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Rescission
of FTC Guides for Law Book Industry
Date: January 20, 2000
Author:
Chris Graesser
Subject: CRIV Gram: Rescission of FTC Guides for Law Book Industry
CRIV Gram - January 20, 2000 - The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it has rescinded the Guides for the Law Book Industry. The Federal Register announcement appeared in the January 19, 2000 Federal Register.
When the
FTC first requested comments on the Guides last spring, AALL, through
CRIV and the Government Affairs Office, sent a detailed letter which strongly
supported the existence of the Guides. We also made proposed several amendments
that would have made them more relevent to electronic formats and other
developments in legal publishing. A copy of the letter is
available through the CRIV Page:
<http://www.aallnet.org/committee/criv/>
CRIV has continued, with the assistance of the Washington Affairs Office, to monitor developments regarding the Guides. We are currently trying to contact the FTC for more information on their decision. We will keep the membership posted as we learn more.
Chris Graesser
AALL Committee on Relations with Information Vendors (CRIV)
Brown Rudnick Freed & Gesmer Hartford, CT
cgraesser@brfg.com
860-509-6549