About Bao
For nearly a decade, Bao has helped consumer packaged goods (CPG) and other clients comply with the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Proposition 65) and the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (“slack fill” law), as well as regulations established by federal and California agencies, including the CPSC, FTC, FDA, USDA, CA Air Resources Board, CA Department of Pesticide Regulation, CA Department of Toxic Substances Control, and the CA Attorney General, just to name a few. His clients are manufacturers, packagers, distributors, and retailers. His clients’ products and industries include:
- Medical Foods
- Nutritional Supplements
- Natural Foods
- Electronic Vaporizers
- Cosmetics
- Apparel
- Handbags
- Fashion Accessories
- Footwear
- Vehicles and Vehicle Parts
- Metals Fabrication
- Industrial Lubricants
- Cleaning Solvents
- Hobby Supplies
- Miscellaneous Consumer Goods
As an experienced litigator with significant experience defending clients in state and federal courts throughout the U.S., new clients also rely on Bao when they are the subject of single-plaintiff, class action, or government prosecutions. He thus has a successful track record of aggressively defending clients in antitrust, false and deceptive advertising and labeling, toxic tort, and trade secret misappropriation lawsuits, as well as favorably resolving government investigations. Those lawsuits and investigations typically involved complex consumer protection and environmental laws and regulations.
In addition to Stoel Rives, Bao has practiced at other national and international law firms, and he has served as a judicial extern to the Honorable James Ware (Ret.), U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and the Honorable Roger L. Efremsky, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California.
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