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Companies Brace For Human Rights Metrics

September 14, 2015

Companies are under increasing pressure to report on the social impact of their operations, specifically with regard to human rights. […]

Conflict Minerals Rule Creates Corporate Headache And A Small Industry

September 11, 2015

The conflict minerals provision of the Dodd-Frank law is riff with obligations, ambiguities and potential pitfalls. An article in the […]

Google Abroad Confronts “Regulatory Contagion”

September 2, 2015

Regulatory agencies worldwide are taking on Google, the New York Times reports. The latest to weigh in is the Competition […]

Google Abroad Confronts "Regulatory Contagion"

September 2, 2015

Regulatory agencies worldwide are taking on Google, the New York Times reports. The latest to weigh in is the Competition […]

Mounting Danger From Cheap Oil

August 26, 2015

Countries with as little in common as Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Russia and Iraq are being severely stressed by the […]

Hiring H-1B Workers, Then Firing U.S. Workers, Draws Investigation

July 23, 2015

Companies from India provided H-1B workers to a U.S. company, which then allegedly laid off U.S. workers in comparable positions.

FIFA, US Companies, Cited For Squalid Labor Conditions In Qatar

July 20, 2015

A more than year-old report from DLA Piper, commissioned by the Qatar government, found serious and rampant labor abuse, in […]

After Free Trade Vote, Congress Moves To Mollify Domestic Manufacturers

July 16, 2015

Along with passing free trade legislation this summer, in the form of a grant to the President of “trade promotion […]

For U.S. Companies, Ignorance Of Canada Privacy Law Could Be Costly

July 14, 2015

A Q&A with Fasken Martineau partner Alex Cameron, about recent developments in Canadian privacy and cybersecurity law. Plaintiffs are seeking […]

New UK Supply Chain Law Will Hit Companies Worldwide

July 7, 2015

The U.K. Modern Slavery Act of 2015, which is expected to go into effect this fall, differs from the California law in some important respects.

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