Nixon Peabody Attorneys Co-Author Consumer Products Liability Book

August 01, 2014 // Franchising.com // New York, NY - Nixon Peabody LLP announces the release of Consumer Products Liability: Ensuring Compliance, Avoiding Missteps, and Reducing Exposure. This book serves as a reference tool for lawyers, business people and academics in navigating increasingly complex rules and regulations impacting consumer product manufacturers, distributors, importers, and retailers. New York City Litigation partner Barbara Lukeman and New York City attorney Thomas Mealiffe co-authored the book.

Published by Thomson Reuters, this book is designed to give manufacturers, distributors, importers, and retailers of consumer products - as well as their counsel - an overview of some of the applicable laws and regulations that govern consumer products. It provides insight about how to assess a consumer product event from both a regulatory and litigation perspective, while minimizing the associated risks and costs.

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