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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 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 March 13, 2012
It’s always a pleasure to be included as faculty for the PLI’s Corporate Compliance & Ethics Institute. This one and a half day program will be held this year (2012) on May 10-11 in Chicago. It’s intended for anyone involved in any aspect of corporate compliance and ethics — not just lawyers (but if you’re […]
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By Debra Rade on March 15, 2011
Came across an interesting consumer product issue. Here’s a news report about a grandmother complaining that a product she wanted to purchase had the following warning on its: “Warning: Contains lead. May be harmful if eaten or chewed. May generate dust containing lead.” Why did the manufacturer place that warning on a label? Most likely, […]
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By Debra Rade on January 24, 2011
It’s Davos week – the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011. So, what’s on the docket this year? According to interviews reported by the Financial Times, there will a focus on a “two-speed world economy” – a growing economy dominated by emerging markets (China, India, Brazil and Russia) with less in the advanced economies. Optimism, […]
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