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Hard to imagine that human trafficking and slavery still exists today, and yet they do. Here's a look legal developments in the important fight against what President Barack Obama has described as "one... more +

The Fashion Industry Meets Human Rights Due Diligence: New York’s Proposed “Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act”

Littler on 2/14/2022

In January 2022, the New York State Senate introduced a bill that seeks to impose significant human rights and environmental due diligence and disclosure obligations on fashion retail sellers and manufacturers operating in...more

Stopping Traffick: How to Plan for a Digital Crisis Before it Strikes

K&L Gates LLP on 3/5/2019

As companies strive to comply with rules and regulations to ensure that their supply chains are compliant, efforts can be impacted by false information discussed digitally. In this episode, we discuss how companies can avoid...more

U.S. Congress Joins the Growing Number of Countries Considering Supply Chain Transparency Legislation

K&L Gates LLP on 11/2/2018

Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced H.R. 7089, which would require certain companies to disclose whether they have taken measures to identify and address forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and the...more

California Transparency in Supply Chains Act: What Manufacturers Need To Know

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 5/7/2018

In 2010, California enacted the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act (the “Act”). The goal of the Act is to curtail human trafficking and slavery by requiring certain manufacturers and retailers doing business in...more

When Transparency Is Not Enough: Class Action Litigation Under California’s Transparency in Supply Chains Act

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints on 11/13/2015

Passed in 2010, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act has a worthy aim: requiring retailers and manufacturers doing big business in California to disclose what measures, if any, they are taking to ensure their...more

Doing Business in the U.K.? Modern Slavery Act £36M Threshold Issued

Perkins Coie on 8/10/2015

Companies doing business in the United Kingdom take note: the U.K. government just made the not-so-long-awaited announcement that businesses with an annual turnover of 36 million British pounds (£36M) will be subject to the...more

UK Adopts New Anti-Slavery Disclosure Requirement

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 8/3/2015

Prime Minister Cameron announced on July 29 that from October 2015 the UK will require commercial organisations to publish annual slavery and human trafficking statements. The requirement will apply to all commercial...more

H.R. 4842: New Bill Calls for Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery in Corporate Supply Chains

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 6/23/2014

On June 11, Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) introduced H.R. 4842, the Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014. The bill, if passed, would require companies to file annual reports with...more

California Transparency in Supply Chains Act

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/19/2013

As of last year, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act requires qualifying businesses to disclose their efforts to eradicate human trafficking and slavery from their direct supply chains. ...more

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