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
Keeping Children Safe - Toys imagined by manufacturers, created for children and marketed to parents can pose safety risks so severe that an organization exists solely to keep children out of danger when playing with them....more
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or the Commission) is the regulatory agency responsible for protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury and death associated with consumer products. Pursuant to...more
Companies often incur substantial costs implementing and responding to product recalls. A children's product recall might include any of the following costs, among others...more
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Welcome to the April edition of the Alston & Bird CPSC Recall Snapshot. Last month, Administrative Law Judge Dean C. Metry issued a ruling against the CPSC in litigation with Zen Magnets over its small-diameter magnetic...more
Rare-earth magnets are small, strong, permanent magnets made from alloys of rare earth elements. The Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC") has enacted strict regulations governing the sale of these magnets in the United...more
If the Hello Barbie complaints weren’t enough, now it has been announced that researchers determined that the kids’ toys, the Fisher-Price Smart Toy Bear and the hereO GPS watch, had some serious security vulnerabilities. ...more