Scott Cohn
Senior Counsel
New York
Scott Cohn provides regulatory and legal counseling to major global and domestic retailers, importers, manufacturers and distributors of consumer products, industrial products, and FDA-regulated products and devices. A substantial part of Scott's practice is devoted to product safety, product compliance, and product labeling and advertising claims, and he practices before numerous governmental agencies including the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), as well as many other federal, state, and local regulatory agencies. Scott has been at the forefront of product innovation and compliance for decades and has counseled and guided hundreds of companies in industries including life sciences, biotech, technology and electronics, gaming, apparel, footwear, appliances, fitness, children's products, and toys, as they design, develop, and manufacture their products.
Scott's work involving regulatory compliance includes:
- Product Recalls
- Product Safety Evaluations
- Compliance Manuals
- Made in USA claims
- California Proposition 65 Warnings and defense of Notices of Violation
- Due Diligence regulatory reviews
- Civil and Criminal Investigations and Penalties
- FDA Import Alerts
- FPLA (Fair Packaging and Labeling Act) requirements
- Textile, Wool, Fur, and Care Labeling requirements
- U.S. Customs Country of Origin Labeling requirements
- U.S. Customs tariff classification and valuation for imported products
- Autonomous Vehicle regulation
- U.S. Fish& Wildlife Service and CITES compliance