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March 03, 2021 - Product Liability, Consumer Products, CPSC
Consumer Product Safety Enforcement To Heat Up Under Biden Administration
By: Erin M. Bosman and Julie Y. Park
More aggressive enforcement actions and increased regulatory activities under the Biden Administration are here. In President Biden’s first weeks, he is making good on his promise to reverse course from the previous administration’s product safety agenda. So far, we witnessed rare civil penalties against
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January 07, 2021 - Coronavirus (COVID-19), Autonomous Vehicles & Robotics, Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act), Product Liability, MDL, Consumer Products, Class Action, Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), CPSC
How 2020 Changed Product Liability — And What's Next
By: Erin M. Bosman, Julie Y. Park, Alexandra Preece Barlow and Erin P. Lupfer
Erin Bosman, Julie Park, and Alexandra Preece authored an article for Law360 discussing how product liability regulation and litigation changed in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as upcoming trends. “In a year dominated by the pandemic and political
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September 21, 2020 - Product Liability, Trials, Consumer Products, CPSC
Court Finds No Private Right of Action Under Consumer Product Safety Act for Alleged Violation of Voluntary Standard
By: Erin M. Bosman, Julie Y. Park and Erin P. Lupfer
The Eastern District of Tennessee recently ruled that there is no private right of action under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) for an alleged violation of a voluntary product safety standard.[1] The ruling narrows the claims in a pending lawsuit about hoverboards and
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March 31, 2020 - Coronavirus (COVID-19), Product Liability, CPSC
CPSC Recall Remedies in the Time of COVID-19
By: Erin M. Bosman, Julie Y. Park and Erin P. Lupfer
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recognizes that companies everywhere are in the midst of responding to the impact of COVID-19 on business operations, including government stay-at-home orders that could see some operations temporarily close. Given these “extraordinary circumstances,” the CPSC issued a notice
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March 05, 2020 - CPSC
Is This Seat Open? Nancy Beck Tapped to Chair CPSC
By: Erin M. Bosman, Julie Y. Park and Erin P. Lupfer
This week, President Trump announced that he intends to nominate Nancy Beck as Chair and Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The five-person CPSC has been short a member since the end of September 2019, when former Acting Chair Ann Marie Buerkle stepped
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June 20, 2019 - Internet of Things, Product Liability, Consumer Products, CPSC
Change Is in the Air: Buerkle Withdraws Her Nomination to Chair the CPSC
By: Erin M. Bosman, Julie Y. Park and Erin P. Lupfer
This week, Acting Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle withdrew her nomination to serve as Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). She will wrap up her tenure as Acting Chairman, a position she has held since February 2017, on September 30, and will
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April 09, 2019 - Consumer Products, CPSC
Ready, Set, Report! Seventh Circuit Considers When a Claim First Accrues for Failing to Report a Product Hazard
By: Erin M. Bosman, Julie Y. Park and Erin P. Lupfer
Consumer products companies are familiar with the reporting requirement under Section 15(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (the Act), but when does that obligation kick in for statute of limitations purposes? The Seventh Circuit considered this question when it heard arguments on when
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March 14, 2019 - Internet of Things, Product Liability, Consumer Products, CPSC
CPSC Acting Chair Buerkle’s Priorities Include IoT and Furniture Safety
By: Erin M. Bosman and Julie Y. Park
At a recent product safety conference, Ann Marie Buerkle, Acting Chair of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced CPSC’s priorities for 2019. These include technology—both for consumers and within the agency—as well as window coverings and furniture tipover. Buerkle surprised the audience
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July 25, 2018 - Product Liability, Consumer Products, CPSC
CPSC Gives Kids’ Meals A Boost—New Mandatory Standard For Booster Seats
By: Erin M. Bosman and Julie Y. Park
Safety standards for booster seats will no longer be a polite suggestion. On June 26, 2018, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted 4-0 to approve a new mandatory safety standard for children’s booster seats. 83 Fed. Reg. 30837. The new rule applies
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June 07, 2018 - Consumer Products, CPSC
New Nomination Could Mean Partisan Tiebreaker for CPSC
By: Erin M. Bosman and Julie Y. Park
On June 4th, President Trump nominated Peter Feldman to fill the fifth seat on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and serve out the remainder of prior Commissioner Joe Mohorovic’s vacated seven-year term ending in October 2019. If confirmed, Mr. Feldman’s nomination may
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Topic Archives: CPSC

Consumer Product Safety Enforcement To Heat Up Under Biden Administration

By: Erin M. Bosman and Julie Y. Park

How 2020 Changed Product Liability — And What's Next

By: Erin M. Bosman, Julie Y. Park, Alexandra Preece Barlow and Erin P. Lupfer

Court Finds No Private Right of Action Under Consumer Product Safety Act for Alleged Violation of Voluntary Standard

By: Erin M. Bosman, Julie Y. Park and Erin P. Lupfer

CPSC Recall Remedies in the Time of COVID-19

By: Erin M. Bosman, Julie Y. Park and Erin P. Lupfer

Is This Seat Open? Nancy Beck Tapped to Chair CPSC

By: Erin M. Bosman, Julie Y. Park and Erin P. Lupfer

Change Is in the Air: Buerkle Withdraws Her Nomination to Chair the CPSC

By: Erin M. Bosman, Julie Y. Park and Erin P. Lupfer

Ready, Set, Report! Seventh Circuit Considers When a Claim First Accrues for Failing to Report a Product Hazard

By: Erin M. Bosman, Julie Y. Park and Erin P. Lupfer

CPSC Acting Chair Buerkle’s Priorities Include IoT and Furniture Safety

By: Erin M. Bosman and Julie Y. Park

CPSC Gives Kids’ Meals A Boost—New Mandatory Standard For Booster Seats

By: Erin M. Bosman and Julie Y. Park

New Nomination Could Mean Partisan Tiebreaker for CPSC

By: Erin M. Bosman and Julie Y. Park