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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Ahead of New (and Unprecedented) Import Restrictions on Xinjiang-Connected Goods, Biden Administration Seeks Public Comments on...

On January 24, 2022, the Biden administration, as part of the implementation of the newly-signed Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), issued a notice in the Federal Register seeking public comments on “how best to...more

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Task Force Solicits Comments Strategy to Implementing Import Ban on Forced-Labor Goods from China

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Yesterday, the US Department of Homeland Security, on behalf of the interagency Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (Task Force), published a Notice in the Federal Register that seeks public comment on the implementation of...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Becomes Law: March 10, 2022 deadline to comment on implementation strategy

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On December 23, President Biden signed the long-debated Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), after it passed through both chambers of Congress with strong bipartisan support. This legislation has the potential to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: What U.S. Companies with China-Based Supply Chains Should Know

Key Points - On December 23, 2021, President Biden signed the UFLPA into law after it unanimously passed both chambers of Congress. The UFLPA aims to strengthen the forced labor statute by prohibiting the importation and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Breaking Down the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act for U.S. Importers

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President Joe Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (the Act) into law on Dec. 23, 2021. The Act requires the U.S. government to rapidly develop a new enforcement strategy to strengthen the prohibition of the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

SEC Proposes New Human Capital Disclosure Requirements: A Reasonable Step or a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in a release entitled “Modernization of Regulation S- K Items 101, 103, and 105”, proposed changes to Regulation S-K significantly...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - December 2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the European Commission's second annual review of the Privacy Shield and the Department of Commerce's guidance on how to comply with the Privacy Shield...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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