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Kenneth Ross

Kenneth Ross is a Senior Contributor to In Compliance Magazine, and a former partner and now Of Counsel to Bowman and Brooke LLP. He provides legal and practical advice to manufacturers and other product sellers in all areas of product safety, regulatory compliance, and product liability prevention, including risk assessment, design, warnings and instructions, safety management, litigation management, post-sale duties, recalls, dealing with the CPSC, contracts, and document management. Ross can be reached at 952-210-2212 or at kenrossesq@gmail.com.

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Best Practices in Product Safety Management

The elements of a program to deal with pre-sale and post-sale safety issues are well-known. But the specifics of what elements should be used and how by a particular manufacturer are often unknown. Therefore, the most important question that must be answered by any company manufacturing finished products or component parts is “What should my company do and how should I do it?”

Analyzing Risk Before and After Sale

This article will discuss risk assessment techniques before and after sale and some of the legal and practical implications arising from their use.

Twenty-First Century Document Management

Design plans, engineering drawings, production procedures, safety memoranda, and marketing strategies can significantly help or hurt a manufacturer or product seller, especially in the event of product liability litigation.

Preparing for and Implementing Product Recalls

This article will discuss the ways in which a company can be organized and prepared to meet its post-sale duties and to undertake a field corrective action program or a recall.

Can Social Media Help Satisfy the Manufacturer’s Pre- and Post-Sale Duties?

Social media and the internet in general have given manufacturers a much greater ability to communicate with their consumers on a regular and frequent basis.
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When Does An Industrial Product Become a Consumer Product?

One of the more perplexing issues I have grappled with over the years is determining when an industrial product becomes a consumer product and therefore subject to the laws concerning consumer products.

Product Safety Instructions and Warnings

Some Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions Readers of In Compliance Magazine have benefited...

The Effect of Product Liability Litigation on the Duty to Report Safety Issues to the Government

Product liability litigation and product safety regulatory activities often become intertwined. Product liability claims...

The Role of Product Instructions in Product Liability Prevention

Why It’s Hard to Create Good Instructions, and What to Do About It One of...

CPSC Mandates Safety Programs for Manufacturers and Retailers: The History Behind the CPSC’s Action

Since its inception, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has encouraged companies to...
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