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Looking Ahead: Five Developments We’ll be Watching in 2013

As memories of New Year’s Eve fade, and another Inauguration Day winds down in Washington, D.C., it’s time to look ahead and identify key events and emerging trends that we think will help shape the business and human rights...more

Social Risk Assessment: China Raises Its Game

Until recently, it was not uncommon for Chinese companies to be invoked as bogeymen in certain circles. The narrative went something like this...more

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Supply Chain

With an effective corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy that adequately addresses supply chain issues, a company can better manage legal, reputational and economic risks. A company risks legal, reputational and...more

Human Rights Due Diligence – An Emerging Requirement in State and Federal Legislation

Two years ago, in October 2010, I published a post, Human Rights Due Diligence and the Corporate Lawyer, that addressed the need for corporate counsel to assess stakeholder expectations that companies should be accountable...more

Mergers & Aggravations

My colleagues and I have written on this blog about all of the costly potential lawsuits the Scranton branch has spawned since Sabre acquired Dunder Mifflin. Let’s assume some of these incidents have become actual lawsuits...more

Fundamentos Anteproyecto Código Civil 2012

Anteproyecto Código Civil 2012 Argentina

Fundamentos del anteproyecto....more

A Month In UK Employment Law - February 2012

In This Issue: A monthly newsletter covering the latest developments in UK Employment Law. Case Update...............1 News Update...............3 Upcoming Legal Developments.............4 Please see...more

Newsletter Spanish Law updates by Busquets Abogados

Brief report os some Spanish Law updates December 2010 (civil law, commercial law, tax law and accounting)....more

Remedies Aganist Breach of Contract

In the day-to-day affairs of today’s world, not a single day passes without reference or discussions about some contracts, whether it is rendering service, employment, supply, distribution or purchase. We enter into...more

The DOL's Growing Interesting in Targeting YOU for FLSA Violations

This PowerPoint provides an overview of the Department of Labor's increasing efforts to target specific businesses and specific types of practices committed by many businesses in regard to how they classify or pay employees. ...more

California Women’s Rights Lawyers and Equal Pay for Women in California, the Fair Pay Act

For more than two centuries in this country, women have received less pay for the same work performed by men. Women’s rights lawyers in California celebrated the 2009 signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act by President...more