Executives Sentenced Under CPSA for Not Reporting Product Hazards (Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance)

In June 2025, two former executives were each sentenced to more than three years in prison for conspiracy and failure to report hazardous products to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), marking the first criminal prosecution and sentencing of corporate executives under the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA).

The case underscores the growing regulatory and criminal risks for companies and their executives who fail to promptly report product safety hazards to the CPSC.

Download the pdf below to read an article about how companies should review their product safety compliance programs and reporting obligations under the CPSA. This article was written by Kristina Cercone, Theodore Chung, David Morrell, Jeff Rabkin, and Rasha Gerges Shields and was published in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.