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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has granted Amazon’s Zoox Inc. a landmark exemption for its U.S.-manufactured, purpose-built autonomous vehicles (AVs). This decision allows Zoox to deploy robotaxis...more
On July 24, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved a Test Marketing Exemption (TME) under section 5(h)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for a confidential new chemical substance (TME...more
On October 10, 2024, the European Council officially adopted the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), a regulation designed to ensure that products with digital features are secure to use and resilient against cyber threats, and that...more
The agreed text of the AI Act was published on July 12, 2024, essentially starting the clock on the legal deadlines contained in it. Its obligations will apply in tiered phases, with the first key obligations being enforced...more
Producers who may qualify for an exemption under California’s extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) packaging law (“SB 54” or the “Act”) should consider reviewing CalRecycle’s recently released Proposed Draft Regulation...more
Effective January 1, 2030, the sale of any industrial, commercial, or consumer product containing intentionally added Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) will be banned in Maine unless the use of PFAS in the product is...more
Manufacturers need to be careful in the New Year to start complying with new laws in New York and California expanding consumers’ right to repair certain products. California joined the right-to-repair movement with the...more
On October 18, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a rule to modify the reporting requirements for PFAS under the Toxics Release Inventory (“TRI”) program. Specifically, the EPA is...more
Manufacturers of chemical substances in the United States are well aware of the regulatory burdens placed on their industry by the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). TSCA requirements can be cumbersome and difficult to...more
To close out the 2021 legislative season, Governor Gavin Newsom signed dozens of bills into law, many of which directly affect California employers. In addition to the coverage in prior blog posts, which are linked below,...more
On August 6, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States.” The far-reaching EO seeks to ensure the domestic...more
A federal court in Pennsylvania recently ruled a U.S. Steel Corp. manufacturing facility was not required under CERCLA to notify federal authorities of releases to the air in excess of emission limits in its air permits. This...more
EPA recently issued a final rule amending Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) regulations concerning “small manufacturers” of chemical substances. Companies that meet the regulatory definition of a “small manufacturer” of...more
With the increasing pace of the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the related emergent need to increase the available supply for hand sanitizer products across the United States, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade...more
While China commands the media spotlight in the global war on trade, new trade battles are being waged south of the equator. On Monday December 2, 2019, President Trump announced that he would reinstate tariffs on aluminum...more
The year-long trade conflict between the U.S. and China has caused a number of economic casualties. North American farmers have struggled, as they watched their primary market for soy and pork disappear,...more
While the US data privacy landscape is rapidly changing, there appears to be some helpful news for the automotive industry. Notably, the auto industry may receive the benefit of being exempt from the impact of two of the more...more
On Monday, June 3rd, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) approved a new regulation exempting coffee from Proposition 65 warnings. The rule states that: “Exposures to chemicals in coffee,...more
After California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed amendments to Proposition 65’s regulations governing the calculation of safe harbor levels for reproductive toxicants in consumer products,...more
On Jan. 31, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a long-awaited proposed rule that would, if finalized, remove the existing legal "safe harbor" that protects...more
The Medical Device Reporting (MDR) regulation provides a mechanism for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency), as well as medical device manufacturers, to identify and monitor adverse events (deaths,...more
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards normally prohibit a person from selling any motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment that does not comply with federal motor laws, including EPA emissions standards and FMVSS safety...more
A recent amendment to Oregon’s manufacturing overtime statute clarified overtime requirements and imposed weekly caps on the number of hours that most employees in manufacturing establishments may work. However, an existing...more
Manufacturers who will be affected by the new changes to the overtime rules may be interested in attending a public hearing and/or providing public comment on the development of the Oregon Administrative Rules that BOLI will...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: When Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on a Sunday, as they do this year, the holidays are legally observed on the following Monday in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Employers in these states therefore...more