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Illinois Expands Jurisdiction And Regulation Of PFAS

On August 15, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed nearly 270 bills into law, including legislation expanding jurisdiction for claims of exposure to "toxic" substances, as well as two new laws regulating the use of PFAS.

United States Environment

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

CPSC Acting Chairman Feldman Issues Statement On Continuity Of Operations Without A Quorum Days Before Commissioner Dziak Announces Anticipated Departure From The Agency

On August 19, 2025, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Acting Chairman Peter Feldman issued a statement on the continuity of CPSC operations in anticipation of the end of Commissioner Dziak's...

United States Consumer

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Produce Paper, Packaging Or Food Serviceware? State Regulations Put Brands And Agencies At The Center Of Extended Producer Responsibility Laws

Extended Producer Responsibility is no longer just a policy trend abroad—it is now taking hold in the U.S.

United States Healthcare

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

CPSC Maintains Momentum On EFiling Requirements For Consumer Products

A question often asked by consumer product companies these days is whether the eFiling requirements will go into effect as planned given the political upheaval at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)...

United States Consumer

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Crowell & Moring LLP

NAD Finds That Cookware Claims Don't Stick

United States Media & IT

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

In Re Zostavax (Zoster Vaccine Live) Products Liability Litigation

United States Consumer

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Arnold & Porter

Supreme Court Allows President Trump To Remove Democratic CPSC Commissioners

United States Consumer

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

When Silence Speaks: How Saying Nothing Led To A Defunct New Jersey Importer Pleading Guilty To Criminal Charges For Failing To Report To The CPSC

United States Consumer

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Crowell & Moring LLP

The CPSC And Amazon: Navigating A Shifting Regulatory Landscape

United States Consumer

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Foley & Lardner

Ninth Circuit Affirms Exclusion Of Expert's Differential Etiology Opinion In Glyphosate Litigation And Upholds Summary Judgment For Manufacturer

United States Consumer

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Duane Morris LLP

Changes In Sunscreen Regulation & Litigation Are Heating Up: Updates From Congress To The Courts

United States Healthcare

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Client Alert: What's Next For State AI Regulation

United States Technology

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Jenner & Block

Caffeine Safety Legislation Introduced In Congress

United States Healthcare

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Perkins Coie LLP

PFAS Update: States Continue To Be Out Front On PFAS In Products Restrictions

United States Environment

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Arnold & Porter

Are Emotional Distress Damages In FEHA Settlements Taxable?

United States Litigation

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JAMS

2025 Trade Policy Agenda Provides Rationale For Trump Tariff Actions

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2026 H-1B Cap

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Workplace Violence: Why Employers Can't Afford To Ignore The Warning Signs

United States Employment

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Offit Kurman

Is The Economy Shifting? Ankura's July 2025 U.S. Economic Tracker Reveals Key Trends

United States Strategy

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Will The EU's New Product Liability Directive Result In An Expanded Definition Of "Product" Here At Home?

European Union member states have until December 9, 2026, to implement a new Product Liability Directive into law. The Directive is a complete overhaul of the EU's current product liability...

United States Consumer

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Michael Best

Commission In Limbo: SCOTUS Decision Puts CPSC Democrats Back Out Of Action

In May 2025, the Trump Administration, asserting Executive authority, terminated the three Democratic Commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. On June 13, 2025...

United States Consumer

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Court Dismisses Chapter 93A Omission Claim When Product Safety Information Was Available Through Hyperlinks

In Zamani v. SharkNinja, Inc., 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 128075, the District Court concluded that a plaintiff's Chapter 93A "omission" claim was not well-pleaded enough to survive...

United States Consumer

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

The Intersection Of Social Media, AI, And Product Liability

State governments, public school districts, and individuals are suing social media companies, such as TikTok and Snapchat, alleging that defects in their algorithms and platform features...

United States Media & IT

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

CPSC Regulatory Updates (June 2025)

United States Consumer

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Crowell & Moring LLP

SAFE Sunscreen Standards Act: Bipartisan Push To Modernize U.S. Sunscreen Regulation

United States Healthcare

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Perkins Coie LLP

California Proposes Listing Microplastics Under Safer Consumer Products Program

United States Consumer

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Beveridge & Diamond

North Carolina Vaping Product Directory & Enforcement

United States Healthcare

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

From Beauty Trend To Sweeping State Mandates: What Brands Need To Know About The Rise Of "Toxic Free" Laws

United States Healthcare

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Fourth Circuit To Decide Opioids Public Nuisance Appeal After West Virginia's Highest Court Declines Certified Question

United States Healthcare

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Dechert

2025 AGA Annual Meeting Wrap-Up: Day 2

United States Consumer

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

New Jersey Court Allows Product Liability Claims Against Cannabis Retailers

United States Consumer

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Corporate Executives Are Sentenced In First-Ever Criminal Prosecution For Failure To Report Under The CPSA

United States Consumer

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Recent Developments At The Consumer Product Safety Commission: Potential Changes And Implications

United States Consumer

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

2025 AGA Annual Meeting Wrap-Up: Day 2

In part two of this three-part series on the Attorney General Alliance (AGA) 2025 Annual Meeting, we highlight panelists' discussions on the safety and regulation of GLP-1...

United States Consumer

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

New Jersey Court Allows Product Liability Claims Against Cannabis Retailers

Dispensaries and retailers may face potential liability under the New Jersey Product Liability Act (NJPLA) for alleged design defects or failure to warn.

United States Consumer

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Corporate Executives Are Sentenced In First-Ever Criminal Prosecution For Failure To Report Under The CPSA

On June 16, 2025, the first-ever sentences were handed down in a criminal prosecution for failure to report under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA).

United States Consumer

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Recent Developments At The Consumer Product Safety Commission: Potential Changes And Implications

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is undergoing multiple shifts that render its future uncertain. Below is a high-level chronology of events that have occurred over the last few months:

United States Consumer

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

In Benchmark Product Safety Case, Corporate Executives Sentenced To Prison For Late Reporting Under Section 15

United States Consumer

AP

Arnold & Porter

California's Strict Compostable Packaging Requirements Effective January 2026

California's AB 1201 (Compostable Product Standards Act) introduces some of the nation's most stringent requirements for compostable labeling, effective January 1, 2026.

United States Healthcare

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Perkins Coie LLP

So You Want To Take Your Restaurant(s) Overseas – Part 2 Of 6: Regulatory, Licensing, And Financial Requirements

Expanding your restaurant internationally is more than a growth strategy—it's a major leap that tests every part of your business. From operations and supply chains to culture, finance, and law, every element...

United States Media & IT

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Harris Sliwoski

Reese's Law: The Evolving Regulatory And Enforcement Landscape For Consumer Products Containing Button Cell Or Coin Batteries

Over the past year, manufacturers, importers, distributors, and retailers of consumer products containing button cell and coin batteries (or products intended to contain them) have continued to adapt to the requirements of Reese's Law ...

United States Consumer

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Foley & Lardner

Trump Administration Purports To Fire CPSC Commissioners

Despite Congress's establishment of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) as an independent agency through the Consumer Product Safety Act...

United States Consumer

FL

Foley & Lardner

Litigation Minute: Tough To Swallow: Increased State Regulation Of And Attention On Contaminants In Food

United States Healthcare

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K&L Gates LLP

EDNY Allows Expert's Use Of ChatGPT To Confirm Alternative Design In Product Liability Lawsuit

United States Consumer

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Winston & Strawn LLP

GT Legal Food Talk Episode 28: Insurance And Protecting Your Food, Beverage, And Supplement Business (Podcast)

United States Healthcare

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Leaked Budget Proposal Suggests Major Restructuring Of Federal Health And Safety Agencies, Including The Consumer Product Safety Commission

United States Consumer

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Foley & Lardner

As Recalls Slow & Rulemaking Stalls, What's Next For The Nation's Vehicle Safety Watchdog?

United States Consumer

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

How Your Products Liability Lawsuit Can Help The Public At Large

United States Litigation

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Ayala Law

How To Fight A Product Liability Lawsuit When The Fault Lies With Another Business In The Supply Chain

United States Consumer

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Ayala Law

Navigating FDA Compliance And Civil Litigation: Strategies For Food And Medical Product Companies (Video)

United States Healthcare

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Arnold & Porter

Product Liability Update - April 2025

United States Consumer

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Foley Hoag LLP

Circular Action Alliance Underscores Consequences Of Non-Compliance With Upcoming Oregon Packaging EPR Compliance Deadline

United States Consumer

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Beveridge & Diamond

How One Defective Component Can Destroy An Entire Supply Chain: Legal Risks In Assembled

United States Commercial

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Ayala Law

PFAS Regulation Updates In New York—Identifying And Examining The Most Recently Impacted Products

United States Consumer

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Supreme Court Has A Chance To (Re-)Clarify Albrecht Impossibility Preemption Test

United States Healthcare

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Maine Joins Other States In Refusing To Extend Public Nuisance Law To Product Liability Claims

United States Consumer

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Dechert

Federal Court Dismisses Products Liability Challenge To Social Media Platforms' Content Moderation Tools

United States Media & IT

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Dechert

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Navigating FDA Compliance And Civil Litigation: Strategies For Food And Medical Product Companies (Video)

AP

Arnold & Porter

Pulse Check: Manufacturing And The CPSC (Video)

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Bracewell

Distribution & Franchise: Different Ways For Delivering Products To Consumers (Video)

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Foley & Lardner

Meta-Verdict: Developers' Liability For Avatar Misdeeds

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Gamma Law

Products Liability (US) (Video)

AP

Alpha Partners

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