Attorney Publications CHRISTIE GRYMES THOMPSON Publications February 24, 2022 | Client Advisories Made in USA Tracker November 1, 2019 | Articles Made in USA Claims Practical Law Commercial Transactions December 14, 2015 | Articles Selling Hoverboards? Avoid The Legal Risks LawFuel March 3, 2014 | Articles Made in USA Claims Practical Law February 2014 | Articles Drawing The Battle Lines for Mandatory Arbitration Clauses: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Joins the Fight The Antitrust Source February 27, 2014 | Client Advisories Is There Still a Great Future in Plastics? California and New York Race to Ban Microbeads Typically Used in Personal Care Products Kelley Drye Client Advisory February 5, 2014 | Articles FTC Consumer Protection Investigations and Enforcement Practical Law Company January 16, 2014 | Client Advisories In-App Purchases: When They Are Not Just Child’s Play… Kelley Drye Client Advisory December 2013 | Books Food and Consumer Health Product Claims Substantiation: A Comprehensive Guide Food and Drug Law Institute Resources November 13, 2013 | Client Advisories Senate Committee Votes on Nomination of FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny Kelley Drye Client Advisory June 17, 2013 | Client Advisories Jessica Rich Named Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection Kelley Drye Client Advisory May 29, 2013 | Client Advisories New Faces at the CPSC? White House Nominates Ann Marie Buerkle as Commissioner and CPSC Adds Ray Aragon as Director of Compliance and Field Operations Kelley Drye Client Advisory May 22, 2013 | Articles Mandated Compliance Programs as the New Normal? Williams-Sonoma Agrees to $987,000 CPSC Civil Penalty & Comprehensive Compliance Program American Conference Institute Blog May 21, 2013 | Articles CPSC Imposes Another Six-Figure Civil Penalty American Conference Institute Blog May 2013 | Articles Product Regulation, Safety and Recall Country Questions: United States Practical Law Company March 14, 2013 | Client Advisories FTC Issues Revised Guidelines on Effective Disclosures in Digital Advertising Kelley Drye Client Advisory March 1, 2013 | Client Advisories President Obama To Designate Edith Ramirez as Chairman of the FTC Kelley Drye Client Advisory September 2012 | Articles OSHA Releases Final Rule For Handling CPSIA Whistleblower Complaints The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel July 12, 2012 | Client Advisories OSHA Releases Final Rule For Handling CPSIA Whistleblower Complaints Kelley Drye Client Advisory June 11, 2012 | Articles Buckle Up! Course Set for Higher CPSC Civil Penalties Bloomberg BNA Product Safety & Liability Reporter June 2012 | Articles Red Flags for Data Brokers: Analysing Recent FTC Action Data Protection Law & Policy May 2012 | Articles Product Regulation, Safety and Recall Country Questions: United States Practical Law Company January 27, 2012 | Client Advisories FTC, CFPB Sign Agreement to Strengthen Coordination Efforts Kelley Drye Client Advisory January 6, 2012 | Client Advisories Spotlight On Richard Cordray, Director Of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Kelley Drye Client Advisory September 29, 2011 | Client Advisories FTC Exercises Stronger Standards for Health-related Advertising with Reebok as Latest Example Kelley Drye Client Advisory August 16, 2011 | Client Advisories New Consumer Products Law Provides Limited Relief From Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act Requirements Kelley Drye Client Advisory August 4, 2011 | Client Advisories Consumer Product Safety Commission Reporting FAQs Kelley Drye Client Advisory July 18, 2011 | Articles Multinational Corporations Face Conflicting, Uncertain Reporting Standards Product Safety & Liability Reporter July 11, 2011 | Client Advisories Product Endorsements and Testimonials Kelley Drye Client Advisory July 8, 2011 | Client Advisories FTC and Federal Reserve Announce Changes to Risk-Based Pricing Rule for Credit Offers Kelley Drye Client Advisory June 28, 2011 | Client Advisories Health Canada Issues Guidance Clarifying Canada Consumer Product Safety Act Requirements Kelley Drye Client Advisory January/February 2011 | Articles Report from the February 3 ABA 2011 Consumer Protection Conference ABA Federal Civil Enforcement Committee Newsletter January 5, 2011 | Client Advisories Broad Consumer Product Safety Laws Become Effective in Canada and Australia in 2011 Kelley Drye Client Advisory January 2011 | Articles Can We Say That? A Practical Guide to Substantiating Claims for Food and Consumer Health Products Food and Drug Law Institute Monograph, Vol 2., No. 3 December 9, 2010 | Client Advisories Consumer Product Safety Commission Approves Final Rule Imposing Structure for the Publicly-Available Complaint Database Kelley Drye Client Advisory November 2010 | Articles Green Marketing in the US Practical Law Company November 2010 | Articles Consumer Product Safety Commission Defines "Children’s Product" The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel October 12, 2010 | Client Advisories Consumer Product Safety Commission Defines “Children’s Product” Kelley Drye Client Advisory October 7, 2010 | Client Advisories FTC Releases Proposed Changes and New Guidance to The Green Guides Kelley Drye Client Advisory September 20, 2010 | Client Advisories Elizabeth Warren Appointed to Special Advisory Role for New CFPB Kelley Drye Client Advisory September 2010 | Articles Using "Green" Marketing Claims? Make Them Clear The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel July 4, 2010 | Articles With Signs Pointing to Rising Civil Penalties by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Companies Should Prepare Now for Future Enforcement BNA Product Safety & Liability Reporter June 11, 2010 | Client Advisories CPSC Opens Comments on Proposed Consumer Product Safety Information Database Kelley Drye Client Advisory June 7, 2010 | Client Advisories CPSC Issues Proposed Rules Governing Conformity Certificate Testing, Including Requirements for a "Reasonable Testing Program" and Component Part Testing Kelley Drye Client Advisory May 2010 | Articles Cause-Related Marketing by For-Profit Companies Checklist PLC Law Department April 1, 2010 | Client Advisories CPSC Approves Final Rule on Civil Penalty Factors Kelley Drye Client Advisory March 12, 2010 | Client Advisories CPSC Announces First Civil Penalty Enforcing CPSIA: Daiso Agrees to Create Product Safety Program, to Audit All Products, and to Pay $2 Million Civil Penalty Kelley Drye Client Advisory March 4, 2010 | Client Advisories Ramirez and Brill Confirmed as FTC Commissioners Kelley Drye Client Advisory February 1, 2010 | Articles Buttoning Down the CPSIA Printwear January 7, 2010 | Client Advisories CPSC Extends Stay of Enforcement on Lead-Content Testing and Certification and Lifts Stay on Other Products December 21, 2009 | Articles Going Green Without Giving Up Your Greenbacks Advertising Compliance Service October 15, 2009 | Client Advisories FTC Issues Final Sweeping Changes to Endorsement and Testimonial GuidesGuidelines Effective As of December 1, 2009 Kelley Drye Client Advisory August 27, 2009 | Client Advisories As Civil Penalties Increase, CPSC Issues Interim Final Rule Identifying Factors to Consider for Determining Penalty Amounts Kelley Drye Client Advisory August 10, 2009 | Client Advisories Senate Confirms Two New Commissioners, Bringing Consumer Product Safety Commission to Full Force Kelley Drye Client Advisory July 24, 2009 | Client Advisories CPSC Releases Policy Statement and FAQs on CPSIA Tracking Label Requirements Kelley Drye Client Advisory June 22, 2009 | Client Advisories Tenenbaum Sails Through Senate Confirmation as Chair of CPSC Kelley Drye Client Advisory May 26, 2009 | Client Advisories Compliance with CPSIA Tracking Label Provision Required by August 14, 2009 — Relief from CPSC or Congress Not Likely Kelley Drye Client Advisory May 6, 2009 | Client Advisories Increasing Numbers: President Obama Nominates CPSC Chairman and Commissioner and Proposes More Money for CPSC Kelley Drye Client Advisory April 16, 2009 | Client Advisories FTC Chairman Appoints New Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection Kelley Drye Client Advisory March 2, 2009 | Client Advisories Consumer Product Safety Commission Reporting FAQs Kelley Drye Client Advisory March 2009 | Books Consumer Protection Law Developments American Bar Association, Antitrust Section February 27, 2009 | Client Advisories President Obama Plans to Appoint Jon Leibowitz Chairman of the FTC Kelley Drye Client Advisory February 10, 2009 | Articles Partner Christie Thompson Authors Mobile Marketer Article Mobile Marketer February 10, 2009 | Client Advisories Proposed Changes to Massachusetts Advertising Regulations Kelley Drye Client Advisory February 3, 2009 | Client Advisories CPSC Issues Stay Of Enforcement For Certain Testing & Certification Requirements Kelley Drye Client Advisory February 2009 | Articles Legal Tips On Cause Marketing Promotions for Mobile and Other Media Mobile Marketer Winter 2009 | Articles New Civil and Criminal Penalties under the 2008 CPSIA In-House Quarterly Journal December 15, 2008 | Client Advisories EPA Review of Nano-Silver Products Raises Significant Regulatory Issues Concerning Antimicrobial Claims and EPA, FDA, and CPSC Jurisdiction Concerning Nanotechnology Regulation Kelley Drye Client Advisory November 24, 2008 | Client Advisories CPSC Action on New Product Safety Legislation Continues: Some Relief for Compliance with Certification,Advertising, and Phthalate Requirements Kelley Drye Client Advisory November 10, 2008 | Client Advisories Federal Product Safety Legislation Takes the Stage, But States Still Acting Kelley Drye Client Advisory October 20, 2008 | Client Advisories New CPSIA Regulations Become Effective November 12, 2008 Kelley Drye Client Advisory August 14, 2008 | Client Advisories President Signs Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 Into Law Kelley Drye Client Advisory August 13, 2008 | Client Advisories Federal Trade Commission Unwinds Green Textile Claims and Frames Up Green Building Claims Kelley Drye Client Advisory June 2008 | Articles "The Year of the Recall": CPSC Lessons to Learn The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel May 15, 2008 | Client Advisories House and Senate Appoint Conferees to Sweeping CPSC Legislation: Final Lap for Legislation with Major Implications for Manufacturers, Importers, and Retailers Kelley Drye Client Advisory April 11, 2008 | Client Advisories FTC Reauthorization Act of 2008 Kelley Drye Client Advisory March 13, 2008 | Client Advisories Senate Passes Sweeping CPSC Legislation Kelley Drye Client Advisory February 19, 2008 | Client Advisories EPA Requires Manufacturers and Importers of Children's Products to Report Information on Potential Lead Content and Exposure Kelley Drye Client Advisory December 19, 2007 | Client Advisories Sweeping CPSC Legislation Moves Closer to Enactment Kelley Drye Client Advisory November 7, 2007 | Client Advisories Consumer Product Safety Commission FAQs Kelley Drye Client Advisory May 9, 2007 | Client Advisories TCPA Does Not Preempt State Telemarketing Statutes Kelley Drye Client Advisory February 2, 2007 | Client Advisories FTC's Workshop on Negative Option Marketing Kelley Drye Client Advisory February 2007 | Articles Cause Marketing: How to Avoid the State Treasurer's Coffers from Becoming the Beneficiary of Your Charitable Promotion The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel January 19, 2007 | Client Advisories Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising: FTC Request for Comments Kelley Drye Client Advisory November 10, 2006 | Client Advisories Novel Class Actions Seek Application of California Eavesdropping Law to Ordinary Course of Business Telephone Monitoring and Recording Kelley Drye Client Advisory October 10, 2006 | Client Advisories New State Privacy Laws: Regulating the Use of Social Security Numbers and Requiring Wireless Security Warnings Kelley Drye Client Advisory July 4, 2006 | Client Advisories CPSC Issues Proposed Rule on Factors to Determine Civil Penalty Amounts Kelley Drye Client Advisory May 30, 2006 | Client Advisories House Judiciary Committee Passes Data Security Bill Kelley Drye Client Advisory May 16, 2006 | Client Advisories FTC Settles Privacy Case With Nations Title Agency Kelley Drye Client Advisory March 31, 2006 | Client Advisories House Energy and Commerce Committee Passes Data Security Bill Kelley Drye Client Advisory February 7, 2006 | Client Advisories ChoicePoint - Latest FTC Data Security Case Produces the Largest Civil Penalty in FTC History Kelley Drye Client Advisory June 21, 2005 | Client Advisories FTC Settles Landmark Data Security Breach Case Kelley Drye Client Advisory January 1, 2005 | Client Advisories Rules of the Road: Following Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) Requirements Kelley Drye Client Advisory November 2003 | Articles The Do-Not-Call Quagmire: Federal Court Rulings Block Implementation But FTC and FCC Are Set to Enforce The Antitrust Source April 13, 2003 | Articles Substantiating Claims for Over-the-Counter Drugs at FTC: How Much is Enough? 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