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Canada and Australia Consumer Product Safety Laws Become Effective in 2011
Entities that manufacture, import, or sell products in the U.S., Canada, and Australia should be aware of new product safety laws that become effective in 2011. Many of the new requirements are more stringent than…
Outgoing Ohio Attorney General to Head CFPB Enforcement Division
Outgoing Ohio Attorney General, Richard Cordray, has been selected to lead the enforcement division of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”). While serving as the Attorney General, Cordray filed…
President Signs the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act
This week, President Obama signed the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act. The Act prohibits a post-transaction third-party seller — a company that sells goods or services online through an initial merchant after a…
Commerce Department Releases Online Commercial Privacy Framework in Report
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce released its version of an online commercial data privacy framework in a report entitled Commercial Data Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy: A Dynamic Policy…
Congress Passes Bill to Limit Sharing of Consumer Information
The “ Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act ”, which would ban online sales companies from enrolling consumers in services without their consent and bring an end to the practice of “data pass,” was passed by Congress…