Blog Posts in 2012
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Posted on Dec 19, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin
The U.S. Border Patrol and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) seized over 35,000 rubber duck toys at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on December 4. The toys, made in China, were ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
The makers of the Nap Nanny baby recliner are facing government scrutiny after five infants died while using the product. The Nap Nanny is a foam recliner built like a baby car seat for intended ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
In a frightening pre-Christmas message, the Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Deputy Commissioner announced that more than 2 million ...
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Posted on Dec 10, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
You read the title right—a ceramic mug sold at Home Depot since October (“Homer’s All-Purpose Bucket” mug) could actually pose a fire hazard to consumers. How? The Consumer ...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued new standards designed to improve the safety of infant swings in order to prevent injuries and deaths. The announcement is part of the ...
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Posted on Nov 19, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced the recall of 161,000 electric ranges manufactured by LG Electronics because of a burn and fire hazard. The CPSC explained that burners on ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced the recall of 37,000 Master Forge gas grills due to an explosion hazard. The grills, sold exclusively at Lowe's home improvement ...
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Posted on Nov 6, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
In recent months, Toyota has been issuing recalls of various makes and models of their vehicles for unintended acceleration. What is unintended acceleration ? This phenomenon has been occurring, ...
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Posted on Nov 6, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
On October 26, BMW of North America announced a recall of 45,500 of its 7 Series luxury sedans, with model years 2005-2008, to correct a defect that could cause a parked vehicle to roll away. BMW said ...
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Posted on Nov 5, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
October has been a bad month for the makers of children's products. Halloween costumes have been seized and children's sweatshirts recalled due to lead contamination. High chairs have been ...
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Posted on Nov 5, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recalled 600,000 Mr. Coffee makers and 65,000 Rayovac Battery Packs because of consumers' risk of sustaining burns or being exposed to spontaneous ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
Spray-on sunscreen products made by Banana Boat have been recalled because they can pose a serious burn hazard to consumers. The recall was announced after the company received several reports of ...
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Posted on Nov 3, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
The U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced the recall of 6200 hoodies decorated with Disney characters such as Snow White and Mickey Mouse and has seized 1400 Halloween costumes, ...
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Posted on Nov 3, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
In cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Sherwin Williams has recalled over 98,000 paint canisters due to a fire hazard. Because of a product defect with the company's ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
Kellogg’s has announced the recall of nearly 3 million boxes of its bite size Frosted and Unfrosted Mini-Wheats cereal because of the possible presence of fragments of flexible metal mesh. The ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
Aqua-Leisure Industries has agreed to pay a $650,000 civil fine to the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) to settle charges that they knowingly failed to report a safety defect in one of their ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
The country's largest Honda power sports dealership is under investigation by federal and state authorities for allegations that it sold unsafe motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes. ...
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Posted on Nov 1, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
In a report released on October 18, The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) warned that a Canadian pipeline company’s plan to expand the volume of oil it pumps through the Straits of Mackinac in ...
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Posted on Nov 1, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
Monster Energy Drink, a highly caffeinated beverage, is being linked to five deaths and one non-fatal heart attack, according to reports under investigation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ...
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Posted on Oct 31, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a recall of approximately 560 Happy Swing II infant swings and approximately 90 Bistro High Chairs due to strangulation risks. The products ...
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Posted on Oct 31, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
On October 10, Toyota announced the recall of 7.4 million vehicles due to a manufacturing defect that could present a fire hazard. The recall is just the latest in a series of problems affecting the ...
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Posted on Oct 31, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
General Motors (GM) has announced the recall of 426,240 vehicles over serious safety concerns. A problem with transmission shift cables affecting several different GM vehicles prompted the wide scale ...
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Posted on Oct 30, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
During warmer spring and summer months, gasoline and diesel fuel expands, a phenomenon described as "hot fuel". Some consumers have complained that when the fuel expands, it delivers less ...
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Posted on Oct 29, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
Toyota, Ford and GM have all announced recalls of several of their vehicles in recent weeks due to safety concerns. In all, between the three vehicle manufacturers, almost 1,000,000 vehicles have been ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
Johnson & Johnson has announced that it plans to remove potentially cancer-causing chemicals from its adult toiletries and cosmetic products worldwide by 2015. The announcement comes after the ...
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