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 certificates of compliance (CoC) for imported consumer products that are subject to a CPSC rule
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 came as a surprise, since for the last few months, it was not clear if
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 States (SCOTUS) overruled the court of appeals and granted a temporary stay of that court’s
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 we previously discussed here, the commissioners were fired in May 2025 and then reinstated
The U.S. Supreme Court gave a strong signal that it will likely overturn Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, a 90-year-old case which held that Congress may restrict the President’s authority to terminate officials at independent federal agencies without cause.
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In an important development since our June 24, 2025 article, on July 1, 2025, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration’s motion to stay a district court’s decision reinstating three Democratic commissioners to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Immediately after the Fourth Circuit’s decision, the Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted
The three Democratic CPSC commissioners fired by President Trump last month are now back at their desks, following a ruling by the Maryland District Court that the firing violated federal law and ordering the commissioners’ immediate reinstatement. The Administration promptly appealed the reinstatement order to the Fourth Circuit, and asked the District Court to stay
Less than two weeks after the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) voted 3-2 to move ahead with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) for a new safety standard for lithium-ion batteries used in e-mobility devices, in a not unexpected move, the Commission, now consisting of two Republicans, voted to withdraw the NPR. But
In a 3-2 party-line vote, the three Democratic commissioners at the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) voted on April 30, 2025, to move forward with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) for a new safety standard for e-mobility products using lithium-ion batteries, such as hoverboards, e-bikes, and e-scooters. A proposal by Acting Chairman
On December 18, 2024, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) approved a final rule to implement electronic filing (eFiling) of certificates of compliance (CoC) for imported consumer products that are subject to a CPSC rule, ban, standard, or regulation (Final Rule). A 24-month effective date will apply to covered consumer products imported into a
