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Time to get to know your supply chain: EU adopts Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

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After a two-and-half-year legislative journey, the EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ("CSDDD"), has been formally adopted, and was published in the EU Official Journal on 5 July 2024.1 It will come into...more

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EU Reaches Provisional Agreement on Forced Labour Regulation

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The proposed regulation would ban forced labour-made products from the EU market, affecting companies’ supply chains and requiring compliance checks. On 5 March 2024, the European Parliament and European Council...more

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Q2 Employment Law Updates: Non-Competes, Religious Accommodation and More

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So far, 2023 has been a wild ride for employers, a theme that looks to be continuing into the third quarter of the year. While certain predictions we made during Q1 came true in Q2 (we are looking at you, NLRB), others such...more

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Supply Chain Compliance with Human Rights and Environmental Obligations

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The United States, the European Union, and Germany have recently adopted or proposed new rules requiring enhanced due diligence in supply chains, targeting human rights and environmental issues. This alert examines key...more

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Deploying A Holistic Approach to Automated Employment Decision-Making in light of NYC’s AEDT Law

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s first commission meeting of 2023, entitled Navigating Employment Discrimination in AI and Automated Systems: A New Civil Rights Frontier, kicked off the New Year addressing...more

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Top Legal Issues Facing the Manufacturing Sector in 2022

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As the global economy faces the third year of the pandemic, manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Instead, they are applying lessons learned from the past few years to become...more

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EU Proposes New Rules on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

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On February 23, 2022, the European Commission published its long-awaited proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence and annex, with an aim to “foster sustainable and responsible corporate behaviour...more

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New E.U. Measure on Environmental and Human Rights Due Diligence Has Far-Reaching Implications for Companies Operating in Europe...

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

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EU One Step Closer to Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime

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The European Commission and the EU's Foreign Policy High Representative have put forward a proposal for a new, non-country-based sanctions programme to address human rights violations and abuses with asset freezes and travel...more

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Demanding Withdrawal of Proposed DHS Rule Harmful to LGBTQ and HIV-Affected Asylum Seekers

Pervasive anti-LGBTQ violence around the world causes many individuals to flee their countries of origin in search of safety. The past few years have been tremendously difficult for immigrants of all walks of life, but...more

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