Today's regulatory environment calls for legal counsel possessing the experience and superior knowledge
necessary to address issues relating to consumer product safety.
Kelley Drye's Consumer Product Safety practice members have a long and successful history
representing clients before the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). We have the experience to provide
advice on the difficult issues of how and when potentially hazardous consumer products must be reported to
the CPSC. If product recalls are necessary, we work with our clients and CPSC staff to quickly develop
and implement cost-effective communications programs that satisfy product liability concerns and minimize
potential penalties. When the CPSC threatens or brings enforcement actions, we advise our clients on
appropriate strategies.
Our clients include a broad spectrum of manufacturers and retailers of consumer products, including home
appliances, electronics, fire and security systems, outdoor power equipment, playground equipment, children's and nursery products, clothing, and sporting goods. Many manufacturers and retailers
have turned to us for help in devising and implementing effective product safety compliance programs that
identify and address product safety issues before they come to the attention of regulators.
Our work before the CPSC is extensive and varied. It ranges from:
- Participation in voluntary and mandatory industry-wide standards,
- Demonstrating that changes in a standard are unnecessary,
- Negotiating appropriate notice and programs for product recalls,
- Addressing reporting and compliance issues,
- Defending against enforcement actions, and
- Developing and implementing compliance programs.
The Firm's size, entrepreneurial culture and strategic focus on core competencies permits us to respond quickly
and flexibly to client needs. We are very sensitive to staffing client matters with the right number and experience
level of attorneys. Tailored to specific client needs and objectives, our client teams are often interdisciplinary.
This approach has been critical to providing innovative and cost-effective services to our clients and to building
a Firm culture that is congenial and collegial. Our attorneys and work partners deliver excellent service to our
clients and to each other.
For further information about Kelley Drye's Consumer Product Safety Practice Group, please contact:
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