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On Wednesday afternoon, CPSC Chairman Alexander Hoehn-Saric addressed the annual conference of the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO)...

Companies take note: over the past month or so, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued four unilateral press releases instructing consumers to stop using a product.

Safety standards for booster seats will no longer be a polite suggestion. On June 26, 2018, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or the Commission) is a small federal agency with a big job: protecting consumers from unreasonable risks of injury associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is set to announce yet another civil penalty settlement.

A consumer advocacy group has filed over 200 lawsuits in Washington, D.C. against manufacturers and sellers of consumer products, alleging violations of product safety laws under the District's Consumer Protection Procedures Act. These private attorney general actions target technical compliance issues and represent an alternative enforcement mechanism alongside federal agencies like the CPSC and FDA.

In 2010, approximately 56,000 Americans fell ill with salmonellosis after consuming contaminated eggs.

The Eighth Circuit recently held that a motion to dismiss based on forum non conveniens filed 18 months after the start of litigation was untimely.

A report published today by the National Audit Office (NAO) examines the extent to which the UK's consumer product safety regime can protect consumers from harm

Two months ago, our colleague Dan Herling cautioned on this blog about making unsubstantiated "Made in the USA" claims on consumer products.

We recently posted on a new FDA draft guidance entitled "Postapproval Manufacturing Changes to Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biosimilar Products Questions and Answers," aimed at providing "answers...

As part of its effort to ratchet up enforcement on violations of the Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims, the Federal Trade Commission reached two separate settlements with companies accused of making misleading claims involving plastic products.

The FTC has been busy sending money to consumers harmed by unfair or deceptive business acts or practices.

Plaintiffs alleged that An's death from pulmonary fibrosis was due to her long-term and frequent use of the cleaning agent.

For any company facing a product liability lawsuit, it is critical at the outset to assess whether the forum court actually has the power to render a judgment against the defendant company.

On Sept. 19, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved and published the latest standard in its ANSI Z535 series that offers guidance for presenting product safety information.

Favorable New Jersey appellate court decisions in product liability cases are almost always worthy of mention here.