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…
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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 celebratin…
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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…
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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, 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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