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 agains…
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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…
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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
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…
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Tags: 7th Circuit, Attorney, Civil Rights Act, Elliot Belilos, Employment Law, Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital, , Law Firm, Lawyer, LGBT, Litigation, Title VII
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…
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Tags: Agriculture, Attorney, Dairy, Elliot Belilos, First Circuit, Grammar, Law Firm, Lawyer, Litigation, Maine, O’Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy, Overtime
“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…
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Tags: Advertising, Advil, Anna Wurtzburger, Attorney, Consumer Protection, Drug, Fermin v. Pfizer, Food, Jr., Judge Sterling Johnson, KFC, Law Firm, Lawsuit, Lawyer, Litigation, Pfizer, Product Packaging, Slack-fill, Stewart D. Fried
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…
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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…
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In the month of May, Texas received over 35 trillion gallons of rain. See the graphic, below, to put that into perspective.
Many prayers were answered as we went from extreme drought to an overabundance of rainfall. Truly a blessing! It is much…
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By Elliot Belilos
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently filed an action in federal court against Michaels Stores, Inc., seeking civil penalties for allegedly untimely reporting injuries from a vase sold in the stores and, notab…
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Getting ready for holiday “get togethers”, one often finds themselves in a rush or behind on preparing the food for the party. Don’t let tardiness be the reason the party attendees end up with a case of foodborne illness. Don’t rush cooki…
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