Posted November 20, 2023 with Tags Firm News
NJL and numerous attorneys have been recognized in the 2024 editions of Best Law Firms and Best Lawyers respectively. As a firm, NJL has been recognized for the Minneapolis metro area for practices in Business Litigation, Labor and Employment, and …
Posted May 12, 2020 with Tags COVID-19, COVID-19 Products
With the unprecedented steps being taken to slow down the spread of COVID-19, it is important that those companies whose products effectively kill or contain the spread of Coronavirus be able to market their products’ efficacy to consumers. It is equally important that unscrupulous companies not be allowed to capitalize on the current crisis by misleading desperate consumers into believing that their products are more effective at killing or containing the spread of the Coronavirus than they actually are.
Posted April 13, 2020 with Tags COVID-19 Products, CPSC recalls, CPSC, COVID-19
In response to the global pandemic and disruptions to supply chains, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has alerted consumers for the past few weeks that recall remedies might be unavailable or otherwise delayed.
Posted April 2, 2020 with Tags Remote Depositions, Video Depositions, COVID-19, COVID-19 for Employers
As life has been upended by COVID-19, we are quickly adapting to an intensified “on-line” world. Among other uncertainties, we have been thrown into a swirl of technological challenges surrounding the practice of law.
Posted May 16, 2019
The conventional advice to manufacturers and retailers of consumer products when assessing a potential product safety issue is typically as follows: “When in doubt, report.” And while it is still generally good advice to err on the side of reporting potential product safety issues to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), companies must be cognizant of the full magnitude of a decision to initiate a voluntary product recall. A new lawsuit filed last week in New York federal court illustrates why.
Posted November 23, 2016
On November 17, 2016, Judge William Conley of the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin issued an opinion and order addressing rarely litigated procedural defenses to CPSA enforcement actions. The case, United States of America v. Spectrum Brands, Inc., No. 15-cv-371-wmc, involves allegations that Spectrum Brands, Inc. (“Spectrum”) violated the reporting requirements under section 15(b) of the CPSA by failing to immediately notify the CPSC of a potential defect in one of Spectrum’s coffee pot carafes that may pose a significant product hazard. The decision will be closely analyzed by product manufacturers, retailers, and legal practitioners alike, both because federal courts rarely issue opinions in CPSC enforcement actions and because Judge Conley roundly rejected Spectrum’s numerous procedural defenses.
Posted July 1, 2015
Nilan Johnson Lewis attorneys Amanda Cialkowski, Matthew Murphy, Cortney Sylvester and John Wackman have successfully defended their client Evenflo Company, Inc., in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
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