John C. Celeste

During our Consumer Product Safety Commission mid-year webinar last month, we noted how the CPSC is reaching deep into its tool bag for enforcement measures and has been looking to impose severe civil penalties on non-compliant companies. We also anticipated Senate approval of two new CPSC commissioners. Since then, all three talking points have come to fruition in what has been a busy few weeks for the CPSC. Imminent Hazard Action The CPSC, through the Department of Justice, filed a Consumer Product Safety

The Trump administration continues to bring with it changes in both the staff and politically appointed positions within the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). On Thursday and Friday, the three Democratic commissioners of the CPSC were fired, effective immediately. The fired commissioners – Mary Boyle, Richard Trumka Jr. and former CPSC Chair Alex Hoehn-Saric –  have already stated their intent to challenge their dismissals in court. Click here to read a statement from former CPSC Chair Alex Hoehn-Saric that summarizes

For those of you who have received a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC” or “Commission”) within the past year, you may – or worse, may not – have noticed new disclosure language. As most of you know, the CPSC has unique regulations that govern its public disclosure of information. Specifically, Section 6(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (“CPSA”) prohibits the Commission from disclosing information about a consumer product that identifies