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Dreamland Baby Co. v. CPSC, Commissioner Trumka, HHS, CDC, NIH

CASE SUMMARY

CPSC Commissioner Richard Trumka’s has violated NCLA client Dreamland Baby Co.’s constitutional and statutory rights. Dreamland creates infant and toddler products. Trumka issued disparaging statements to the public and to retailers creating the false impression that the Commission has made a determination regarding weighted infant sleep products’ safety when it has not. NCLA demands an end to this illegal attack on the company.

Comr. Trumka’s unlawful adverse publicity campaign against Dreamland convinced multiple retailers to stop selling Dreamland’s products and has significantly impacted its ability to continue operations. Comr. Trumka made a proposal last fall to “pursue a mandatory standard to address foreseeable risks posed by” weighted infant sleep products. CPSC rejected that proposal by a 3-1 vote in November 2023, with Chairman Alexander Hoehn-Saric saying the agency had not conducted enough research to pursue rulemaking on the issue in 2024.

Trumka sent retailers letters disparaging Dreamland’s products and issued a public statement saying retailers should consider stopping sales. These actions disregard the Consumer Product Safety Act’s required rulemaking processes, preference for voluntary standards, and show impermissible bias against Dreamland.

Dreamland CEO Tara Williams created their first weighted wearable sleep blanket sack for her son in his infancy. The woman-owned small business has gone on to help more than a million families worldwide. Dreamland is already working with industry counterparts, CPSC staff, and consumers to develop a voluntary standard including these products and other wearable blankets and swaddles. Trumka’s cancel-now-ask-questions-never approach harms families who seek safe and effective sleep solutions.

OUR CLIENT

OUR TEAM

Kara Rollins
Litigation Counsel
Jenin Younes
Litigation Counsel

RELEVANT MATERIALS

NCLA FILINGS

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

November 19, 2024 | Read More

Re: Request by Dreamland Baby Co. for Retraction of Information Pursuant to Section 6(b)(7) of the Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2055(b)(7), and 16 C.F.R. § 1101.52

July 23, 2024 | Read More

Notice of Request to Preserve All Documents and Electronically Stored Information as Defined by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 Regarding Dreamland Baby Co.

May 9, 2024 | Read More

PRESS RELEASES

NCLA Sues CPSC, Trumka, HHS, CDC, NIH for Illegal, Unfounded Attacks on Weighted Infant Sleep Products

November 20, 2024 | Read More

NCLA Demands CPSC and Comr. Trumka Rescind False Statements Disparaging Weighted Sleep Sacks

July 23, 2024 | Read More

NCLA Plans to Sue CPSC over Comm’r Trumka’s Illegal Efforts to Stop Sales of Weighted Sleep Sacks

May 9, 2024 | Read More

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