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CPSIA – Draft of Second Waxman Amendment Is Released

The House Democrats just released the first publicly available draft of their proposed corrective amendment to the CPSIA. The draft may be viewed at this link. The next step in the legislative process will be either a hearing or a “mark-up”, neither of which has been scheduled. While the Dems had originally offered to follow the usual... [Read more of this review]

CPSIA – How to Know if the CPSC is Going to Pull a "Daiso" on You

What are the warning signs that you are about to be “Daiso’ed”? Of course, I refer to the CPSIA penalty recently inflicted on Daiso, a Japanese dollar store chain, in relation to five recalls (of 698 units spread over 19 items in a two-year period) and some inventory stopped at U.S. ports. The Daiso penalty, in case you missed it,... [Read more of this review]

CPSIA – How to Know if the CPSC is Going to Pull a "Daiso" on You

What are the warning signs that you are about to be “Daiso’ed”? Of course, I refer to the CPSIA penalty recently inflicted on Daiso, a Japanese dollar store chain, in relation to five recalls (of 698 units spread over 19 items in a two-year period) and some inventory stopped at U.S. ports. The Daiso penalty, in case you missed it,... [Read more of this review]

CPSIA – Anyone Care about Penalties Yet?

Cassandra here . . . . Let me try you out on a hypothetical. What would you recommend as “consequences” for the following fact pattern? A company exhibits a pattern of safety incompetence over a period of time. Owing to agency vigilance, they are told multiple times to shape up, which they never get around to doing. No one is injured, but... [Read more of this review]

CPSIA – You Can Add 43 Pages to the Heap

The CPSC published its Civil Penalty Factors today. It’s only 43 pages long. Get reading . . . . Read more here:CPSIA – You Can Add 43 Pages to the Heap  Read More →

CPSIA – Video Blog – Understanding the CPSIA!

I get calls all the time from my readers – “what do I need to read to understand the CPSIA?” Well, you gotta read, read, read! Unfortunately, the CPSC has not provide a list of documents for you to read. To help out, I prepared a little document list for you, and explained it in this video blog: Read more here:CPSIA – Video... [Read more of this review]

CPSIA – CPSC Commission to Vote on Civil Penalty Factors

According to the latest CPSC Calendar, the Commission is due to vote on the Civil Penalty Factors “final rule” at their weekly meeting on Wednesday, March 3 at 9 AM EST. [The webcast can be found at this link.] This long-awaited rule has been the subject of comments on two occasions (once before any rule was produced and one after the first... [Read more of this review]

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