For once I was almost in agreement with Henry J., until I read this here:
""That's not part of the Lacy Act," said Juszkiewicz. "The law doesn't say, 'Don't deal with bad guys.' What the law says is 'you have to do everything legally.'"
I hear that all to often in my legal practice and it's a flawed concept that in this day and age of corporate governance, compliance and regulation really doesn't have a place anymore in how an international company like Gibson should run its business. Buying wood in the nudge-nudge, wink-wink realisation that though the transactions are legal on paper, you might be turning a blind eye to the questionable source is a no-no.
"Both companies and Gibson said they have stopped buying wood from Madagascar."
That is what Henry should have seen to all along. Gibson is innovative enough to find alternative wood from pristinely-legal sources.
