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2024 Rhode Island Legislative Session Report

The Rhode Island General Assembly adjourned sine die on Friday, bringing the 2024 legislative session to a close. Below is an overview of noteworthy legislation passed during the session....more

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California Greatly Expands List of Cosmetics Fragrances Reportable as Allergens

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Since January 1, 2022, California’s Fragrance and Flavor Ingredients Right to Know Act of 2020 has required manufacturers of cosmetic products to disclose the following information to the California Department of Public...more

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Virginia AG Reminds Suppliers: Price Gouging Laws in Effect Due to Wildfires

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On November 7, Virginia Attorney General (AG) Jason Miyares reminded suppliers that the current state of emergency caused by wildfires triggered Virginia’s anti-price gouging statutes, which prohibit businesses from raising...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Impact of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Product Compliance

I recently had the opportunity to visit with Cally Edgren, a Senior Director of the Regulatory Expert team at Assent, who has nearly three decades of experience in manufacturing and has dedicated her career to helping...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Investor Coalitions Urge Consumer Goods Companies to Take Action to Reduce Plastics

In a statement released on May 3, 2023, the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO) called for companies in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs) and grocery retail sectors to reduce their...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

What’s That Smell? California Safe Cosmetics Program Wants to Know

Channeling Lynyrd Skynyrd’s 1977 classic song, “That Smell,” on January 1, 2022, California Senate Bill 312 (SB 312), now known as the Cosmetic Fragrance and Flavor Ingredient Right to Know Act of 2020 (“CFFIRKA”), went into...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

The House Targets Price Gouging, Again

Even though states are leading the way on price gouging enforcement, recent action in Congress may lead to overlapping federal government enforcement. Recent Congressional letters, statements, and proposed bills show a...more

BakerHostetler

COVID19 Update: Anti-Hoarding Enforcement

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Government enforcement agencies are cracking down on COVID-19-related wrongdoing. One focus of alleged wrongdoing is the industrial hoarding of supplies deemed essential in the fight against COVID-19. ...more

Bennett Jones LLP

B.C.'s Use of Extraordinary Powers and the Implications on Businesses in the Supply Chain

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On March 26, 2020, British Columbia Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Mike Farnworth, issued the Local Authorities and Essential Goods and Supplies (COVID-19) Order pursuant to powers granted to him under the...more

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Price Gouging: What Businesses Need to Know

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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread reports of price gouging on hand sanitizer, protective masks, gloves, and other essential supplies. Such excessive or unconscionable price increases are illegal under state price...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Implications for the Fashion, Apparel & Beauty Industries Due to the Coronavirus

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Like other industries, the fashion, apparel & beauty businesses have been, and continue to be hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The $400 billion dollar American fashion industry employs over four million people, excluding...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Anti-Price Gouging Statutes — What You Need to Know

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COVID-19 has resulted in emergency declarations by at least 48 governors. The first, Washington, announced two and half weeks ago on February 29. As of four days ago, only 30 had declared. That is how quickly circumstances...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

COVID-19 Expected To Trigger Sales Declines; OEMs Should Plan Ahead

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Seyfarth Synopsis: At the beginning of 2020, industry pundits predicted only a moderate decline in auto sales for the year. Those “moderate decline” predictions took a sharp turn on Wednesday, with Morgan Stanley slashing its...more

Cozen O'Connor

Keep Calm — and Look at Your Contract(s)

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Whether you cannot meet your supply obligations because your supply chain has come to a screeching halt or you are losing income because conferences, sports, or cultural events are cancelled and your contract partners do not...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Coronavirus Emergency Declarations Trigger Anti-Price Gouging Laws

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At the time of publication, at least twenty four states, plus Washington D.C. have declared states of emergency related to the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”), with that number growing by the hour. In addition to making more...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Coronavirus: Impact on the Retail Industry

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 or “COVID-19” continues to dominate national and international discussion. News outlets in Boston, New York, London, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, and every other city and town in the world continue...more

Carlton Fields

COVID-19 Prompts Florida Price-Gouging Statute Affecting the Sale of Commodities

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Usually, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has no need to sign an executive order until an impending hurricane takes aim at the state of Florida. But the coronavirus changed all that....more

Polsinelli

COVID 19 and Supply Chain Contracts

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Covid-19 has caused serious disruption to manufacturers’ ability to produce products and fill orders on a timely basis, which in turn has impeded the performance of countless supply chains....more

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Coronavirus Crisis: What US Retail Companies Need to do to Protect Against Business Implications

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As the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc globally, long-term business implications are imminent for US companies. The fashion and retail industries are specifically affected due to the volume of goods produced in China,...more

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An Unintended Interruption to the Global Supply Chain

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The current outbreak of COVID-19 (the coronoavirus) will be a test of the global supply chain’s strength in the face of unintended interruptions, and can be a lesson on building-in supply-chain contingency plans.  As a result...more

Hogan Lovells

Brexit and REACH: What does it mean for products companies?

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With the EU Chemical Agency's recent announcement that four new substances will be added to the Candidate List1, you might be thinking: what's next for the UK and its chemicals legislation?...more

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