The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or the Commission) is a small federal agency with a big job: protecting consumers from unreasonable risks of injury associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. With an Operating Plan budget for fiscal year 2021 of $135 million and 539 employees1-tiny by federal government standards-CPSC uses safety data submitted by companies pursuant to the notification requirements under Section 15 of the Consumer Product […]

On February 9, 2022, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) filed an administrative complaint against manufacturer Leachco, Inc. (Leachco) to compel the company to recall infant lounger products, thus continuing the agency’s trend of more aggressive enforcement over the past year. This is the third recall lawsuit filed by CPSC since July and marks the first recall lawsuit filed under the leadership of the new CPSC Chair, Alexander Hoehn-Saric. Just a few weeks before filing this […]