Laws and Regulations

President Obama signed an executive order on Wednesday drastically cutting federal spending on promotional products.

The U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has launched important new features to the SaferProducts.gov Business Portal that make it easier and more efficient for businesses to work with CPSC. These changes are a key part of the agency's overall information technology modernization effort.

Do you have a compliance program? Does anyone care if you do? Absolutely.

Updates on the Obama campaign lawsuit and the CPSC product safety database, as well as the best excuse to order both the omelet and waffles at brunch on Sunday.

Will you learn from these cautionary tales?

Castelli North America and Impex International Inc. have applied to participate in the comprehensive compliance program developed by the Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), the promotional product industry's only independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products.

Following yesterday's news about a major trademark infringement lawsuit with the Obama campaign, here are eight tips to help ensure you don't end up in hot water.

The re-election campaign for president Barack Obama is suing a Washington-based promotional products company for trademark violations, according to Reuters.

Late last week, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) passed a series of regulations finalizing the requirements for testing children's products. The CPSC voted 3-2 to require independent, third-party product testing for manufacturers, importers and private labelers of products "designed or intended primarily for children 12 years of age or younger."

I received a call last week from a distributor concerned about an order she had recently shipped through an industry supplier for a children's event.