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Product Safety News

Supreme Court Nixes Award Against Philip Morris

Supreme Court Justices Overturn Tobacco Award Opinon

Are Cigarettes Now More Addictive?

CPSC Approves NPR Proposing new Warning Label for Portable Generators

Apple Announces Recall of Batteries used in iBook and PowerBook Computers due to Fire Hazard

Dell Announces Recall of Computer Batteries due to Fire Hazard

CPSC Highlights Dangers from Inexpensive, Inflatable pools as death reports rise.

Apparently TV Really is Dangerous: Will the Trend Towards Wall-Mounted Televisions Mean More Injuries to Children?

Owen-Corning to Pay 5 Billion Dollars to Asbestos Victims.

FDA to Intensify Oversight of Heart Devices.

Suit Against Infants' Tylenol Gets $5 Million Verdict

How to Prevent Backover Deaths of Children

Consumer Group Says Japan Needs Product Safety Group

NTSB to Hold Two Day Forum on Motorcycle Safety

Japan to Establish Consumer Product Safety Commission

CPSC Warns about TV, Large Furniture Tip-Over Dangers

On Risk: Why We Worry About the Things We Shouldn't...And Ignore the Things We Should

Justices hand Philip Morris a $10B victory

CPSC Releases Toy Safety Tips

CPSC Publications

Web Site Notification Guidelines

Fast Track Product Recall Program

2006 CPSC Federal Register notices soliciting public comments

CPSC Product Recall Checklist

CPSC Recall Handbook

Product Safety and Product Recall Articles

Does Your Insurance Policy Protect You During a Product Recall?

Can you risk a recall? Insuring Against Product Liability

Improving Safety Restraint Use by Children in Shopping Carts

Are Product Recalls Fair to Small Businesses?

Revised Safety Label Standards Create Opportunity and Risk

Establishing an Effective Product Safety Program

Antitrust News

FTC Finds Rambus Unlawfully Obtained Monopoly Power

FTC Testifies on Barriers to the Entry of Generic Drugs

Supreme Court to Review Weyerhauser Antitrust Award

EU Regulators Raise Antitrust Fines for Monopolies

Petitions to FDA Delay Generic Drugs

Nation's Largest Funeral Home/Cemetery Chains Agree to FTC Terms Before They Merge

FTC Challenges Terms of Watson Pharmaceuticals' Acquisition of Andrx

FTC/DOJ Issue Annual HSR Premerger Notification Report to Congress

FTC Provides Senate with Overview of Recent Antitrust Activities

FTC Issues Horizontal Merger Investigation Report

2006 Summary of Pharmaceutical Company Settlement Agreements

FTC Provides Senate Testimony on Anticompetitive Patent Settlements

Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 8 and 7A of Clayton Act

FTC Challenges General Dynamics' Purchase of SNC Technologies

Antitrust Division Ends the Year with Second-highest Level of Criminal Fines, More Merger Challenges

Antitrust Division Announces Amendments to 2001 Merger Review Process Initiative

Antitrust Publications By The Federal Trade Commission and US Department of Justice

Should Antitrust Assess Buyer Market Power Differently Than Seller Market Power?

Overview of FTC Antitrust Actions in Health Care Services and Products

Overview of FTC Antitrust Actions in Pharmaceutical Services and Products

Antitrust Enforcement Activities 2002-2006

Antitrust Guidelines for Collaboration Among Competitors

FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care

Obtaining Evidence on Market Definition, Market Power and Entry in Light of Global Competition: Difficulties and Consequences

Price Fixing, Bid Rigging, and Market Allocation Schemes: What They Are and What to Look For: An Antitrust Primer

Antitrust Enforcement and the Consumer

Antitrust Division Policy Guide to Merger Remedies(October 2004)

Commentary on the Horizontal Merger Guidelines(March 2006)

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