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Top 10 Legal Issues for 2024 For the Consumer Products Industry

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On August 16, 2022, US Congress enacted Reese’s Law, which aims to protect children from ingestion hazards associated with certain lithium batteries found in consumer electronics. The law stems from the death of 18-month-old...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Is Your Product Really “Non-Toxic” or “Biodegradable”? The FTC Weighs In.

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Over the course of the past decade, and the past year in particular, the consumer products industry has seen an uptick in class action lawsuits challenging environmental marketing claims, including claims on product labels or...more

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5 Things to Know About New California Cannabis Packaging and Labeling Regulations, Inhalable Products, and Recycling Claims in...

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At the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023, several notable changes in California cannabis law took effect—many of which we covered in our November 2022 California Regulatory Update webinar. As we look to 2023 and beyond,...more

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Lithium Batteries/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Request for Information Regarding Best...

The Solid Waste Association of North America (“SWANA”) and three other organizations filed joint comments addressing questions posed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in the following document: ...more

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New York's Proposed Sustainable Packaging Requirements: Is it Enough?

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With the New York Cannabis Control Board's (CCB) recent release of draft regulations to address packaging, advertising, and testing labs, the CCB also included progressive requirements around the mandatory use of sustainable...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Passes Sweeping Package of “Green” Bills

In October 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a sweeping package of six bills aimed at reducing plastic waste, improving recycling efforts, and clarifying labeling standards for recyclables and compostables. These...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

As Challenges to Recycling Claims Rise, Use Caution When Giving the “Green” Light

NPR and PBS recently released an attention-grabbing investigation titled “How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled.” According to the investigation, beginning in the late 1980s, “big oil” began...more

Hogan Lovells

Rethinking recyclable packaging claims in an evolving litigation landscape

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Historically, neither food companies nor the plaintiffs’ bar have lost sleep over “recyclable” or “recycled content” claims. Over the past year, however, there has been increasing attention to and scrutiny of recyclable...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

RCRA Update: New Hazardous Waste Generator Rule Goes Into Effect in May 2017

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EPA’s final Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule (“Rule”), which goes into effect on May 30, 2017, contains approximately 60 revisions to the hazardous waste generator regulatory program. The revisions focus on...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

FTC’s Recent Enforcement Cases for Misleading Recycled Content Claims

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has stepped-up its enforcement initiatives and recently settled two cases with companies that market plastic lumber and related products. FTC alleged that these companies misled consumers in...more

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