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Reflections on Product Safety Impacts of the Government Shutdown

January 28th, 2019
Contributors: Elliot Belilos, Nancy A. Nord
With the government back to work, at least for 3 weeks, now is a good time to reflect on the impact of the shutdown, in the hope that history will not repeat itself in this instance. We have all heard stories of the personal and financial toll the go… Read More
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Categories: CPSC
Tags: CPSC, Government Shutdown, Shutdown

Just in Time for Thanksgiving: Britax Settlement Signals Common-Sense Thinking at CPSC

November 21st, 2018
Contributor: Nancy A. Nord
At this time of year, we celebrate blessings large and small. For product sellers, consumers, and others who are interested in both product safety and the administrative process, the new make-up of the CPSC is one of those blessings worth celebrating… Read More
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Categories: CPSC
Tags: CPSC

New Leadership Sets New Direction at CPSC

September 28th, 2018
Contributor: Nancy A. Nord
Earlier this week, the United States Senate confirmed Peter Feldman to be a CPSC commissioner, to fill the seat vacated by Joe Mohorovic. Mr. Feldman’s term runs through 2019 and he also has been nominated for a full seven year term to begin therea… Read More
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Categories: CPSC

Groundhog Day at the CPSC

February 5th, 2018
Contributor: Nancy A. Nord
In the 1993 classic movie, Groundhog Day, the protagonist is caught in a time loop and forced to repeat things over and over again. This year, on February 2, the CPSC celebrated Groundhog Day by agreeing to settle a timeliness action brought against… Read More
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Categories: Miscellaneous, Public Policy
Tags: Consumer Product Safety, CPSC, CPSC Compliance, CPSC Enforcement, Law Firm, Lawyer, Litigation, Michaels, Nancy Nord, Penalty

CPSC: The Price of Hubris

October 5th, 2017
Contributor: Nancy A. Nord
Late last week, the CPSC community received one of its rarest gifts: A judicial opinion in a litigated civil penalty case. Judge William Conley of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin calculated the penalty Spectrum Brands ow… Read More
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Categories: Miscellaneous
Tags: Attorney, Buerkle, Compliance, Consumer Product Safety, CPSC, Enforcement, International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization, Law Firm, Lawyer, Mohorovic, Nancy Nord, Penalties, Regulation, Spectrum Brands

Employment Law: Title VII Protects LGBTs From Discrimination, Says 7th Circuit

April 6th, 2017
Contributor: Elliot Belilos
In a ground-breaking ruling this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ruled in an en banc opinion that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects workers from discrimination based on sexual orientation. In Hively v. Ivy Tech Co… Read More
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Categories: For Export, Miscellaneous
Tags: 7th Circuit, Attorney, Civil Rights Act, Elliot Belilos, Employment Law, Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital, Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, Law Firm, Lawyer, LGBT, Litigation, Title VII

Good Grammar Matters Under the Law

March 17th, 2017
Contributor: Elliot Belilos
I have been accused by my children of being a “Grammar Nazi.” After years of haranguing, they know better than to end a sentence with a preposition in my presence (and, hopefully, when I am not around). Another of my pet peeves is the common prac… Read More
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Categories: For Export, Miscellaneous
Tags: Agriculture, Attorney, Dairy, Elliot Belilos, First Circuit, Grammar, Law Firm, Lawyer, Litigation, Maine, O’Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy, Overtime

Splitting Headaches for Slack-Fill Plaintiffs

October 27th, 2016
Contributor: Stewart D. Fried
“Take two Advil® and don’t call me in the morning.” That might be the “prescription” that lawyers at a New York plaintiffs’ firm gave to their clients after reviewing an October 18, 2016, decision by Senior District Court Judge Sterling… Read More
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Categories: Miscellaneous
Tags: Advertising, Advil, Anna Wurtzburger, Attorney, Consumer Protection, Drug, Fermin v. Pfizer, Food, Judge Sterling Johnson, KFC, Law Firm, Lawsuit, Lawyer, Litigation, Pfizer, Product Packaging, Slack-fill, Stewart D. Fried

Saying It’s a Recall Doesn’t Make It So

June 24th, 2016
Contributor: Nancy A. Nord
With the CPSC’s blessing, a large furniture company recently sent out wall anchors for its children’s dressers to address a tipping hazard and the accompanying CPSC press release did not refer to the activity as a recall. Subsequently a child was… Read More
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Categories: Miscellaneous
Tags: Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC, Formaldehyde, Non-recall recall, Recall, Recall To Test

Killer Coffee Mugs?! Really?!

November 10th, 2015
Contributor: Nancy A. Nord
By former CPSC Commissioner Nancy Nord Did anyone else notice CPSC’s recent recall of ceramic mugs? The agency is concerned about 4400 mugs with hairline cracks. The hazard is not that they could break and cut the user, or that there could be sanit… Read More
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Categories: Miscellaneous, Public Policy
Tags: Compliance, Consumer Product Safety, Consumer Safety, CPSC, Mug, Nancy Nord, Recall
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