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The CPSIA : One (Difficult) Year Later

Though its enactment in 2008 was well-intentioned, implementation of the CPSIA has been a logistical nightmare ' largely because this far-reaching law was enacted without providing adequate resources to the CPSC to enforce it or giving sufficient forethought to its implications for the affected businesses.

27 minute read December 18, 2009 at 10:17 AM
By
Jonathan I. Handler, William S. Rogers Jr. and Meredith French
The CPSIA : One (Difficult) Year Later

In August 2008, former President Bush signed into law the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (the “CPSIA” or the “Act”) in an effort to enhance the powers of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (the “CPSC”) to protect American consumers from unsafe domestic and imported products.

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