On April 24, 2024, the European Parliament approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D). The directive, which must be formally endorsed by the Council of the European Union (EU) before officially...more
4/29/2024
/ Climate Action Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Due Diligence ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Human Rights ,
New Regulations ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Sustainability
The US Supreme Court has opened the door for foreign plaintiffs to sue under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), which provides treble damages and attorneys’ fees, to assist enforcement of an...more
7/21/2023
/ Arbitration Awards ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Domestic Injury ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Arbitral Awards ,
Foreign Judgments ,
Foreign Jurisdictions ,
International Arbitration ,
Racketeering ,
RICO ,
RJR Nabisco v European Community ,
SCOTUS ,
Treble Damages ,
Yegiazaryan v Smagin
Can you prove the absence of forced labor in your supply chain? As of June 21, 2022, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will presume that all goods manufactured in whole or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region...more
6/22/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Forced Labor ,
Goods or Services ,
Human Rights ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Restrictions ,
US Trade Policies ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
Litigants in foreign arbitrations have long looked to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 as a potential avenue for obtaining something close to US-style discovery. But, the US Supreme Court unanimously held this week that this federal statute...more
6/16/2022
/ 28 U.S.C. § 1782 ,
Arbitration ,
Business Disputes ,
Business Litigation ,
Commercial Arbitration ,
Discovery ,
Foreign Jurisdictions ,
Foreign Tribunals ,
International Arbitration ,
International Litigation ,
SCOTUS ,
ZF Automotive US Inc v Luxshare Ltd