Month: July 2022

In the News: August 1, 2022

Senate Panel Advances Bills To Boost Children’s Safety OnlineJuly 27, 2022, The Washington PostU.S. Senators have taken their first step toward increasing protections for children and teensonline. They advanced a pair of bipartisan bills that would expand federal safeguards forchildren’s’ more »

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In the News: July 25, 2022

CPSC Chair Seeks Answers By August 19 From META On High Incidence Of Listings Covering Banned, Recalled Products July 14, 2022, Spectrum News 9 Alex Hoehn-Saric, Chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, wrote Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook’s parent more »

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In the News: July 18, 2022

“Wiping The Slate Clean”— CPSC Commissioners Signal Higher Penalties To Come July 12, 2022, Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer Despite imposing onerous new compliance terms, the recently announced Vornado civil penalty was criticized by three commissioners as too low more »

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In the News: July 11, 2022

Vornado To Pay $7.5 Million Penalty After Hundreds Of Complaints And A Death July 7, 2022, cpsc.gov The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that Vornado Air LLC, of Andover, Kansas, has agreed to pay a $7.5 million civil penalty. The more »

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In the News; July 5, 2022

Congress Investigates Portable Generator Manufacturers Following Carbon Monoxide Deaths June 29, 2022, CBS News Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., who leads the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, recently wrote top executives at four major generator companies, seeking some answers. more »

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