Schiff Hardin's multidisciplinary product regulatory team has extensive expertise in the domestic and international regulation of consumer and industrial products. We counsel clients on the requirements affecting all stages of a product's life cycle, including design, manufacturing, packaging, importing, exporting, distribution, sale, transportation, disposal and recycling.
Our team provides both regulatory compliance counseling and defense of enforcement actions in the following areas:
We work with our clients to develop and implement practical compliance programs that take into account their unique business and operational needs.
We identify key developments and emerging trends that affect businesses operating in any capacity in the stream of commerce.
We counsel clients that conduct business in multiple jurisdictions, including those engaged in international commerce.
Our clients rely upon our knowledge of the regulations affecting an extensive range of products and substances, including by way of example those described below.
Our clients rely on us to guide them through the maze of local, state and federal requirements, such as the Emergency Planning Community Right to Know Act, the Toxic Substance Control Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Resource Conservation Recovery Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, the Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Act, the Clean Air Act, the California Air Resources Board Regulations and California Proposition 65.
Drawing upon the expertise of foreign co-counsel, we advise our U.S.-based clients on a variety of international initiatives, such as the European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS), Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE), New Approach Directive, and Battery Directive, as well as the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals Regulation (REACH), the Canadian Hazardous Products Act, and the Canadian product stewardship laws.
We work closely with Schiff Hardin's Consumer Product Safety Team, which provides advice and assistance to clients with respect to product recalls and other product safety matters, including compliance with the Federal Consumer Product Safety Act and its regulations.