On April 23, 2024, the European Parliament adopted, by an overwhelming 555-6 majority, a landmark law that will establish a sweeping and forceful regulatory regime to prohibit any products made using forced labor from being...more
6/26/2024
/ Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Forced Labor ,
Human Rights ,
Human Trafficking ,
New Legislation ,
Penalties ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Supply Chain ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
On April 23, 2024, the European Parliament adopted, by an overwhelming 555-6 majority, a landmark law that will establish a sweeping and forceful regulatory regime to prohibit any products made using forced labor from being...more
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a new measure, H.R. 4039, which would prohibit any funding for programs within the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) that involve...more
4/9/2024
/ China ,
Corporate Governance ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Forced Labor ,
Funding ,
Human Rights ,
International Trade ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Modern Slavery Act ,
NDAA ,
New Legislation ,
Supply Chain ,
U.S. House ,
USAID ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
On January 7, New York State Senator Alessandra Biaggi (D) and Assemblywoman Anna R. Kelles (D) introduced the Fashion Sustainability Act into the New York State Legislature. If passed and signed into law, the Act would...more
2/1/2022
/ Enforcement ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Fashion Industry ,
Human Rights ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State and Local Government ,
Supply Chain ,
Sustainability
The U.S. Congress has passed a landmark piece of legislation that prohibits the importation of goods from an entire region due to the high risk of severe forced labor abuses there. The legislation – the Uyghur Forced Labor...more
12/22/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disclosure ,
Due Diligence ,
EU ,
Forced Labor ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
New Legislation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On June 16, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would impose new ESG due diligence and disclosure requirements on publicly traded companies. H.R. 1187, the ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of...more
6/24/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Due Diligence ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Executive Orders ,
New Legislation ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sustainability
On March 10, 2021, the European Parliament approved a legislative measure by an overwhelming 504-79 majority that paves the way for a landmark set of regulations setting a corporate duty of care regarding environmental...more
3/26/2021
/ Compliance ,
Due Diligence ,
Duty of Care ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Parliament ,
Human Rights ,
New Legislation ,
Proposed Rules ,
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) ,
Supply Chain ,
Sustainability ,
United States
The Trump Administration is using the reauthorization of a pipeline safety statute as an opening to insert new provisions that would give U.S. authorities broader latitude to thwart and criminalize the activities of...more
7/11/2019
/ Activist ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Energy Projects ,
First Amendment ,
Human Rights ,
Hydrocarbons ,
Keystone XL Pipeline ,
New Legislation ,
Oil & Gas ,
PHMSA ,
Pipelines ,
Popular ,
Private Property ,
Protests ,
Reauthorization ,
Trespass ,
Trump Administration
The Dutch Senate recently adopted the Child Labour Due Diligence Act, a new measure with far reaching implications for the sourcing, manufacturing, and consumption of products that contain inputs from the bodies of child...more
6/10/2019
/ Child Labor ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Due Diligence ,
Forced Labor ,
Global Market ,
Human Rights ,
Modern Slavery Act ,
Netherlands ,
New Legislation ,
Risk Assessment ,
Supply Chain ,
UK
On September 26, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations approved the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 (H.R. 2200). The bill would reauthorize the Trafficking...more
10/1/2018
/ Child Labor ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Due Diligence ,
Forced Labor ,
Foreign Relations ,
Goods or Services ,
Human Rights ,
Human Trafficking ,
Manufacturers ,
New Legislation ,
Risk Assessment ,
Suppliers ,
Supply Chain ,
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000