Course Details
911: All Consumer Products Are Not Safe, Why?
February 3-6, 2020
1:45 PM -
3:15 PM
In-Person
You might ask: “Doesn’t the government regulate all products to ensure that they are safe?” The answer is: “Yes, but only to a limited extent.” Topics for this course will include: What is the governments’ authority to tell product manufacturers how to make their products? Why are some products regulated more than other? Why does the “law” require some, but not all, products to be “tested” before sale? How does consumers’ demand for inexpensive products adversely affect the safety of the products that we buy? What should happen when a manufacturer becomes aware that its product does not meet all mandatory product safety requirements? What happens during a “product recall?” What “hazardous chemicals” are in the consumer products we buy, and do we have a “right to know” about the presence of these chemicals?
Class Type: Lecture and Discussion
Class Format: TBA
Hours of Reading: 1-2 hours/session
Study Group Leader(s):
David CalletDavid Callet practices product liability and consumer product safety law. He graduated from George Washington University Law School in 1973. After working as a federal government attorney, David was a partner in one DC law firm and then in a second firm. In 2015, David established CalletLaw and has been enjoying the practice of law ever since. David provides comprehensive client representation on all aspects of consumer product safety compliance and is committed to educating the product safety community so that they can understand and comply with their product safety compliance obligations.