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Womble Bond Dickinson

Federal Trade Commission Strikes Against “Crafted in America” Language

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As previously reported by Home Textiles Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a “record civil penalty” of $3.175 million against a retailer who failed to tell the truth about whether the products it sells...more

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Fortifying Your Manufacturing Business: The Imperative of Cybersecurity Services and Training

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Lately, I have been asked a lot about security in Business Central and how good it is… Permissions, Roles, Field Level Permission with an APP, and so on. How do you know if anything has been compromised, or if you have a...more

Cooley LLP

The rubber meets the road again—inflated sales, inflated projections charged at electric vehicle manufacturers

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Is it Groundhog Day again? Haven’t we heard about this before? An electric vehicle manufacturer that went public through a SPAC transaction is charged by the SEC with fraudulently misrepresenting the status of its products,...more

Kidon IP

Outsourced Manufacturing and Trade Secrets: Internal Controls (Part 4)

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When a company, for the soundest of business reasons, is exploring placing its crown jewels, its intellectual assets, in the hands of a third party, proper internal controls are vital. A company’s internal controls may...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Internal Investigation Leads to Potential $40 Million Clawback Effort

McDonald’s Corporation, a Fortune 500 company and one of the world’s largest fast-food chains, was recently reminded of the value of two basic internal controls: maintaining an anonymous reporting system and conducting an...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Common Mistakes That Lead To Big Customer Disputes

By nature, lawyers tend to be reactive and we are trained to respond to crisis and/or problems.  So, it takes a lot of work to develop proactive skills so that we can help our clients avoid problems such as large customer...more

Hogan Lovells

What product manufacturers need to know about how the Internet of Things is changing the way that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety...

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The Internet of Things (IoT) has opened doors to enormous innovative opportunities for consumer product manufacturers. But it has also introduced a new twist in the way that innovation, product safety, and the U.S....more

Perkins Coie

Palm Oil Supply Chain Abuses Reported by Amnesty International: Steps to Mitigate Legal Risk

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Amnesty International recently released a report alleging that supply chains for production of palm oil—a common ingredient in many consumer products—are tainted by forced and child labor. In the nearly 150-page report titled...more

Stinson LLP

Disclosure, Internal Controls, Cooperation - The SEC Continues Anti-Corruption Enforcement Themes

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On December 15, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Bruker Corporation with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by making $230,000 in improper payments to Chinese government officials to win business....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Smith & Wesson Pays $2 Million to Resolve SEC Charges

On July 28, Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation, one of the largest gun manufacturers in the United States, agreed to pay more than $2 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges alleging that it had bribed...more

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