Federal Trade Commission Issues Revised "Green Guides" to Help Companies...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the same agency that brought you the regulations regarding "made in the USA" labels and advertising, has updated their "Green Guides" as of October 1, 2012. They...
View ArticleBisphenol A (BPA) Delisted on Proposition 65 banned chemical list in California
The info below is taken from a press release from the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) which is the California government agency which governs the so called "Proposition 65"...
View ArticleLegal Analysis: Trademark issues proliferate in the Internet age
Published in Bicycle Retailer and Industry News December 17, 2013Reprinted with permission by Steven W. HansenThere has been quite a bit of ink used recently discussing trademarks and their enforcement...
View ArticleLegal analysis: Confusion over electric bike regulations
Published July 29, 2013 in Bicycle Retailer and Industry NewsRepublished with permissionby Steven W HansenAfter reading two articles in BRAIN’s June 15, 2013 issue (“Speedy e-bikes trouble industry”...
View ArticleHigh profile helmet case against Citi bike
This is an interesting recent case against the very large and prominent Citi Bike operation in New York. There has been a lot of media attention on them. Unfortunately it is not clear from the article...
View ArticleCalifornia mandatory bicycle helmet law and retroreflective clothing bill...
Read the update to this posting here.This is an interesting bill (reprinted below as of this posting) just introduced February 10, 2015 here in the California Legislature. Most states bicycle helmet...
View ArticleComment period closing April 15 2015 on Prohibition of Children's Toys and...
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) comment period to permanently ban certain phthalates closes in a few days (April 15) unless they agree to extend the comment period. If your products...
View ArticleUPDATE California mandatory bicycle helmet law and retroreflective clothing...
As for the California Senate Bill 192 introduced in February 2015 discussed in our earlier post a number of bicycle advocacy groups came out of the woodwork against this bill much like the mandatory...
View ArticleLetter of AAFA to U.S. Trade Representative Regarding counterfeit goods on...
We came across a copy of this April 8, 2015 letter and thought it would be helpful to share it with some of our clients and others in the recreational sports market who we know are having similar...
View ArticleThe pitfalls of insurance coverage and additional insured certificates issued...
This re-titled article is reprinted with permission from Bicycle Retailer and Industry NewsEditor's note: Steven W. Hansen an attorney who defends product manufacturers, distributors and retailers in...
View ArticleList of California legislation (bills) that became Law in 2016
We recently became curious as to the comprehensive list of legislation signed and vetoed in California in any given year. We then set out to find a comprehensive list not limited to any particular...
View ArticleCalifornia Proposition 65 regulations amended to require more specificity on...
On August 30, 2016, (yes a year ago) the California Office of Administrative Law approved the adoption of amendments to Article 6, "Clear and Reasonable Warnings", of the California Code of...
View ArticleIn what may be the first "gig economy" case to be fully decided on the merits...
The case involved Grubhub in a labor lawsuit filed by one of its former drivers (plaintiff Lawson) In a long and detailed court opinion released February 8, 2018 by US Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott...
View ArticleCPSC asks for responses on a series of questions addressing direct notice and...
This notice below is directed at those companies who conduct recalls. The CPSC is trying to increase recall effectiveness (versus press releases and media notices which are for the most part not very...
View ArticleOfficial list of goods and items affected by Tariff increase on May 10 2019...
For those of you that have been looking this is the complete 194 page list of all items that will be affected by the 25% tariff that was announced to take effect on May 10, 2019. (Tariff List 83 FR...
View ArticleHearings on round two of the 25% tariff increase set for June 17 2019
This appears to be round two of the 25% tariff increase. More categories of products are being included. The additional List 4 of goods valued at approximately $300 billion include but are not limited...
View ArticleU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeks public comments on use of e-bikes on the...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public comments on the use of e-bikes on the National Wildlife Refuge System. The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act closes national...
View ArticleNational Park Service sets forth their proposed e bike rules
The National Park Service (on the day after the National Wildlife Refuge System proposed somewhat similar and less complex rules; see that story here) has now set forth their own proposed e bike rules...
View ArticleBureau of Land Management (BLM) is now the third federal agency in three days...
I don't know if this was intentional or not but three federal agencies on three separate days (back to back) have all published their proposed rules for e bikes in/on their respective lands or parks....
View ArticleThe US Bureau of Reclamation is now the fourth and final federal agency to...
Again the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS; link to article) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM; link to article) and the National Park Service (NPS; link to article) have within the last few days...
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