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Senate Judiciary Human Rights and the Law Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Georgia Abortion Ban. The field hearing examined how Georgia’s abortion ban impacts women’s health, and featured patient and physician witnesses. ...more

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Commerce Department Issues Important New Proposed Regulations to Strengthen Trade Law Enforcement

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On May 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) issued new proposed regulations aimed at improving and strengthening the enforcement of trade remedy laws. Several of the proposed regulations represent significant...more

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European Commission Proposes Legislation to Prohibit Products Made or Imported With Forced Labour

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The proposal highlights the growing global focus on companies’ human rights obligations not just towards employees but also towards workers in their supply chains. On 14 September 2022, the European Commission (the...more

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DCMS Online Harms white paper and regulation of internet companies

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Online content in the UK is to be regulated by a new internet regulator. A white paper consultation was published on 8 April 2019 by the UK government Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS). The proposals...more

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HHS Finalizes Toned-Down Version of Common Rule Overhaul

The Final Rule published by the US Department of Health and Human Services on January 18, 2017, largely avoids major modifications to the Common Rule. However, it specifically addresses creation of biospecimen and data...more

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Division of Human Rights Adopts Regulation Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Relationship or Association

On May 18, the New York State Division of Human Rights adopted a new regulation prohibiting employment discrimination based on an individual’s relationship or association with a member of a protected category covered by the...more

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HHS Issues Proposed Rule That Would Revise the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects

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Proposals are Intended to Enhance Protections for Higher Risk Clinical Research and Privacy Safeguards, including Uses of Biospecimens and Identifiable Private Information - On September 8, 2015, the Department of Health...more

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HHS Releases Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Updating Rules for Human Subjects Research

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On September 2, 2015, HHS issued the long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on revisions to the rules governing federally-funded research involving individuals, commonly referred to as the Common Rule (Subpart A of...more

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Drastic Changes Proposed for Clinical Research Rules

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and fifteen other Federal Departments and Agencies have announced a proposal to update the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects known as the “Common...more

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Four Big Takeaways from Illinois' Proposed Pregnancy Accommodation Rules

Illinois employers, take note—in mid-July, the State's Department of Human Rights published its proposed rules implementing the State's new pregnancy discrimination law. As readers of this blog will know, the new law took...more

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