Chuck is an antitrust and regulatory lawyer who devotes a significant portion of his practice to assisting clients with consumer product safety and environmental regulations. He serves as general counsel to numerous trade associations. For the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, Chuck negotiated and drafted amendments to federal laws, including the Consumer Product Safety Act. Corporations in many industries, local governments, and state agencies are also on his client roster. He represents clients before a wide array of federal agencies, including the Consumer Product Safety Commission, state agencies, and international regulatory organizations.
Chuck is engaged in a federal and international regulatory and legislative practice. He has been extensively involved in product safety, environmental, tax, health care, technology, and energy issues, and public finance legislative and regulatory matters for a variety of trade associations, corporations, local governments, and state agencies.
His practice encompasses work before the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, Departments of State, Health and Human Services, Energy, and Treasury, US Trade Representative, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Trade Commission, the IRS, and other federal and state agencies. He also has extensive experience dealing with Canada, the European Commission, and international bodies.
Chuck also engages in trade association representation and antitrust counseling. As general counsel of the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, Chuck negotiated and drafted the amendments to the Consumer Product Safety Act and the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act, and represents the appliance industry at international bodies dealing with safety, energy, ozone depletion, and global warming.
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- New Legislation Would Expand the Use of Municipal Bonds - (Posted On Wednesday, May 15, 2024)
- CPSC Adopts Final Rules for Button Cell and Coin Batteries with Sweeping Requirements - (Posted On Monday, September 25, 2023)
- CPSC Final Rule for Button Cell and Coin Batteries is Imminent – But Packaging Requirement is Effective Now - (Posted On Monday, August 28, 2023)
- FTC Invokes New and Expanded Powers to Propose Bar on Employee Non-Competes - (Posted On Monday, January 09, 2023)
- Fifth Circuit Finds Flaws in CPSC Rulemaking on Phthalate Limits Highlighting Another Rulemaking Misstep for the Agency - (Posted On Monday, March 22, 2021)
- Exercise Equipment Manufacturer, Cybex, Hit with $8 Million Civil Penalty for Late Reporting Demonstrates Aggressive CPSC Enforcement Posture - (Posted On Tuesday, February 16, 2021)
- Consumer Product Safety Advocates Pen Memorandum to Biden Transition Team Foreshadowing Push for More Active and Aggressive CPSC - (Posted On Wednesday, December 09, 2020)
- CPSC Inspector General Concludes 2019 Data Breach Was Much More Significant Than Reported and Caused by Mismanagement and Incompetence - (Posted On Wednesday, October 07, 2020)
- CPSC Sued Over Lack of Access to Consensus Standard Incorporated Into CPSC Regulation - (Posted On Tuesday, May 26, 2020)
- Representative Rush's Section 6(b) Bill -- Stripping Basic Due Process Protection With Little Justification or Benefit - (Posted On Tuesday, January 21, 2020)