Navigating California’s consumer protection frontier: An analysis of new product liability laws and state discovery obligations in 2024

Anne Marie Ellis and Neusha “Naz” Etemad of Buchalter discuss California’s upcoming consumer protection laws and how companies and law firms can prepare for them in the new year.

Right to repair law, SB 244, effective July 1, 2024

Emulating New York, Colorado, and Minnesota, Governor Gavin Newsom enacted SB 244, a right-to-repair bill designed to establish a fair marketplace for electronics and appliances while prohibiting impediments to third-party repair. Notably, video game consoles and alarm systems are exempted from the Right to Repair Act as they fall outside the definition of “electronic or appliance products.”

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