Product Compliance and Litigation

Cooley helps manufacturers, producers, retailers, distributors and importers of consumer products deal with the most challenging and critical legal issues impacting their products, markets and success at each stage of product development and commercialization. Leveraging deep industry insight, our integrated global team works alongside clients from design through deployment to identify risk, anticipate regulatory scrutiny, craft compliance strategies and navigate recalls and other corrective actions.

We partner with clients in life sciences, technology, cosmetics, consumer products and emerging tech sectors, helping them navigate complex EU, UK, US and global product safety regulations, evolving safety expectations and policy shifts that directly affect product viability.

Our work is informed by meaningful engagement across global regulatory and industry bodies, including participation in the European Commission’s liability working group, OECD consumer product safety initiatives and leadership roles in the American Bar Association, the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization, the International Organization for Standardization and the International Bar Association.

Our team manages investigations, litigation, domestic and cross-border product recalls, risk assessments and high-stakes litigation. We provide flexible, scalable services designed to support clients with practical, effective solutions across global compliance and litigation needs.

With a deep understanding of emerging product risk and regulatory trends, our team prepares clients for both compliance and commercial viability. We offer predictive insight into the business impact of these shifts, empowering clients to make informed decisions early in development.

Cooley has defended clients in high-exposure and high-profile matters – including bet-the-company lawsuits with exposures exceeding $1 billion. Our experience in hundreds of complex matters spans some of the riskiest venues and most technically demanding product categories.

Cooley provides informed, practical guidance on regulatory reporting obligations with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), leveraging 20+ combined years of former agency experience and leadership. Our team, which includes a former CPSC chair, chiefs of staff and reportability assessments, incident submissions, corrective action plans and ongoing regulatory engagement.