The long-awaited updates to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (Final Rule) took effect on June 23, 2025, with a compliance deadline of April 22, 2026. With this fast-approaching compliance deadline, businesses should be actively working to update backend
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Consumer Protection Connection, published by Keller Heckman, focuses on legal developments and regulatory updates related to consumer protection. The blog covers topics such as compliance with state and federal consumer product safety laws, privacy regulations including children’s online privacy, environmental and recycling fee requirements for consumer products, false advertising and sustainability claims, and emerging issues in product labeling and marketing. It serves businesses and legal professionals seeking to understand evolving consumer protection obligations, enforcement trends, and legislative changes affecting product safety, privacy, and environmental compliance.
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Is Your Business Prepared for CPSC eFiling?
The July 8, 2026, effective date for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC or Commission) electronic filing (eFiling) requirements is fast approaching. As we previously discussed, last December, CPSC approved a Final Rule to implement mandatory eFiling of…
JBS USA Settles NY AG “Net Zero” Challenge as NGO False Ad Litigation Continues and California Climate Reporting Deadlines Loom
On November 3, 2025, the New York Attorney General announced a $1.1 million settlement with the U.S. subsidiary of the world’s largest beef producer, ending the state’s lawsuit accusing the company of misleading the public about its environmental practices and…
State Kids’ Privacy Laws Proliferate Despite Legal Challenges
State legislatures have continued to enact privacy laws aimed at protecting kids and teens despite significant—and often successful—legal challenges that largely focus on First Amendment flaws. Some laws have recently gone into effect, or will become effective soon, while others…
Trump Nominates New CPSC Commissioner
On October 2, 2025, after the federal government shut down, the Senate received President Trump’s nomination for a new commissioner at the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission)—William “Billy” Hewes III, former mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi. This recent nomination…
Amazon to Pay Record $2.5 Billion to Settle FTC Claims of Deceptive Prime Membership Signup and Cancellation Practices
Businesses making negative option or auto-renewal subscription offers, beware: Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) enforcement is alive and well in 2025. Although the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit struck down the FTC’s much-criticized Biden-era “click to…
UPDATE: Supreme Court to Revisit Humphrey’s Executor in December; Reinstatement of Former FTC Commissioner Slaughter Stayed Pending the Supreme Court’s Review
The latest development in the ongoing legal saga regarding the scope of presidential authority to fire officials at various independent federal agencies occurred on September 22, 2025, when the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS or the Court) granted…
Google Settles Children’s Privacy Class Action Lawsuit; Disney Settles DOJ Lawsuit and Faces Class Action
Google and two Disney companies recently settled lawsuits alleging that the companies violated children’s privacy laws, once again demonstrating a heightened interest in protecting children online and putting content creators and channel owners on notice that they will be subject…
SCOTUS Stays Federal Appeals Court Order Reinstating Fired FTC Commissioner; Fourth Circuit Oral Argument on CPSC Firings Tentatively Scheduled
On September 8, 2025, once again, the question of the President’s authority to terminate, without cause, commissioners of independent agencies, was examined in federal court and appealed to the Supreme Court, and once again, the Supreme Court of the United…
And Then There Was One…CPSC Continues Operations with One Commissioner
It has been a turbulent time at the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission), with several months of legal battles over President Trump’s termination, without cause, of the three Democratic commissioners, Alexander Hoehn-Saric, Mary Boyle, and Richard Trumka. As…