Madeline Orlando

Madeline is an associate in the Sacramento office and concentrates her practice on consumer products compliance, environmental, trade, and supply chain issues.

Madeline's focus areas include regulatory compliance for consumer products, food, beverage, and cosmetics; manufacturing, distribution and supply chain compliance for consumer packaged goods companies, including Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws and trade dynamics; greenwashing and sustainability labeling concerns; chemicals management, compliance and enforcement, including PFAS substances. Her experience includes:

•Manufacturing, distribution and supply chain compliance: U.S. EPR requirements; import and Customs compliance; supply chain due diligence and compliance with California's Transparency in Supply Chains Act and the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act; supplier codes of conduct, policies and procedures and other risk issues relating to manufacture and supply of goods.
•Chemical regulation: compliance and enforcement with state-level and federal PFAS products prohibitions, reporting, and labeling requirements; green chemistry laws in California and Washington; California’s Safer Consumer Products Regulations; Washington’s Safer Products Program.
•Sustainability requirements: compliance with California's climate disclosure legislation, SB 261 and SB 253; California’s SB 343, Truth in Recycling Act; beverage container redemption laws; compostable labeling.
•Consumer products, food, beverage, and cosmetics: compliance initiatives for retailers, distributors, brands, and manufacturers under Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act; Federal Trade Commission Act; FTC Green Guides; and Made in the USA claims.

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Dispute Resolution - Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action- Defense- Toxic Tort, 2024
•Team Member, a Law360 “Environmental Practice Group of the Year,” 2022