Partner Erik Swanholt and Associate Kristin McGaver were quoted in Sedgwick’s U.S. Recall Index 2021 about the Consumer Product Safety Commission petitioning Congress for funding that goes beyond simply increasing enforcement activities, which suggests that the agency is seeking to reinvent itself to better protect consumers from risks posed by evolving technology.
Taken in its entirety, Swanholt and MGaver warn that the agency’s “ambitious budget request signals a potential avalanche of additional recalls should the CPSC get the resources it seeks for 2022.”
