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Greenberg Traurig’s Consumer Compass newsletter is your guide to navigating the legal landscape of the ever-evolving consumer products industry. Each issue delivers the latest news, emerging trends, and must-know highlights, along with savvy insights designed to keep you ahead of the curve.

This issue’s featured insights:

  • Implied Preemption Following Davidson v. Sprout Foods, Inc.
  • SCOTUS Class Action Cases | Spring 2025
  • HHS and FDA Announce Intention to Phase Out All Synthetic Food Dyes; Approve Three ‘Natural’ Food Dyes
  • PFAS Prohibition Law Updates
  • Prop 65 and Other State-Level Chemical Regulation
  • EPR Packaging Update
  • EPR and Textiles
  • SB 343 – California’s Truth in Recycling Law
  • Compostable Claims in California
  • Post-Consumer Recycled Statutes

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Tags: class action, consumer product regulation, environmental, FDA, GT Insight, product packaging, Prop 65, recycling standards
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Photo of Nilda Isidro Nilda Isidro

Nilda M. Isidro focuses her practice on the representation and defense of product companies, with an emphasis on pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumer product litigation. She litigates a variety of complex matters in both state and federal courts, including mass torts, multi-district litigations…

Nilda M. Isidro focuses her practice on the representation and defense of product companies, with an emphasis on pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumer product litigation. She litigates a variety of complex matters in both state and federal courts, including mass torts, multi-district litigations (MDLs), and class actions. In addition, Nilda regularly provides strategic counseling to a wide range of clients—at every stage of the product life cycle—on issues including product launches, labeling and warnings, recalls, regulatory compliance, good manufacturing practices (GMPs), product warranties, and related litigation avoidance and risk management issues.

Nilda’s clients typically come from highly-regulated industries, including: life sciences, technology, health care, food and beverage, personal care, and cannabis/cannabinoids. Working closely with a national network of experts in various fields of medicine, materials sciences, and industry regulation, Nilda excels at synthesizing complex scientific and regulatory issues into relatable themes that can be easily understood by juries, judges, lawmakers, and regulators.

Nilda was included in Benchmark Litigation’s 2018-2022 40 & Under Hot List, selected as a 2015 Rising Star by the New York Law Journal, and has been recognized by The Legal 500 for her work in Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action. She is a 2018 Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.

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Photo of Justin J. Prochnow Justin J. Prochnow

Justin J. Prochnow assists companies with regulatory, business, and legal needs in the beverage, food, dietary supplement, cosmetic, medical device, and OTC industries. Justin works closely with companies to ensure regulatory compliance with statutes and regulations enforced by the Food and Drug Administration,

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Justin J. Prochnow assists companies with regulatory, business, and legal needs in the beverage, food, dietary supplement, cosmetic, medical device, and OTC industries. Justin works closely with companies to ensure regulatory compliance with statutes and regulations enforced by the Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Trade Commission and other regulatory agencies. This includes the review of product labels, labeling, advertising, websites and other marketing materials. Justin assists companies with responding to governmental and regulatory actions, including FDA inspections and warning letters, FTC Civil Investigative Demands, and ASRC and NAD cases. He prepares and reviews business documents for industry members, including consulting, manufacturing, supply and distribution agreements. Justin and his team also defend industry companies from both governmental agencies and civil litigators in litigation ranging from breach of contract cases to the growing number of class actions alleging false and misleading advertising.

Meet Justin Prochnow

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Photo of Will Wagner Will Wagner

Will Wagner focuses his practice in the areas of consumer product defense and regulatory enforcement litigation, including California’s unique Proposition 65, California regulatory actions pertaining to labeling and emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) from consumer products, and actions under the Consumer Legal…

Will Wagner focuses his practice in the areas of consumer product defense and regulatory enforcement litigation, including California’s unique Proposition 65, California regulatory actions pertaining to labeling and emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) from consumer products, and actions under the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) and Unfair Competition Law (UCL). Will also handles writ actions related to administrative decisions and procedures, along with commercial disputes and accessibility cases under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

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Photo of Gina Faldetta Gina Faldetta

Gina Faldetta is a member of the Litigation Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s New York office. Gina focuses her practice on the representation and defense of product companies, with an emphasis on pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumer product litigation. She litigates a variety of

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Gina Faldetta is a member of the Litigation Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s New York office. Gina focuses her practice on the representation and defense of product companies, with an emphasis on pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumer product litigation. She litigates a variety of complex matters throughout the country in state and federal courts, including mass torts, class actions, and commercial matters.

Gina is actively involved in the New York legal community, serving as Secretary for the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York, a professional membership organization of attorneys and law students.

The attorney is providing legal services through and affiliated with Greenberg Traurig, LLP, a New York Limited Liability Partnership. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

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Photo of Sean A. Newland Sean A. Newland

Sean Newland focuses his practice on resolving domestic and international environmental and product-related litigation, regulatory enforcements, and compliance issues for product-related businesses.

His litigation practice centers on consumer product defense against false, misleading, or unsubstantiated label and advertising claims, California’s Proposition 65, and

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Sean Newland focuses his practice on resolving domestic and international environmental and product-related litigation, regulatory enforcements, and compliance issues for product-related businesses.

His litigation practice centers on consumer product defense against false, misleading, or unsubstantiated label and advertising claims, California’s Proposition 65, and consumer class actions. He defends a range of companies, including food and beverage manufacturers, textile businesses, and personal care product brands in lawsuits involving chemicals of concern and related issues. Sean also has experience with high stakes commercial litigation in courts throughout the country and alternative dispute resolution forums, including corporate contractual disputes, trade secrets and employee mobility claims, and business torts.

Sean also counsels manufacturers, distributors, and online and traditional retailers about product safety issues and regulatory compliance, including Consumer Product Safety Commission regulations. He helps companies determine when CPSC should be notified of possible defects and safety issues, navigate recalls, build corrective action plans, and defend enforcement actions. His experience includes home furnishings, household appliances, toys and children’s products, electronics, batteries, packaging, and connected (IoT) devices. Sean also has substantial experience navigating other federal and state laws and regulations that impact consumer product companies, including PFAS prohibitions, greenwashing claims, recycling laws (such as Extended Producer Responsibility), and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. He helps clients ascertain and monitor regulatory compliance obligations, implement required certifications, develop testing programs, and handle enforcement actions or litigation under federal and state laws.

Drawing on his international network and experience as a secondee on the legal hardware safety and compliance team at a global technology company, Sean also helps companies selling products abroad understand and act in accordance with complicated regulatory regimes in countries throughout the world, including in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas, the Middle East and many other jurisdictions and regions.
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Photo of Madeline Orlando Madeline Orlando

Madeline Orlando focuses her practice on both California state and federal regulatory issues. She works with clients to navigate the California regulatory framework, with a particular focus on Prop 65, environmental, and consumer products regulatory compliance. Her practice also includes advising clients on

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Madeline Orlando focuses her practice on both California state and federal regulatory issues. She works with clients to navigate the California regulatory framework, with a particular focus on Prop 65, environmental, and consumer products regulatory compliance. Her practice also includes advising clients on federal regulatory requirements and compliance, including regulations under the Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Commerce, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Madeline also has litigation experience, representing clients in business and commercial litigation as well as environmental and consumer protection litigation.

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