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The EC's High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence recently released the first draft of its Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI.

In Determan v. Boeing Co., 728 Fed. Appx. 657 (9th Cir. 2019), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a United States District Court for the District of Hawaii decision dismissing a product liability action ...

The European Commission is currently holding a public consultation as part of its evaluation of Directive 2011/65/EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.

On 12 July 2023, the European Parliament agreed its negotiating mandate on the proposed Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR).

The European Commission has adopted its 2021 Work Programme.

Recent chemical agency reclassification as reprotoxic substance likely to lead to EU cosmetics ban for tea tree extract

The European Parliament approves the European Commission's proposal to extend the transitional periods in the MDR and remove the "sell-off" deadline in the MDR and IVDR.

Here's the next edition of our monthly bite-sized digest, Productwise 3-2-1 where each month, we'll be bringing to the top of your inbox (and your agenda)...

At only the halfway point in 2016, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC" or the "Commission") has already broken last year's record for total amount of civil penalties.

Food product recalls, whether the result of misbranding, adulteration or another source, are showing no signs of slowing down.

Bartosz Grabowski's world was rocked. In early December 2016, Grabowski entered a Dunkin' Donuts in Chicago, Illinois and purchased a glazed blueberry donut.

The amount of this civil penalty—the maximum permitted under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA)—is consistent with a series of recent remarks made by CPSC Chairman Elliot Kaye.

The Department of Toxic Substances Control announced the first products and chemicals to be evaluated under the Safer Chemical Product regulations.

On June 3, 2019, the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) announced that it had approved a regulation proposed by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA

The bill would have prohibited sales of most of the covered products starting in 2028, and of nonstick cookware containing polytetrafluoroethylene ("PTFE") and other PFAS beginning in 2030.

California's Green Chemistry Initiative has taken another step forward with proposed guidance on how to perform the required "alternatives analysis" by manufacturers of certain consumer products..

On September 1, 2015, California enacted Senate Bill 633 ("SB 633"), loosening the state's restrictions on "Made in USA" labeling. Under existing law, codified at Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17533.7, a product may not be sold or offered for sale in California as "Made in U.S.A" if the product, or any article, unit, or part of the product, has been entirely or substantially made, manufactured, or produced outside of the United States.