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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
On March 2, 2010, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC” or “Commission”) announced a settlement agreement with Daiso Holding USA Inc., Daiso Seattle LLC, Daiso California LLC, and one of the companies’…
GAO Concludes FDA Should Strengthen its Oversight of GRAS Ingredients
On March 5, 2010, the General Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report evaluating the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) policies concerning food ingredients that have been determined to be “Generally Recognized…
CBBB Increase Fee for Filing NAD Challenges
Effective March 15, 2010, the Council of Better Business Bureaus will increase the fee it charges for CBBB Corporate Partners to file an NAD challenge from $2,500 to $3,500. This is the first increase in the Corporate…
Federal Court Rejects Coupon Settlement Under CAFA
A federal court in California recently sided with twenty-six state attorneys general and several objectors in rejecting a proposed class action settlement that called for Honda to provide over 175,000 Honda Civic…
Court Denies Motion for Summary Judgment in Case Involving User-Generated Content
In 2007, Quiznos launched the “Quiznos v. Subway TV Ad Challenge” and invited consumers to create videos demonstrating why Quiznos is better than Subway. To encourage submissions, Quiznos posted four sample videos on…