The CPSC has proposed a new rule to modernize and streamline the information disclosure process under section 6(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act.  The rule changes the scope of information protected from disclosure and the confidentiality of manufacturer comments submitted in the process.

Read more about these changes in our legal commentary, “Upsetting The Confidentiality Balance?: CPSC Proposes Revisions To Its § 6(b) Information Disclosure Regime” published by the Washington Legal Foundation.