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Navigating the Complexities of Forced Labor Laws: ArentFox Schiff's 2024 Guide for Global Businesses

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In the last few years, changes to the United States enforcement stance on the forced labor import ban authorized by 19 U.S.C. § 1307 and passage of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) have fundamentally changed the...more

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Withhold Release Orders (WROs): Supply Chain Diligence, Compliance, and Best Practices

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The Biden Administration’s interest in reducing the occurrence of forced labor or indentured child labor in the global supply chain, and the parallel goals of corporate social responsibility, are driving increased attention...more

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Corporate America can be a Powerful Force for Good to Root out Modern-Day Slavery

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Key Takeaways - Slave, forced, and child labor is a modern-day reality impacting some 40 million people throughout the world, by some estimates. Such practices are—and have always been—repugnant, and certainly have no place...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Slavery in Supply Chains: CBP Petitions Raise New Forced Labor Compliance Risks

Third-party petitions seeking to ban the importation of goods made with forced labor may affect global supply chains. Petitions are being filed with U.S. Custom and Border Protection seeking to ban the importation into the...more

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Pioneering Dutch Law Raises Global Standards for Eliminating Child Labor in Supply Chains – Understanding the Dimensions of...

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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Supply Chain Due Diligence Laws Go Orange—Netherlands Latest to Pass Legislation

On May 14, 2017, the Dutch Senate passed a long-awaited Child Labor Due Diligence Law, which places obligations on companies selling goods or services to Dutch consumers as well as companies otherwise doing business in the...more

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Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely - April 2017

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: an effort by Twitter to enjoin U.S. Government demands for...more

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