Tag: UK
Webinar: General Product Safety Regulation – Where Are We One Year On?
Monday, 15th December 2025 // 4:00 PM GMT // 5:00 PM CET // 6:00 PM EET It’s been a year since the European Union’s (EU) General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) started to apply. While some aspects of the regulation have settled into practice, others remain open to interpretation, and the […]
Cooley Litigation Trends Webinar Series – Marketplaces + Ecommerce
Please join Cooley’s litigation team for the next session of our continued legal education (CLE) webinar series, where we explore trends and insights on the disputes landscape in the UK and mainland Europe, and the issues that drive them.
Enrique Capdevila, Andrew Linch, James Maton, Claire Temple
Cooley’s Highlights From ICPHSO 2025 Annual Meeting and Training Symposium – Regulator Session 2
Regulator Session 2: ‘Global Regulator Update’ ICPHSO’s Global Regulator Update featured senior representatives from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the UK’s Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), the European Commission and the National Consumer Commission of South Africa. The panel explored the most significant regulatory activities in […]
Cooley’s Highlights From ICPHSO 2025 Annual Meeting and Training Symposium – Plenary Session 5
‘Safe For Me, But Not For You: In the pursuit of regulatory convergence and exploration of mutual recognition’ This panel session featured a retailer, a nonprofit consumer advocate and a certification organization. The panel considered how manufacturers manage an overwhelming number of different regulations and standards when selling products internationally. […]
Cooley’s Highlights From ICPHSO 2025 Annual Meeting and Training Symposium – Plenary Session 1
‘Market Surveillance and Product Recalls: Linking Policy to Action in Case of Online Sales’ Plenary session 1 featured speakers from Amazon, TIC Council Americas, UL Solutions and Anushi Amin of Cooley (UK) LLP. The panel examined how the new European Union (EU) General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) would affect the […]
Cooley’s Highlights From ICPHSO 2025 Annual Meeting and Training Symposium
Cooley’s international products team will be attending the ICPHSO 2025 Annual Meeting and Training Symposium, “Fostering Bridges Within the Product Safety Community,” in Orlando, Florida, from February 17 – 20, 2025. We will be posting highlights from the plenary panel sessions on our Productwise blog throughout the event.
EU’s General Product Safety Regulation: An Expanded Concept of Safety
In the second in a series of blogs on the European Union’s new General Product Safety Regulation, the Cooley products team takes a look at the expanded concept of safety under the new rules and why this matters.
UK Product Safety Review and Beyond: The Government’s Next Steps
On 5 November 2024, the UK government published its response to the Product Safety Review (PSR) undertaken by the UK product safety regulator, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS). This response outlines the key proposals in the review and proposals aimed at modernising the UK’s product safety regime. It was published as a result of comments made during the second reading of the Product Regulation and Metrology (PRM) Bill.
New UK CMA Guidance Published – Can Fashion Companies Thread the Needle of Responsible Environmental Claims?
On 18 September 2024, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published new guidance to explain how fashion retail businesses can navigate their obligations under the UK’s Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and the Green Claims Code when making environmental claims.
Online Safety Act Update: Ofcom’s Consultation on Measures to Protect Children From Online Harms Closing 17 July 2024
The UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) imposes extensive obligations on certain types of online service providers to protect users from illegal and harmful content. A key focus of the OSA is the protection of children online, and special obligations are conferred on service providers whose platforms are “likely to be accessed by children”.
Claire Temple, James Maton , Travis LeBlanc , Leo Spicer- Phelps , Morgan McCormack and Mo Swart