Gibson Guitar and the Lacey Act: Real Issue of Illegal Logging Waiting in Vain
Federal agents raided offices and factories belonging to Gibson Guitar Corporation last week for the second time in two years, seizing documents, computer hard drives, pallets of wood, guitars, and tools. The raid was based on Gibson’s suspected violations of the U.S. Lacey Act, a 111-year-old anti-trafficking statute originally passed to protect wildlife, but more recently expanded to cover wood products with the goal of regulating … More
