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FDA Unauthorized ENDS Enforcement: 2024 Mid-Year Roundup

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In the first half of 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has continued to ramp up efforts to limit sales of unauthorized electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). We previously reported on FDA’s heightened...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Glow Up or Blow Up: Five Takeaways from the CCPA Enforcement Action Against Sephora

As we discussed last year, the California Attorney General’s Office (“OAG”) has been wielding its enforcement authority under the California Consumer Privacy Act since the law became enforceable in July 2020.  But for two...more

Lathrop GPM

FTC Warns Endorsements Could Lead to Civil Penalties

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Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission issued a press release suggesting that the agency will be cracking down on allegedly deceptive practices in social media and online reviews, scrutinizing in particular reviewers who...more

King & Spalding

OIG Approves Customer Loyalty Program Involving Pharmacy Products

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On December 17, 2019, OIG published Advisory Opinion 19-06 approving a supermarket’s expansion of a loyalty program to allow customers to earn rewards points on out-of-pocket costs paid in connection with the purchase of...more

White & Case LLP

New Bill: Enhancement of Fines under the Japan Anti-Monopoly Act

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The bill to amend the Anti-Monopoly Act (the "AMA"), that includes the enhancement of a surcharge (i.e., administrative fine), has passed on June 19, 2019.1 It will be effective no later than from December 25, 2020. The...more

Goodwin

CFPB Announces $11 Million Settlement with National Jewelry Retailer

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On January 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the State of New York announced that they had filed a consent order in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.to settle allegations...more

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CFPB Reaches $200,000 Settlement with Online Retailer and Lender

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On October 4, 2018, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had entered into a consent order with online retailer and its subsidiaries that sells products through revolving-credit accounts and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - September 2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Petrobras Settles with U.S. Authorities Over Alleged FCPA Violations - On September 27, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more

Williams Mullen

Strange But True: Recent EPA and State Actions Show Breadth of Environmental Enforcement

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A trilogy of recent federal and state enforcement actions show just how far agencies will go to enforce environmental regulations. Now may be a good time for a compliance audit....more

Downey Brand LLP

California Grocer: Brewing Debate in California Proposition 65 Coffee Action Coming to a Close

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For the past six years, a collection of coffee brewers and retailers have been embroiled in a legal battle with Council for Education and Research on Toxics (CERT) over whether certain coffee products sold in California must...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Macy's Retail Holdings, Inc. Enter into Settlement Agreement

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that it entered into a settlement with Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc., (“Macy’s”) in regards to alleged violations of the hazardous waste regulations....more

Morgan Lewis

Retail Pharmacy: OIG Signals It’s Okay to Reward Again

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OIG Advisory Opinion paves the way for expanded retailer reward programs. The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an advisory opinion on September 7 that provides important...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

$283MM in Telemarketing Penalties: The Top 10 Things You Need to Know About the Big Dish Ruling This Week

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On the heels of a crushing $60MM civil judgment in North Carolina two weeks ago, Dish was hit with a staggering $283MM in penalties in an epic ruling by Judge Sue E. Myerscough of the Central District of Illinois this week in...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

[Webinar] Keeping Up with the Consumer Product Safety Commission: Update on Recent CPSC Developments - March 29th, 12:00pm EST

With the complexity of today’s product safety regulatory environment and the civil penalty amounts for failure to report safety hazards, it is more important than ever for manufacturers and retailers to identify and resolve...more

Perkins Coie

How Big Retailers Can Avoid Newest Wave of Deceptive Price Advertising Lawsuits

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Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer last week announced the filing of four lawsuits against some of the largest retailers in the United States, accusing them of misleading customers by advertising a “sales price” alongside...more

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints

California Prop 65: More Unintended Consequences

Last month, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) adopted new Proposition 65 warning regulations. Much of the discussions regarding these new regulations have centered on the warning...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Consumer Products: The CPSC Files Suit Seeking Civil Penalties Against Michaels Stores for Failures of Reporting and Material...

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), filed suit against Michaels Stores, Inc. (“Michaels”) in the Northern District of Texas. United States of...more

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints

CPSC & DOJ Sue Michaels Stores for Failing to Report Product Safety Hazard and Filing Misleading Information

For the first time in recent memory, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) jointly announced the filing of a lawsuit in federal court for the imposition of a civil penalty and...more

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints

CPSC Announces Largest Civil Penalty to Date for Alleged Failure to Timely Report

On October 28, 2014, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Baja Inc., and its corporate affiliate, One World Technologies Inc., of Anderson, S.C., agreed to pay a $4.3 million civil penalty to...more

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