Manufacturers, Product Labels, Corporate Counsel

FTC Announces Largest Ever Civil Penalty for Made in USA Labelling Violation

Maynard Nexsen on 4/29/2024

On April 26, 2024, the FTC announced the largest ever civil penalty for the improper labelling of products as “Made in USA.” The FTC announced that Williams Sonoma will pay a record civil penalty of $3.17 million for...more

FTC Issues Record-Breaking Civil Penalty in “Made in USA” Case

Venable LLP on 1/31/2024

Tractor maker Kubota North America Corporation will pay a $2 million civil penalty for falsely labeling its replacement parts as “Made in USA,” the largest civil penalty ever in a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Made in USA...more

PFAS Litigation Expands Into “Mislabeling” Class Action Arena

Perkins Coie on 5/25/2022

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of over 4,000 synthetic chemicals that have been used in industry and consumer products since the 1940s. These substances are identified by their chains of...more

Made in USA, Part Two – How Far Back Do You Have to Look?

BakerHostetler on 1/20/2022

Prior to the new year, we blogged about how the Federal Trade Commission’s (Commission) decision to codify its Made in USA (MUSA) guidance into a rule – and the accompanying threat of civil penalties – makes it all the more...more

Under New FTC Rule, “Made in USA” Violators Will Face Monetary Penalties

Wiley Rein LLP on 7/6/2021

On Thursday, July 1, 2021, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized a rule that both formally adopts the agency’s longstanding guidelines for “unqualified” claims that a product has U.S. origin, and authorizes...more

Where No Misrepresentation, Ninth Circuit Does Not Require Labels Disclosing Slave Labor

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints on 6/8/2018

As this space has addressed before, the California Transparency in Supply Chain Act (Civ. Code section 1714.43), enacted in 2010, requires large retailers and manufacturers (those with worldwide sales in excess of $100...more