European Commission Publishes 2020 Product Safety Review

Rod Freeman and Julia Maskell

COVID-19 shifts the focus of product safety reports in Europe, but the usual trends continue.

FCC sets its sights on product compliance breaches

J.G. Harrington and Henry Wendel

We provide an update on some recent FCC decisions that act as a reminder to companies designing, manufacturing and marketing electronic devices of the importance of thorough pre-market review procedures.

See EU later (part 3) – the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement and its impact on products regulation

Claire Temple , Edward Turtle and Tracey Bischofberger

On 24 December 2020, the EU and the UK reached a deal on the terms of their future free trade and cooperation agreement. Here’s our summary of some of the key impacts on products regulation.

Productwise 3-2-1

Tracey Bischofberger, Matt Howsare and Claire Temple

Productwise 3-2-1, our monthly bite-sized digest of the current key issues in products law.

WEBCAST: Liability in Times of Change for the Life Sciences Industry

The growth of digital health technologies and artificial intelligence raises novel risks, including data protection and cybersecurity risks, and key questions about the liability of services and software as a product remain unanswered. Wearables are blurring the line between consumer technology and medical devices, and consumer health data has the […]

3D printing of spare parts – multi-dimensional implications for consumer product regulation

Edward Turtle and Corinne Robinson

We consider the product compliance, safety and liability implications of the growing use of 3D printed spare parts

Charging ahead (part 2): last chance for feedback on plans to decouple the sale of consumer electronic devices and chargers

Tracey Bischofberger

The opportunity to respond to the European Commission’s stakeholder survey on plans to decouple the sale of consumer electronic devices and chargers ends on 22 January 2021.