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CPSC Issues Unilateral Recall Press Release Involving “Uncooperative” Retailer Of Smoke Detector

On May 16, 2024, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) took an unconventional action, unilaterally issuing a recall announcement urging consumers to dispose of CHZHVAN Combination Smoke and Carbon...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

The Role of the FDA in the Exactech Recall: A Critical Analysis

Exactech has issued multiple recalls for its implantable joint replacement devices over the past few years. While Exactech has largely issued these recalls voluntarily, it has done so at the request—and with the oversight—of...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Lessons Learned from the Exactech Recall: How We Can Improve Medical Device Safety in the Future

In response to scrutiny from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Exactech has recalled hundreds of thousands of defective medical implant devices sold between 2004 and 2021. Despite these recalls—which began in...more

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Preparing for the Unexpected: A Product Recall

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The risk of a product recall has increased in recent years due to changing global regulatory standards. Contributing factors include geographically widespread supply chains and different manufacturing protocols among nations...more

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Alternatives to the Exactech: Exploring Other Surgical Tools and Techniques

Over the past couple of decades, hundreds of thousands of patients in the United States have received defective medical implants manufactured by Exactech. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified...more

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The Legal Implications of the Exactech Recall for Patients and Hospitals

Exactech is a manufacturer of medical implants, including ankle, knee, hip and shoulder replacement devices. Unfortunately, due to poor manufacturing practices and quality control issues, Exactech has been forced to recall...more

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What to Do If You've Been Affected by the Exactech Recall

If you have had problems with an Exactech ankle, knee, hip or shoulder implant, you are not alone. At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Exactech has recalled hundreds of thousands of defective ankle,...more

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Exactech Shoulder Replacement Systems: What You Need to Know

Exactech is a medical device company that has faced numerous lawsuits in recent years. These lawsuits have focused on various issues with the company’s implantable medical devices, including issues that the company has...more

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The Exactech Recall: A Quick Synopsis and Update on What You Need to Know

Exactech is a medical device company that manufactures implantable joint replacements. It is also a company that has faced numerous lawsuits related to its products in recent years. In many cases, Exactech has acknowledged...more

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Product Safety and Recalls: An Excerpt from the Advertising Law Tool Kit

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Join us over the next few months as we spotlight select chapters of Venable’s popular Advertising Law Tool Kit, which helps marketing teams navigate their organization’s legal risk....more

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International Product Recall – The Basics You Need To Know

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Increasing globalization of product markets brings tremendous opportunities for product manufacturers. New technologies enable companies to reach consumers in markets all around the world, and rapid geographical expansion is...more

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In-State Flea Market is Not a Seller of a Product and No Negligence Duty Exists for a Flea Market That Merely Markets and...

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Leibig v. MTD Products, Inc., Civ. No. 22-4427, 2023 WL 3689983 (E.D. Pa. May 25, 2023) - The plaintiff, a Pennsylvania citizen, brought suit in Philadelphia County, claiming injuries suffered from a defective snow thrower...more

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Consumer Product Recalls on the Rise: Important Compliance Reminders for Consumer Products Manufacturers and Sellers

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Data from U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) shows that more consumer products are being recalled now than they have been in recent years. The U.S. PIRG Education Fund published a report on February 2, 2023...more

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Eight Million Portable Dehumidifiers Recalled in The Last 10 Years

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Believe it or not, there are just six more weeks until spring. As the weather warms up and humidity rises, homeowners will start to use their portable dehumidifiers. The use of portable dehumidifiers poses a significant fire...more

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Unpacking Averages: Common Root Causes Driving Medical Device Recalls

Recalls have always been a bit of a double-edged sword. Obviously, companies hate recalls because a recall means their products are defective in some manner, potentially putting users at risk and damaging the brand. They...more

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What is Products Liability?

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In very simple terms, product liability holds a person or company legally and financially liable for harm that is caused when their product is defective. In the U.S. in 2020, nearly 11 million people were treated in hospital...more

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Proposal for General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR): Overview of important potential revisions

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Already in 2011, the EU Commission stated its intention to revise the Directive 2001/95/EC on general product safety ("GPSD") "to improve the safety of products circulating in the EU through better coherence and enforcement...more

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Recent CPSC Lawsuits Could Have Significant Ramifications for Platforms and for Companies Relying on Third Parties for Product...

Over the course of about a week, the CPSC, an agency that rarely litigates, flexed its litigation muscles not once, but twice, recently filing complaints against Amazon and Thyssenkrupp Access Corp., seeking to force both...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

CPSC’s Expanding Role under the Biden Administration

During the Trump administration, the number of consumer product safety recalls fell for three years in a row. When Robert Adler became Acting Chair of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in 2019, he compared...more

Troutman Pepper

Sanitizing Hand Sanitizer — Managing FDA-Recalled Hand Sanitizer

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In 2020, even the hand sanitizer is potentially suspect. Retailers, distributors and corporate purchasers are now grappling with the added problem of clearing their shelves of it and stopping employees from using the Food and...more

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Breast Implants Made by Allergen — At Least 12 Cancer Deaths

A U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)-prompted Class 1 recall one year ago led an Ireland-based company to stop manufacturing and marketing its cancer-causing, textured breast implants and tissue expanders. The recall, the...more

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CPSC Recall Snapshot: Senate Commerce Committee Finds “Inappropriate Deference to Industry”

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Welcome to the December edition of the Alston & Bird CPSC Recall Snapshot. The CPSC has come under scrutiny this year by some who feel it did not appropriately handle complaints about certain consumer products, prompting...more

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While kids suffered harms, consumer agency cozied up to corporations

One of the nation’s top consumer protection agencies cozied up to the businesses it was supposed to watch over, leaving children and other consumers vulnerable to significant harms....more

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CPSC Recall Snapshot: CPSC Proposes to Update Rules for Adjudicative Proceedings

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Welcome to the November edition of the Alston & Bird CPSC Recall Snapshot. Earlier this month, the CPSC Office of the General Counsel presented the commission with a draft supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking to...more

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CPSC Recall Snapshot: CPSC Has a New (Acting) Chair

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Welcome to the October edition of the Alston & Bird CPSC Recall Snapshot. Effective October 1, 2019, Commissioner Bob Adler became the acting chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. He was elected by...more

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