The Law of Unintended Consequenses strikes again...

This link is to a great piece in Roll Call on June 15th about the impact of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), and the unintended consequences that this law has generated...

I have commented on this before a number of times -- the law is overreaching, under-informed, and will absolutely put a large number of small businesses out of business.

If you sell or make a product that could be marketed for use by children 12 and under, even if it is a reseller that is marketing to this group, this law applies. Not only that, but any violation is required to be reported within 24 hours, and may be criminal...

Worst of all, each state's Attorney General is now empowered to independently prosecute under this law.

Here is another link to the same piece in Roll Call...

And here is a link to another piece on CPSIA from CNN Money.

Lastly is a piece from Overlawyered.com -- a great site in general -- on the whole CPSIA debacle you can find here.