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Is There A Duty To Innovate? Key Takeaways From ICPHSO's Most Timely Panel
Crowell & Moring LLP are most popular: within Law Department Performance and Coronavirus (COVID-19) topic(s) Innovation is a word that carries real weight in product safety. Is there an emerging “duty to innovate” — a duty to proactively adopt feasible, safer technologies — or is innovation simply a good practice that may also reduce risk?
Day Two Of The ICPHSO Symposium: The Race To Keep Pace - Regulation In A Fast-Moving World
CM Crowell & Moring LLP More Our founders aspired to create a different kind of law firm when they launched Crowell & Moring in 1979. From those bold beginnings, our mission has been to provide our clients with the best services of any law firm in the world through a spirit of trust, respect, cooperation, collaboration, and a commitment to giving back to the communities around us. Tuesday, February 24 was the second day of the ICPHSO Annual Meeting and Training Symposium in Orlando, Florida.
Day Three Of The ICPHSO Symposium: Redefining Responsibility — Who Protects The Consumer In A Changing Marketplace?
CM Crowell & Moring LLP More Our founders aspired to create a different kind of law firm when they launched Crowell & Moring in 1979. From those bold beginnings, our mission has been to provide our clients with the best services of any law firm in the world through a spirit of trust, respect, cooperation, collaboration, and a commitment to giving back to the communities around us.
The Product Safety Eras Tour At ICPHSO: Lessons From The Past, Challenges For The Future
Crowell & Moring LLP are most popular: within Law Department Performance and Coronavirus (COVID-19) topic(s) What does Taylor Swift have to do with product safety? According to the panelists who took the stage for the first plenary session at the ICPHSO Annual Meeting & Training Symposium, quite a lot. As the opening lyric reminded the room, looking backward may be the only way to look forward.
Day One At The ICPHSO Symposium: Compliance Is The Floor, Not The Ceiling
Meghan McMeel’s articles from Crowell & Moring LLP are most popular: in United States Crowell & Moring LLP are most popular: within Law Department Performance and Coronavirus (COVID-19) topic(s) Day one of the ICPHSO Annual Meeting & Training Symposium in Orlando, Florida made one thing crystal-clear: compliance is the floor, not the ceiling.
CPSC Commissioner Nominated
After months of anticipation, the Senate has received a nomination for a Commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). In May 2025, President Trump removed the three Democratic Commissioners, leaving the two Republican Commissioners, Dziak and Feldman. Then, on August 22, 2025, Commissioner Dziak announced his resignation, leaving Acting Chairman Feldman as the sole Commissioner.
CPSC Shutdown Plan: Continue Enforcement, Pause Public Engagement And Civil Penalties
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) issued itsLapse Planin advance of the federal government shutdown. The CSPC will furlough 35% of full-time employees, with the overwhelming majority of those retained focused on "protect[ing] life and property." Under the Lapse Plan, consumer-oriented programs and, notably, civil penalties, will pause for the duration of any shutdown.
CPSC Commissioner Nominated
After months of anticipation, the Senate has received a nomination for a Commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). In May 2025, President Trump removed the three Democratic Commissioners, leaving the two Republican Commissioners, Dziak and Feldman. Then, on August 22, 2025, Commissioner Dziak announced his resignation, leaving Acting Chairman Feldman as the sole Commissioner.
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) and the dismissal of the three Democrat Commissioners. While that is an impossible question to answer with certainty, all signals suggest the requirements will be implemented on schedule for July 8, 2026.
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
On August 5, 2025, the CPSC and the DOJ announced a defunct New Jersey importer of consumer appliances pled guilty to one count of willfully violating the Consumer Product Safety Act for its failure to report dangerous defects in portable air conditioners that had been linked to multiple fires and one death. The court documents revealed that Royal Sovereign and its affiliates imported and distributed approximately 33,570 portable air conditioners between 2008 and 2014.
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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, a Maryland district court aborted the without-cause termination while a legal challenge proceeds, leaving the Commissioners in place. No longer. On July 23, 2025, the Supreme Court granted an emergency request and stayed the district court's blocking order.
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). Judge Dale S. Fischer of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California sentenced two former Gree USA, Inc.
CPSC Announces New Staff Appointments
Key staffing changes are afoot at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC"), as two individuals have recently joined the Agency's leadership ranks. Brien Lorenze joined the CPSC as the new Executive Director on March 6, 2025, succeeding Austin Schlick. Executive Director Brien Lorenze most recently served as Senior Advisor in the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN").
Long Overdue - CPSC Congressional Oversight Hearing Is Scheduled For Next Week
For the first time since the summer of 2019, the U.S. Congress is holding an oversight hearing for the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
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