It never rains but it pours and the disruption afflicting the clothing industry is set to get even worse with news that the EU environmental commission is planning new large-scale regulations. The statement from the EU environmental commissioner Virg…

Our pharmacists speak out on the use of hydroxychloroquine as an emerging treatment option and appropriate clinical guidance during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak During the past several weeks, our pharmacy program team has been working to ensu…

Regulatory frameworks overseeing product safety in Australia, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States are well-established. While the rules and regulations in each of these jurisdictions are evolving in response to new products a…

We are living in very challenging and surreal times. In response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, countries, cities and states have instituted mandatory restrictions on public gatherings, closed non-essential businesses and given “stay-at-home” ord…

On May 12, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the next round of COVID-19 response legislation. The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act with over 1,800 pages and a $3 trillion price tag includes labor and em…

As a claims organization, it’s up to us to keep our clients and their customers informed on current issues and deliver peace of mind. The healthcare, product liability and life sciences space is constantly evolving, but we’re keeping an eye on the fo…

Cosmetic companies have been a target of consumer activists for years. Organizations like Environmental Working Group and Campaign for Safe Cosmetics have run campaigns that resulted in companies reformulating products or defending themselves publicl…

When thinking about the industry’s most likely to be affected by chemical goods recalls, tattoo parlours would probably not be the first one that came to mind. Yet so far this year, tattoo artists look to be amongst the hardest hit with tattoo ink ac…

On March 18, 2020, Governor Cuomo signed emergency legislation guaranteeing job protection and pay for New Yorkers who have been quarantined as a result of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. The law requires job-protected, employer-provided paid sic…

This month the EU announced an ambitious new Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) to combat the scourge of e-waste. The plan, which has been created to help meet the EU’s aims of becoming carbon neutral by 2050, target the 50 million tonnes of e-waste…

First and foremost, we hope you and everyone close to you are well. We’re living through an unprecedented time and hopefully, you’re able to find some calm and maintain connections. Like each of you, we’ve been working through the COVID-19 crisis,…

As we continue to track updates to workforce absence-related laws to support coronavirus (COVID-19) absences, we have created a statutory state chart as a resource to help make sense of the changes. The matrix includes scenarios to identify which ben…

As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase worldwide, numerous questions and a tremendous amount of misinformation cloud the issue. Many remain confused about how the virus is transmitted, how dangerous it is, and what treatments for it ma…

UPDATE ALERT: Wednesday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. CST. Today, the Senate passed HR 6201 as approved by the House yesterday. President Trump signed into law at 8:30pm eastern. The bill will become law within 15 days. Within that time, rules will be…

Lisez ceci en français Lessons learned from contingency planning against multiple risks Large-scale weather events such as windstorms, floods and droughts are becoming more frequent and less predictable, requiring more standardized but also agile r…