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By Debra Rade on May 5, 2015
There is a new website in town relevant to all medical devices called AccessGUDID. You decide if it is a catchy, memorable name or not. Just think, you would like to Access the Global Unique Device Identification Database, but that’s not enough as its own identifier isn’t so easy. http://accessgudid.nlm.nih.gov/ Wouldn’t it have been […]
Posted in Corporate Governance, Policies & Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate, Product Safety & Regulatory | Tagged AccessGUDID, Class I, Class II, Class III, FDA, Global Harmonisation Task Force, Global Unique Device Indentification Database, implantable, medical device, NIH, NIHNLM, UDI, Unique Device Indentifier
By Debra Rade on December 10, 2014
With many friends who have delivered babies recently or who have been blessed with new grandchildren, it seems a good idea to share this news release from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today. Ironically, a great number of baby wipes are being recalled because of contamination before they’ve been used on your baby’s […]
Posted in Corporate Governance, Policies & Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate, Product Safety & Regulatory | Tagged B. cepacia, baby, baby wipes, cpsc, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Nutek, product safety, recall, safety
By Debra Rade on July 29, 2014
When the business market is saturated with your products, what’s next? Look to the global market. That’s just what Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (SWHC) did. After all, the gun, rifle and firearm market in the United States is about as saturated as it can be. In the U.S. there are reportedly 97 guns per […]
Posted in Corporate Governance, Policies & Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate | Tagged #FCPA, #sec, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, gun industry, guns, securities and exchange commission, Smith & Wesson
By Debra Rade on May 21, 2014
According to a HuffPost Taste post last year, there are at least 21 ways to make a better hummus, and a chickpea has not been waived past many of them. However, relying on our federal government for only the most vital and fundamental services, Sabra Dipping Co. (Sabra) has filed a Citizen Petition with the […]
Posted in Corporate Governance, Policies & Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate, Product Safety & Regulatory | Tagged #anticompetitive, #antitrust, Citizen Petition, FDA, food standards, hummus, Noerr-Pennington, PepsiCo, standards, standards development, Strauss-Group, tahini
By Debra Rade on May 20, 2014
If you are on the board of manufacturing company or a retailer, you might not have noticed that this week the Department of Justice announced that Electrolux Home Products Inc. (Electrolux) of Charlotte, North Carolina, agreed to pay a civil penalty of $750,000 in a settlement on May 14, 2014. This resolves allegations against Electrolux […]
Posted in Corporate Governance, Policies & Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate, Product Safety & Regulatory, Uncategorized | Tagged 15(b) reporting, audit committee, civil penalties, compliance program, Consumer Product Safety Act, consumer product safety commission, Department of Justice, Electrolux, failure to report, product safety
By Debra Rade on November 8, 2013
The State of Washington recently adopted an amendment to their Children’s Safe Products Act – Reporting Rulerequiring manufacturers of children’s products, under certain conditions and scenarios, to report Chemicals of High Concern to Children (CHCC) to the State. Whether you are a manufacturer that must report is determined by the size of your gross revenues […]
Posted in Corporate Governance, Policies & Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate, Product Safety & Regulatory | Tagged #childrens products, 3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate, CHCC, chemicals of high concern to children, Children's Safe Products Act, consumer product safety commission, cpsc, CSPA, large company, largest company, product regulatory, safety compliance, TDCPP, tier 1, tris, tris (1, Washington State
By Debra Rade on May 6, 2013
Does your company do business in Nigeria or any other country perceived as a high risk for corruption? Does your company work with “consultancy agreements” to acquire or maintain business in these countries? Compliance professionals know the challenges of helping to ensure that a corporation and all its officers, salespersons, staff and consultants stay on […]
Posted in Corporate Governance, Policies & Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate | Tagged #FCPA, corporategovernance, eduador, governance, Nigeria, Transparency International, UK Bribery Act, Willbros
By Debra Rade on March 13, 2013
There is a useful product in your home that can be very, very dangerous to children, and some adults, if it is ingested or inserted into an eye, nose or ear. Indeed, you may have dozens of this product in your home — in use, in storage or sitting in the grocery bag you just […]
Posted in General Counsel & Corporate, Product Safety & Regulatory, Uncategorized | Tagged #childrens products, alkaline batteries, button batteries, child safety, children, coin cell batteries, coin cell battery, consumer product safety commission, cpsc, Energizer, esophagus, home safety, intertek, lithium batteries, safe kids, The Battery Controlled, toddler safety
By Debra Rade on March 12, 2013
Another word of warning, especially to smaller businesses. The phishers are trolling for you, placing new lures for their malware (malicious software) aimed toward your computer. Larger and global companies tend to have more sophisticated spam detection but the “spaminator” doesn’t always work at your local Outlook mailbox. Here is the most recent attempt […]
Posted in Corporate Governance, Policies & Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate, Not for Profit, Uncategorized | Tagged ADP, ADPpayroll, compliance, Corporate Governance, general counsel, General Counsel & Corporate, governance, payroll, payroll invoice, phish, phishing, Policies & Compliance
By Debra Rade on November 30, 2012
Does your business swim in a pond that is likely to be phished? Will your business be the target of hackers? What are the chances of your company getting scammed in Internet schemes? Are you or your employees likely to be duped into revealing personal or confidential information which a scammer can use illicitly? What […]
Posted in Corporate Governance, Policies & Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate, Not for Profit | Tagged BBB, better business bureau, board of directors, CEO, compliance, director, general counsel, governance, phish, phishing
