The holiday season is a time for contemplation, reflection, and planning for the future. Having spent nearly two years in a pandemic, moreover, has no doubt caused many of us to reassess our values and priorities. With the...more
12/29/2021
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On Tuesday, October 23, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important opinion reviving a decade-old Alien Tort Claims Act (ATS) suit based on alleged aiding and abetting slave labor in cocoa farms on the Ivory...more
11/9/2018
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Foreign Corporations ,
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Remand ,
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In the wake of the 2016 dismissal of human rights cases filed against food companies in California, a new class action case was filed on February 26, 2018 in Massachusetts federal court (Tomasella v. Hershey Co.) alleging...more
3/7/2018
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Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cooperative Compliance Regime ,
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Food Manufacturers ,
Forced Labor ,
Hersheys ,
Human Rights ,
Human Trafficking ,
Risk Mitigation ,
State and Local Government ,
Supply Chain ,
Transparency
Amnesty International recently released a report alleging that supply chains for production of palm oil—a common ingredient in many consumer products—are tainted by forced and child labor. In the nearly 150-page report titled...more
12/2/2016
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Human Rights ,
Internal Controls ,
Manufacturers ,
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Retailers ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Supply Chain ,
Transparency in Supply Chains Act
The federal government took another step in the fight against human trafficking and forced labor. President Obama signed into law on February 24, 2016, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (TFTEA), which...more
3/4/2016
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