Draft
Record of Commission Action
(Briefing Package October 16, 2014, OS No. 5089)
Decision
The Commission voted (4-1) to provisionally accept the Settlement Agreement and Order, which would order Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WS or the Firm) to pay a civil penalty of $700,000, and to implement compliance measures. Chairman Kaye and Commissioners Adler, Robinson and Mohorovic voted to provisionally accept the Settlement Agreement and Order. Commissioner Buerkle voted to reject the Settlement Agreement and Order. The provisional Settlement Agreement and Final Order will be announced in a Federal Register Notice. The Commission’s Compliance Division of the Office of the General Counsel negotiated the proposed agreement to settle staff allegations that the Firm knowingly failed to report in a timely manner under section 15(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (“CPSA”), 15 U.S.C. § 2064(b), about its Roman shades, the exposed cords of which present a strangulation hazard to young children. Section 20(a)(1) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. § 2069(a)(1), permits the imposition of civil penalties for any person who knowingly violates section 19(a)(4) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. § 2068(a)(4), by failing to report information under section 15(b).
Commissioners Voting
Commissioners voting by ballot. Ballot vote due October 27, 2014
- Chairman Elliot F. Kaye
- Commissioner Robert S. Adler
- Commissioner Marietta S. Robinson
- Commissioner Ann Marie Buerkle
- Commissioner Joseph P. Mohorovic