CPSC Updates Recall Reporting Form: New Requirements?
If you’ve ever conducted a recall in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”), you know that the recall itself isn’t the end of the process. The CPSC requires companies to submit monthly reports providing information about the... Read More →
CPSC Sues Again!
On December 17, 2012, the CPSC filed its third lawsuit of 2012, this time against another rare-earth magnet distributor, Star Networks USA. Aside from the fact that this now marks an alarming new trend of the CPSC suing companies when... Read More →
CPSC Files 2nd Lawsuit in 6 Months – What Happened to Cooperation?
Earlier this week, the CPSC filed an administrative complaint against Baby Matters, LLC, makers of the Nap Nanny. (http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml13/13058.html). In July of 2012, the CPSC filed an administrative complaint against Maxfield & Oberton, makers of Buckyballs, and noted in the... Read More →
Doe v. D’Oh! – CPSC Rebuked for Public Database Decisions
As part of the 2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (“CPSIA”), Congress required the Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) to establish a public database whereby consumers could file and search “[r]eports of harm relating to the use of consumer products.”... Read More →