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In cases alleging design defect under the Alabama Extended Manufacturer's Liability Doctrine ("AEMLD")—Alabama's common law concept of strict liability

On August 1, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo approved the Counterfeit Airbag Prevention Act, which will make it a crime in New York to knowingly import, install, reinstall or sell a counterfeit or nonfunctional airbag.

On March 6, 2008, the U.S. Senate passed S. 2663, the most ambitious reauthorization and amendment to the Consumer Product Safety Act and related statutes since the creation of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or the “Commission”) in the 1970s.

After months of anticipation, the U.S. Senate finally confirmed Dana Baiocco as a Commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on May 22, 2018.

Word on the street is that a big law went into effect last Tuesday. President Obama’s healthcare law, you say?

This week, Acting Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle withdrew her nomination to serve as Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District of California recently denied a plaintiff's motion to certify a class of consumers who alleged that Gerber's baby food product labels are unlawful, deceptive, and misbranded in violation of federal and California law.

Responding to efforts by a number of industry groups, on December 28, 2009, the U.S. Consumer-Product Safety Commission ("CPSC") posted a Federal Register notice announcing its continuation of the stay of enforcement of the third-party laboratory testing and certification required under section 14 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 ("CPSIA").

Has your business experienced difficulty identifying on the CPSC's website which product safety regulations are potentially applicable to your products?

A question often asked by consumer product companies these days is whether the eFiling requirements will go into effect as planned given the political upheaval at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)...

On September 8, 2016, we reported that the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) had issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would reduce the burden of testing for phthalates in children's toys and child care articles.

On October 13, 2023 he FDA announced that two of the requirements set forth in the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA)— facility registration and product listing...

The cause of the plaintiff's damages is typically the first and most critical question posed to a jury in a product liability trial.

The FTC has announced that it will host a workshop on July 16, 2019, called Nixing the Fix: A Workshop on Repair Restrictions, aimed at examining manufacturer restrictions on consumer and third-party

Plaintiff sued the manufacturer of a broadcast spreader in Massachusetts superior court after he severely injured his hand while oiling the spreader’s chain.

Dyson challenged Dreame's advertising claims that its hair styling products could dry shoulder-length hair in two minutes, arguing that accompanying images of models with much longer hair misled consumers about the products' actual capabilities. The National Advertising Division examined whether the visual presentation contradicted the explicit claim limitations and whether disclosures adequately clarified the performance boundaries.

President Trump's fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget request for the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) states that the President's budget proposes to eliminate funding for CSB...

Massachusetts Appeals Court Holds Manufacturers of Non-Defective Component Parts Have No Duty to Warn of Risks Arising From Addition of Other Components In Finished Product.