Five On Friday – Five Recent Developments That We've Been Watching Closely

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: new private and public initiatives on recruitment fees, including a proposal to further amend the U.S. Government's Federal Acquisition Regulation to provide a clear definition of such fees; the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by victims of the Rana Plaza factory collapse; and an update to the U.K. Government's National Action Plan to implement the U.N. Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

• On May 9, the Second Circuit denied a request for en banc review of its December 2015 decision in In Re: Arab Bank, PLC Alien Tort Statute Litigation. In the December decision, the Second Circuit dismissed plaintiffs' claims, relying on its 2010 decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum (2d Cir. 2010) ("Kiobel I") in holding that the law of the Circuit still holds that plaintiffs cannot bring claims