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Right To Repair – A Growing Trend for States Creating Compliance Challenges for Manufacturers

By Rebecca Baden Chaney, Jordan Ludwig, Megan L. Wolf, Helen Ogunyanwo, Kari Ferver, Stephon Howie & Trevor Copeland on March 20, 2025
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“Right to Repair” laws are regulations that generally require manufacturers to give consumers and independent repair providers access to tools, parts, and information to repair certain consumer products and other equipment on fair and reasonable terms. Recently, six states—California, Colorado, Minnesota, New York, Massachusetts, and Oregon—have implemented their own comprehensive right to repair regulations. Click here to read a summary of these states laws and what companies can expect on a state and federal level.

Photo of Rebecca Baden Chaney Rebecca Baden Chaney

Rebecca Baden Chaney is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and is co-chair of the firm’s Transportation Practice. Transportation, micromobility, consumer, and other product manufacturers lean on Rebecca Chaney’s keen understanding of the transportation and consumer product industries and the legal…

Rebecca Baden Chaney is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and is co-chair of the firm’s Transportation Practice. Transportation, micromobility, consumer, and other product manufacturers lean on Rebecca Chaney’s keen understanding of the transportation and consumer product industries and the legal landscape to advance their businesses. Rebecca applies her commercial-focused product risk lens to represent product manufacturers facing litigation, commercial, and regulatory challenges.

Rebecca is an industry-recognized force in litigating complex product-related warranty, defect, indemnity and contractual commercial disputes, and consumer litigation, including in class actions and mass tort proceedings. She counsels her commercial clients on product disputes, risk mitigation, and crisis management matters. Rebecca additionally defends clients against defamation claims. Clients appreciate Rebecca’s close coordination with them, her proactive approach, and her critical and creative thinking about each stage in a litigation or matter.

Rebecca’s approach embraces product liability risk management across the life cycle of product commercialization, from pre- to post-launch to aftermarket. This includes advice on product labeling, as well as National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Consumer Product Safety Commission regulatory compliance, recall, and enforcement issues.

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Photo of Megan L. Wolf Megan L. Wolf

Megan Louise Wolf is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Megan’s practice focuses on antitrust counseling, mergers and acquisitions, and criminal and civil antitrust investigations. Named as a “Rising Star” by Legal 500 and The Deal, Megan counsels and represents…

Megan Louise Wolf is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Megan’s practice focuses on antitrust counseling, mergers and acquisitions, and criminal and civil antitrust investigations. Named as a “Rising Star” by Legal 500 and The Deal, Megan counsels and represents clients in a wide range of transactional antitrust matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, competitor collaborations, and issues related to compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act. Megan represents corporate clients and individual executives in criminal antitrust investigations, including those into procurement fraud, hiring practices, financial services, generic pharmaceuticals, and numerous other industries.

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  • Blog:
    Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
  • Organization:
    Crowell & Moring LLP
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