consumer products

Consumer Class Certification Denied -- Again

March 10, 2010 11:46

An up and down class action proceeding involving Listerine has taken a new turn. Pfizer Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, No.B188106 (Cal. App. 3/2/10). Plaintiffs brought a proposed class action on behalf of California consumers who allegedly purchased Listerine on the claim that...

Update on CPSC Database Issues

March 09, 2010 11:26

We have posted before about one of the more controversial aspects of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, the to-be-created publicly accessible database of product safety information. The CPSIA mandates that the database be completed by March, 2011. The agency views its task as the...

Companion Bill Introduced To Ease Suits Against Foreign Manufacturers

March 08, 2010 11:25

Previously we alerted readers to the introduction of The Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2009 (S. 1606),  introduced in the Senate in August 2009 by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.). The bill followed up on hearings last Spring during which witnesses testified about the...

New Food Safety Article Discusses Future Trends

February 24, 2010 11:58

From time to time, we have noted the significant litigation that may arise from food recalls.  For those readers interested in this area, we flag a recent article in the International Journal of Food Microbiology. Questeda, et al.,  "Trends in technology, trade and consumption likely...

Senate Holds Hearing on TSCA Issues

February 19, 2010 11:03

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works' Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health held a hearing earlier this month entitled, "Current Science on Public Exposures to Toxic Chemicals."   Readers from the chemical and energy industries in particular...