Scott Cohn is senior counsel in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he specializes in consumer product regulation, innovation, compliance, safety, and recalls, including FDA-regulated products. Scott provides legal counsel to major global and domestic retailers, importers, distributors, and manufacturers of consumer products in all aspects of consumer product regulation, product safety and compliance, and product labeling and advertising claims, including Made in USA claims and e-warranties, as well as California Proposition 65 warnings, compliance, and defense work. His practice also includes representing and counseling on product safety recalls in the U.S. and abroad, and he has experience in the management and defense of civil and criminal investigations conducted by governmental agencies that regulate product safety and advertising. Scott practices before numerous federal agencies, including the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), as well as state and local agencies. He also performs regulatory due diligence reviews for M&A transactions and day-to-day business activities.
Scott’s work involving federal and state agencies includes:
Prior to joining the firm, Scott practiced in the consumer products, fashion and retail, food and drug, and made in USA practice groups at Arent Fox LLP, and previously at a customs and international trade boutique firm in New York City.
Scott Cohn is senior counsel in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he specializes in consumer product regulation, innovation, compliance, safety, and recalls, including FDA-regulated products. Scott provides legal counsel to major global and domestic retailers, importers, distributors, and manufacturers of consumer products in all aspects of consumer product regulation, product safety and compliance, and product labeling and advertising claims, including Made in USA claims and e-warranties, as well as California Proposition 65 warnings, compliance, and defense work. His practice also includes representing and counseling on product safety recalls in the U.S. and abroad, and he has experience in the management and defense of civil and criminal investigations conducted by governmental agencies that regulate product safety and advertising. Scott practices before numerous federal agencies, including the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), as well as state and local agencies. He also performs regulatory due diligence reviews for M&A transactions and day-to-day business activities.
Scott’s work involving federal and state agencies includes:
Prior to joining the firm, Scott practiced in the consumer products, fashion and retail, food and drug, and made in USA practice groups at Arent Fox LLP, and previously at a customs and international trade boutique firm in New York City.