and kept selling it, even as babies died.” Not a stitch of clinical research was conducted, nor...more

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CPSC Recall Snapshot: CPSC Agenda and Priorities for Fiscal Years 2020–2021

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Welcome to the June edition of the Alston & Bird CPSC Recall Snapshot. In May, the CPSC held its public hearing on the commission’s agenda and priorities for Fiscal years 2020–2021. ...more

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Liability for Allegedly Unnecessary Product Recall?

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The conventional advice to manufacturers and retailers of consumer products when assessing a potential product safety issue is typically as follows: “When in doubt, report.” And while it is still generally good advice to err...more

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CPSC Recall Snapshot: CPSC in the Spotlight

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Welcome to the May edition of the Alston & Bird CPSC Recall Snapshot. The CPSC was in the spotlight in April. Earlier in the month, the U.S. House Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee conducted a hearing on CPSC...more

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Unilateral Recalls: Companies Should Consider Launching Recalls Without the CPSC During the Government Shutdown

Now in its fifth week, the partial government shutdown has left many companies wondering what to do about recalls for consumer products. Generally, consumer product companies work in coordination with the U.S. Consumer...more

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CPSC Recall Snapshot – CPSC Republican Majority on the Horizon

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Welcome to the July edition of the Alston & Bird CPSC Recall Snapshot. Following the confirmation of Dana Baiocco as a commissioner of the CPSC on May 22, 2018, President Trump nominated Peter Feldman to fill the...more

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