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CPSIA chronicles, February 10
overlawyered.com - 2/12/2009
CPSIA chronicles, February 10
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Major provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act take effect today, and last night the responsible federal agency, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, released a 13-page set of guidelines (PDF) for manufacturers and resellers, who thus enjoyed a generous few hours in which ...
OverLawyered: CPSIA chronicles, February 12
overlawyered.com - 2/12/2009
OverLawyered: CPSIA chronicles, February 12
— overlawyered.com — Virginia Postrel, who understands both the world of design and the world of ideas, has one of... the best pieces yet on the law at her Dynamist blog. “Not since the early 1970s, has ‘regulation’–the general idea, not a specific proposal–seemed so ... (more) OverLawyered: CPSIA chronicles, February 12

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CPSIA and vintage books
overlawyered.com - 2/11/2009
CPSIA and vintage books
— overlawyered.com — As readers are aware , the Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday advised thrift stores and other resellers... and distributors of used goods to discard (unless they wished to test for lead or take other typically unpractical steps such as ... (more) CPSIA and vintage books

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designloft.blogspot.com - 2/10/2009
CPSIA by the numbers: Why libraries can't comply
— designloft.blogspot.com — Please forgive me for writing a library related CPSIA post. I work in a library part-time, so... my livelihood is threatened on all fronts. Last Friday, the CPSC issued a press release (not an official rule) on their intended enforcement plan come ... (more) CPSIA by the numbers: Why libraries can't comply
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The New Book Banning
City Journal Eye on the News and Books and Culture — ... thing, new commissioners appointed by the Obama administration are expected to show less sympathy in regulating business than the current commission. In addition, the 50 state attorneys general have been empowered to enforce the law on their own, and frequently take much more aggressive legal positions than those of the federal government, sometimes teaming with private lawyers who capture a share of fines imposed. Seizing on the “collectible” loophole, commenter Carol Baicker-McGee declared : “If nothing happens to change this law soon, I promise I will spend ...

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